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So, this week I am photographing my art that I have ready to seal and varnish. In addition to that, I am going to clean and organize the studio. I also got a new kind of acrylic paint made by Lucas CRYL. I plan to see how I like this paint and I will get back to you on it. Yeah, I am going to be putting myself back out there. I have been gone from the scene for far too long. I have a great short film to direct and possibly act in. I also am back to painting and want to get that out into the world and sell it.
Yeah, I don’t see myself as a filmmaker, writer or painter. I am a creative. Creating is what I do and I do it in many different ways. I just saw Taika Waititi’s Ted Talk he did in Doha. He explained how he was not one thing but many things. His talent was creativity. We are all creative. You are creative whether you recognize it or not. Find the outlets that let you express that creativity. It may be just one thing or many. I am getting back into filmmaking, but I recognize that there is more to my creative output than just film. I paint, photograph, make multi medium pieces, direct, act, write, produce and what other ways I can find to express myself.
You are all creatives, regardless of what you’ve been told. Get out there and create. I know many of you are very busy and that is fine. You can carve out an hour or two just for you to create. And don’t feel guilty about either. You need some you time.. A good way to self care is by creating. Trust me. Get out there and make something
Ok enough for now. I will be writing here a lot more often.
WOW, it has been a while. Almost two years since I last posted. The past two years were not as productive as I would like it to be. So, what is going with me? Well I have started back into painting and we are working on Dumbsaints. Ken Anthony and myself met with the owner of the Flamingo Sports Bar. The same bar that Jack Kerouac would be drinking at. We are now trying to link up with the Kerouac estate to get permission to shoot in the backyard of Jack’s house which is in St Petersburg. If anyone is interested in helping make this contact me.
I am painting again. I am blessed enough to have a small studio in my house, and I converted a bedroom into a studio, and I am teaching myself how to paint and create art. For me, I taught myself how to swim, how to drive, and filmmaking so why not teach painting. I also have done multi-medium sculpture in the past and I want to explore that again.
I took a free course with Louise Fletcher, and I learned a lot from it and I plan to next year to take her full course. I also joined an art community started by Rafi Perez and Klee Angelie. We are rogue artists for sure. If you want to follow them go to their patreon page look them up. They do a podcast and members of their patreon page get to get in there Discord page and live streams.
If you are an artist look into joining and join a collective of creatives this is it.. Also, checkout Louise Fletcher and Alice Sheredon podcast Art Juice. Excellent art podcast. Also, look for Rafi and Klee’s podcast. They are both on Podbean.
I can’t wait to share my journey and my art and film with you????
My journey into film 