How would you rate your confidence level? I have a PhD from UC Berkeley. I’ve presented at national and international conferences. I’ve taught for 31 years. So anyone would think my confidence level would be high. But in another blog post I mentioned the 10 year old boy who hides inside me and undermines thatContinue reading “Confidence? Umm…”
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Lose Yourself in the Flow
What activities do you lose yourself in? When I am writing or working on making a film, I often experience the phenomenon of missing time, usually associated with alien abduction. (There are those aliens again!) But the one activity I have always lost myself in, while still being acutely aware of (the) time, has beenContinue reading “Lose Yourself in the Flow”
TOS!
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? I’ve watched Star Trek: The Original Series so many times I can usually guess the episode in the first 20 seconds. Sure, it has cheesy special effects, but I would love to live in that version of the Federation. Plus the show oftenContinue reading “TOS!”
Monkeys Rule!
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? A few years ago at a faculty/staff retreat, we divifed ourselves into animal groups: owls, lions, puppy dogs…? I think those were the choices. I chose the academic owl, of course. But if I could choose a power animal, it would be a chimpanzee. They’re smart,Continue reading “Monkeys Rule!”
AI-m I Right? AI-ght?
Intrigued by the sudden explosion of AI “products” (if that’s the right word), I decided to play around with some things, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. And the results were…well, okay. Trying out ChatGPT followed my reading of an article about sci-fi magazines having a surge of AI-written short stories which, from what I couldContinue reading “AI-m I Right? AI-ght?”
More Equipment1
Where would you go on a shopping spree? A few years back a friend of mine asked: “What would make you truly happy?” And my answer, after only a brief moments reflection, was, “To make films.” I had started that process in high school, ad had put it aside for a career in the theatre.Continue reading “More Equipment1”
What About Those Lost Toys?
Audio Chimera podcast episodes #64 and #65 are about Lost Toys. Well, that’s not actually true; #64 is more about a lost possibility of a career that, on this later-in-life reflection, never was a real possibility at all. I would have made a terrible auto mechanic. Even an early aptitude test said I scored lowContinue reading “What About Those Lost Toys?”
Play Post Mortem
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? This post may not quite answer the prompt, but I’ll pretend I’m a politician and answer the question I want to. I’ve often linked my theatre production process to the scientific method. I’d come up with a hypothesis, which is my directorialContinue reading “Play Post Mortem”
Audio Chimera Season 6!
I had some time to record the first three episodes of Season 6 of Audio Chimera: For these first three, I have returned to the scripted format that I used in past seasons. But, as luck would have it, I had an allergy attack earlier in the day. So if I don’t sound like I’mContinue reading “Audio Chimera Season 6!”
Life Fertilizer
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? I chose the title above because sometimes life gives you you-know-what (a four letter word for fertilizer, that is), but it changes a person’s direction and helps them grow. As. Mephistopheles says in Goethe’s Faust, “I am a part of the power which eternally wills evilContinue reading “Life Fertilizer”
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