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  1. 101 alternative uses for a lightsaber - #3

    Heating water, perhaps for a cup of tea or a bath. .
  2. 101 alternative uses for a lightsaber - #4

    Deadheading geraniums, petunias and rhododendrons. .
  3. A Phantom for My Opera?

    Some days when I doubt myself and my abilities to write I think of employing a ghost writer. But in a bit of a different setup. I will write the first draft and then the potential ghost writer can refine it to a readable/enjoyable state. I love storytelling, and I love the creative process. But my produce just isn't up to par most of the time. Training is like trying to teach an old dog new tricks. I read, I watch, I practice... I learn? Yeah, sometimes I do learn. But I will continue to...
  4. A Slow Start

    So this first entry is going to be a little warm-up. everyone always wantd to rush into things right? I've learned my lesson the hard way with that. so focused on the end-game then the actual journey itself. life is about getting to know things. I know as a child for me I had the feeling of constantly being rushed. everything needed to get done on someone elses time. racing against a clock that never stops. We live in a world that never stops. We never have the same moment Twice. even if its...
  5. A study of Fires on the Plain (1959) — Director Kon Ichikawa

    I consider Fires on the Plain (1959) a brilliant example of poetic narrative. Here are 2 scenes: Long stretches of the movie contain no dialogue, only the sounds of nature and some music. The in-between stretches are dreamlike and indeed somewhat remind me of Chaplin at times, though not comedic. In fact the main character moves and walks in subtly Chaplin-esque fashion, but this is sort of ghost-Chaplin or zombie-Chaplin. It begins with a hard slap in the face. Tamura, the main character,...
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  6. A way to explain the Dunning Kruger effect

    Put simply, the Dunning Kruger effect says: Beginners are unable to see that their work isn't as good as the work of more skilled artists. First to dispell a very common misunderstanding—it doesn't mean they're stupid. It just means they haven't learned certain things yet. I first ran up against this in drawing, and I think using some visual aids can help get the principle across clearly. One of the ways I've heard it put best is by drawing instructor Robert Beverly Hale in one of his...
  7. All I can do

    All I feel I do is endure. There is no way out of this thing, this experience of awareness. All the pain, and all the pleasure passing by while I watch it. Everything is happening in one space, and I don't even know where or what it is. What I am. The thoughts that come up are the same, I don't choose which ones arise, I only notice some of them as they do. Some are more viral than others, and the whispers of others often wiser. No wonder this idea of the angel and devil on the shoulder is...
  8. Alone...

    I find it so funny that in a world with what 8 billion people give or take the ones we don't know about.. That people are getting to the point where we feel we are better off alone. Because it's peaceful.. Now I will just say I like my alone time just as much as the next person. I like to feel at peace and not having to worry about walking on eggshells or being afraid of what might come out of my mouth that might possibly offend someone. For the whole 26 years I have been on this planet...
  9. Amen, Sir.

    Coda from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury About two years ago, a letter arrived from a solemn young Vassar lady telling me how much she enjoyed reading my experiment in space mythology, The Martian Chronicles. But, she added, wouldn't it be a good idea, this late in time, to rewrite the book inserting more women's characters and roles? A few years before that I got a certain amount of mail concerning the same Martian book complaining that the blacks in the book were Uncle Toms and why...
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  10. An Investigation into Poetic Film - The World of Objects/Nature/Animals

    I doubt many people bothered to look up my Darkmatters blog, so I'll start this by pasting in my first 2 posts on the subject of Poetic Form. I've corrected a few things, including the name of a movie I got completely wrong originally (it's Secret World, I had mistakenly written Secret Garden). After these two I'll start making original entries here at Writing Forum. So here's the first one: It's time for another dose of Cinemastudies! To set the stage for this post - bear in mind my sig at...
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