Blog post 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVof0qj7SOw



FADE IN:


INT. BUILDING WINDOWS-- NIGHT


THE NAMELESS NARRATOR - 20s, Edward Norton - and his girlfriend, MARLA stand at the window. 

MARLA

You shot yourself.

NAMELESS

Yes, yes. But it's okay. Marla, look at me. 

As they're looking at each other the MUSIC starts to bleed into the scene. 

NAMELESS

I'm really okay. Trust me. Everything's going to be fine.

Just as he says "fine", the music really kicks in and every building around them begins to EXPLODE. Marla GASPS.

NAMELESS

You met me at a very strange time in my life.

The credits begin to roll and the music plays on; Where is my mind? where is my mind?

bRaINwAsHEd

http://changethis.com/manifesto/66.01.Brainwashed/pdf/66.01.Brainwashed.pdf

Acknowledging the Lizard

The lizard brain, as Seth Godin calls it, is the brain stem that tells us we can't. It is the biggest barrier any artist has to overcome. You must acknowledge the lizard, so that you can ignore it. 

Connect

One of the most important things someone can do is connect with the world around you. It really is all about who you know. If you put yourself out there, and your stuff is even decent, you  should at least get feedback that you can grow on and improve yourself with. 

Be generous

With the advent of the internet, there is so much free art circulating 24/7. This means you can't charge whatever you want for something these days. Some things should just be free. If you're generous with your work, you'll be rewarded in return.

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By just being a part of this class, I am making connections with the sort of people I will work with in my field. I think that making these connections helps me see more approaches to creative thinking. While I don't agree all the time, I enjoy listening to people talk during class. You can really get an idea of the views a person has from how they answer in class. Also, by connecting here, I'm making connections with people I will probably work with for, at least the next 4 years. 

Being generous is a good virtue to live by all the time. Not just being generous, but being nice too. If you're easy to work with and your work is decent, people will want to work with you. If you suck to work with and your work is great, no one will want to work with you. That is wasted talent. If you're generous, you will be rewarded.

I am not so sure that "acknowledging the lizard" really helps me write this blog. I suppose that I don't have much censorship while writing this blog. But I also feel that there's not a whole bunch of creativity going into this blog. We're assigned everything. 

# 2 Finding your howl

http://changethis.com/manifesto/51.01.YourHowl/pdf/51.01.YourHowl.pdf

In Flaum's Finding Your Howl, he tells a story of a wolf that is bred in captivity and loses his howl. Mumon, the main wolf knows that he has to howl or else his species will go extinct. Out of hunger, he goes after a deer and is scared at the raw power that he has exerted upon the deer. After a while, he pursues this intrinsic power and keeps going with it. Eventually the old Mumon dies and he finally finds his howl.  I think he explains the moral best by saying,

"For the cage to drop away it has to die, and this means that we have to die with it because, for reasons beyond our control, we have become identified with the cage and are one with it."

A great quote I like to think of from time to time would have to be 

                                        "Shit happens, 

              and it's awesome"

-Andrew W.K.

As a creative person, I think it is important to realize that there are good times in life and there are bad times. I think one has to look at all of these as just experiences, however. Not good, not bad, just experiences.  As a creative person, you need to draw from every single experience, not just a good one or a bad one. While I may not be the most positive person all the time, I rarely fail to see an experience to be learned from. 

Some of the best songs ever written were written from probably the lowest points in musicians lives. At the same time, some are written from the greatest times in peoples' lives. So it really makes you think, it's not about how sad he is or how ecstatic he is,  it's about how many experiences he has in life. While I do not think that one should use good or bad to describe an experience, I think that there should be some size aspect to experience. Eating a bowl of cereal in the morning, is not much of an experience. Winning the Superbowl is. The size of the experience is what makes an impact on your life. (and thus creative work)

When Andrew W.K. says "shit" in this quote, it is assumed he's talking about bad stuff. I like to think of it as just everything. Everything happens, and it is awesome. Within this context, you take away a more positive meaning of the quote. It makes me think, "Life is awesome, experience it." If you view take away all of your experiences you can do nothing but grow as a person. 

Once you let go of "good" or "bad" experiences and take them all in as just experiences. You are able to draw from those experiences and learn a lot about yourself. Once you kill off the old you, you are able to find your howl within.

Blog Numero 1

Dis my hero:

White Color Scheme

His white outfit shows just how pure he is. Don't, however, confuse pure with perfect. He is not perfect. He loves to party, so his white outfit will make any imperfections stand out. But he is certainly modest about that. All he has to do is wash his white outfit, and boom, it's white again. His white outfit also shows how simple he is. He just wants to spread joy to the world and have everyone experience life.

Overhead spotlighting

He is the center of everyone's attention and the spotlight is always on him. The white spotlight just adds to his white color scheme. It creates a very simplistic emotion of good. No fancy lighting, just a simple white light over his head to make him even more pure. Most of his backgrounds will be black, that also makes him stand out even more as the good guy.

Angular Stance

This partying hero is almost always caught in an angular stance. This shows that he's not a complex person, his personality, like his stance, is straight and simple. The ways he stand makes him look like very fun loving guy

I just deconstructed

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ANDREW W.K.

(Party Man)

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This is evil enemy deconstructed: 

Orange/black color scheme

This villain represents all that is evil. His black evil soul is so powerful that it has been cast through unto his outfit. His reddish-orange color provokes the audience to think of hell, especially when complementing a deep black. These two colors exemplify how far opposite of Andrew W.K. he is.

Curvy round shape

Unlike Party Man, this evil villain is complex and ambiguous. His shape is round and curvy. His curves are unsettling and give you a sense of uncertainty about him. Round shapes also lets him blend into his background easier. Not knowing where your enemies are makes them much scarier. 

Rear, silhouette lighting

Party Man's arch-nemesis is generally lit from behind to create a silhouette. With a silhouette, he is more ambiguous, therefor more scary and unsettling. Since he's already partially black, only the orange in his silhouette stands out. A very daunting thought.

I just deconstructed

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KG

(Nasty Man)