What skill would you like to learn? I’m at the point in my life where I already have a set of honed skills, and adding to it seems unlikely. What’s that rule—10,000 hours of practice to master something new? I’m not sure I have that dedication, patience, or even time to invest in a newContinue reading “Another Skill”
Tag Archives: film
Top 10 Movies
What are your top ten favorite movies? Asking for a top ten list of movies is a bit daunting—you see, I write my daily blog entry during my first cup of coffee and I’m not capable of higher order thinking this early. But I will give you my top three. Incidentally, for a film class,Continue reading “Top 10 Movies”
Theatre. VR. Virtual Theatre.
On what subject(s) are you an authority? Since I have spent the last 46 years participating in every aspect of theatre, from acting to design to directing, I would have to say that I am an authority on Theatre. I’ve always concentrated in directing, whether as a student or as faculty, and that would beContinue reading “Theatre. VR. Virtual Theatre.”
Ah, Joy!
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. A few years ago, I was having a contentious conversation with someone. She was accusing me of not wanting to help her in an endeavor, while it seemed to me that I was trying very strongly to be of assistance. At some pointContinue reading “Ah, Joy!”
Job? What Job?
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? I recently retired from academia after 31 years of teaching. I found my life as a university professor fulfilling overall, with minor exceptions for policy changes that entered into the equation over the years, and for a decline in both enrollments and studentContinue reading “Job? What Job?”
One Way? Yield!
What gives you direction in life? The title of this post comes from a joke I used to tell; someone asks me my sign, and I waggle my eyebrows and say flirtatiously: “Yield…” As for what gives me direction in life, it’s my artistic projects. Working on plays as a director, writing plays or films,Continue reading “One Way? Yield!”
ChatGPT Writes Like My Playwrighting Students Did
I decided to try using ChatGPT to write a short script to see how it might do. I began with the idea of the Old King/Young King ritual that Sir James Fraser wrote about in The Golden Bough (1890), an examination of comparative religion that pre-dates Joseph Campbell. Frazer writes that the new king killsContinue reading “ChatGPT Writes Like My Playwrighting Students Did”
More Creative Time
What do you wish you could do more every day? When I retired, people said, “But what will you do with all that free time?” This was, of course, a subtle way of suggesting that only working is a meaningful way to spend one’s life and that I’d be bored without standing in front ofContinue reading “More Creative Time”
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”
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?”
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