Solomon. What a guy. Superb lineage, a couple of in-your-face visits from the Almighty, one of which got him everything a man could dream of--literally, and a personal palace twice as big as the Temple. Traditional thinking has him author of a piece of pretty sensual love poetry, over 3000 proverbs and 1000 songs, a …
Freedom
Someone asked me yesterday if I remembered the Bi-centennial back in 1976. It was a huge event, and though I don't remember many specifics, I remember the excitement in the air. I probably went to the big fireworks show out at P.E. Shotwell Stadium in Abilene, Texas, where I was enjoying the summer between my …
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 …
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 …
My Process of Making
I've discovered some things about how I go about making the work I make. Reminds of a quote from Art and Fear (which I quote all the time) which simply says that our work is to learn how to work on our work. If nothing else after 50 years, I'm getting hints about what that …
JEFF BERRYMAN 