I was probably 10, or somewhere close, when I first became aware of the Jackson 5. The Osmonds were in there, too. (He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother) The boy singing the lead in the stratosphere was cute as a bug, and had talent forever. I was never a big fan of the moonwalk, maybe …
Up
We get excited about Pixar movies at my house. And we often talk about going to see the latest Pixar movie together, but it rarely works out. The release of Up was no exception. We talked about it, suggested times, but in the end, Anjie and Daniel saw it first while I was in Chicago …
Making, and Making Music
Why is it that when people read my scripts, I am not terribly threatened by their response? I write as much lousy dialogue and description as anybody, and the fact that people point it out to me in the process is fine with me. It's the nature of the work. It wasn't really true in …
Inspiration
Hard to say where it comes from. The Greeks thought it came from the gods, from the muses. I suppose I still think it does, from God, from sources of creation and spirit that He oversees and delivers in mystery, in conversation, in idea and image. My son is no doubt being inspired even as …
Emotions
Two weeks ago, our film group watched an old film that isn't on anybody's great list. Equilibrium is a Matrix wanne-be starring Christian Bale who plays a bad-guy turned good guy in a world that's decided the only answer to war is to get rid of all emotion. Dumb movie, really, but it led us …
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