Inspiration

Collection by indie filmmaker and tech entrepreneur, Keely Grigel

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Q&A: Joel Hodgson Prepares to Relaunch ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ For a New Generation

To hear Joel Hodgson describe his past month, you'd think he was participating in an illegal, no-holds barred version of Fear Factor and not organizing a fundraising campaign to revive o

Speaking of inspiration, can’t wait! #mst3k #mysterysciencetheater3000 #joelhodgson #pattonoswalt #kickstarter

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Well here it is. My showreel for 2015. It’s a selection of my best animation work from this year, crammed together in a minute long clip. I hope you enjoy watching it.

Super big thanks to one of my favourite bands Man Man, for letting me use their song ‘Pyramids’ for my Reel. Check out more of their awesome jams here: manmanbandband.com/

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Happy to experience this journey of your creations and ever improving technique. It's reminiscent of my favorite: Don Hertzfedlt. Sheep counting could be slightly longer as it's such a good one. Love the insanely joyous colorful blobby friends at the end; they always cheer me up :) Hope we can work together someday. Thanks for the fun animations and being bold enough to share your art with the world. Happy Holidaze ~Your fan in the U.S.

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How to Make a Cotton Candy Flower

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Watching this street vendor in some country across the world create art out of cotton candy is somehow peaceful to me.

I've always wanted to learn how to do this and it'd be a fun thing to learn while traveling.

Maybe that's how he started. In a cotton candy mobile that's traveled thousands of miles.

Or maybe he's always lived on the same street, handed down family business-style technique.

The daily grind is sticky sugar whisps of wonderment, wandering.

Wondering.

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From the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie

Become a friendlier person 1. Don't criticize, condemn or complain. 2. Give honest, sincere appreciation. 3. Arouse in the other person an eager want. 4. Become genuinely interested in other people. 5. Smile. 6. Remember that a person's name is to that person the most important sound in any language. 7. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. 8. Talk in terms of the other person's interest. 9. Make the other person feel important - and do so sincerely. 10. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. WIN PEOPLE TO YOUR WAY OF THINKING 11. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong." 12. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. 13. Begin in a friendly way. 14. Get the other person saying, "Yes, yes" immediately. 15. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. 16. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. 17. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view. 18. Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires. 19. Appeal to the nobler motives. 20. Dramatize your ideas. BE A LEADER 21. Throw down a challenge. 22. Begin with praise and honest appreciation. 23. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. 24. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. 25. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. 26. Let the other person save face. 27. Praise the slightest and every improvement. Be "lavish in your praise." 28. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. 29. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. 30. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

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No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

Henry Rollins

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Anthony Kiedis gives a heartfelt speech when he inducts Talking Heads at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I've met Anthony a few times, seen his performances even more. My life keeps getting better and better, can't wait to see what's next in store. I'd always wanted to create and inspire art. Keeping quiet about things named after me, our time spent together, has always been the funniest part. "Tell me baby, what's your story?"

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Dance on my grave when the time comes. Lately, I’ve experienced too much seriousness re: funerals, the afterlife, mourning. I can only provide so much empathy. Why didn’t you make an effort to spend more time with the deceased prior to their death? For me, I’m happy with the fleeting memories of those who’ve stumbled upon my life long enough to inspire art, movies, & stories. Our time together is immortal. Silly and outrageous, too.

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"Comparison is the thief of joy."

Teddy Roosevelt

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Celebrate a Life

"A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart." ~Ecclesiastes 7 verses 1 & 2

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This makes me delightfully happy. MiniDrones Blew Up My Toys!

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Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place). By Talking Heads. "Home is where I want to be but I guess I'm already there."

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"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." -Nora Roberts

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"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man."

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Do not set yourself on fire to keep others warm.

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"If you understand failure, you won't be afraid of it anymore. Failure isn't diving on your face or hitting rock bottom. That's just being human. You only fail when you decide not to try again. So it's entirely within your control. Once you understand failure, it's impossible to fail."