Archive for the ‘art’ Category
The Man Upstairs
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
No matter how I try to avoid it, I’ve always been captured by theoretical and ‘conceptual’ concerns. For example, I might begin to outline a story for a movie, then I would inevitably notice a pattern or insight emerging, then that would become the project.
Back in 2004 I thought I had a pretty good idea for a [...]
The Basement
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
The process of writing this book can be traced back to one of my earliest memories. I was maybe five or six years old, give or take.
It was when I learned to be unafraid of the dark. At the same moment I learned about philosophy — about discovery, openness and enlightenment — though maybe I wasn’t [...]
Purpose of Life
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
A few years ago I spent a while trying to grasp “what it’s all about.” What I came up with — more or less — is that the purpose of life is to tell a good story. Whether or not that’s true, it’s the most effective way to manage and resolve a lot of problems.
Some [...]