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I have advice for people who want to write. I don’t care whether they’re 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First, if you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, what you think about things, what you think is fair and what you think is unfair. And second, you need to read. You can’t be a writer if you’re not a reader. It’s the great writers who teach us how to write. The third thing is to write. Just write a little bit every day. Even if it’s for only half an hour — write, write, write.

Wisdom from Madeleine L'Engle, quoted in her biography. Couple with Hemingway’s advice to aspiring writers and Virginia Woolf on the creative benefits of keeping a diary, then revisit L'Engle on writing and creativity.  (via explore-blog)

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www.wikiart.org/en/heinrich-campendonk/komposition-mit-2-figuren-1912

Great resource for art referencing

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From EarthShip Decor posted by My Modern House

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I love Tom Hanks. I’ve always loved Tom Hanks. I loved Before Tom Hanks. And I love After Tom Hanks. Now, some of you are probably saying, “Froggie, there is only one Tom Hanks.” 

Ah, so young. 

You see, when I was a youth Tom Hanks was seen very differently. He was that cross-dressing guy. Eventually he did Splash and The Money Pit and he was that Generic Comedy Movie Guy. You liked him, but unless his movies were on cable you kinda forgot about him. Then he did Big and everybody flinched for a moment. It was a special movie and there were signs there was more to Tom Hanks than meets the eye. But then he did Turner & Hooch and everybody went back to seeing Tom as that Generic Comedy Movie Guy. 

He was like cotton candy. Sweet, enjoyable, but not a lot of substance. Empty calories from an occasional treat. 

Then there was Joe vs the Volcano. I actually went to see this in the theater. 

It was… somethin’. 

Some people were ready to put Tom out to pasture. His relevance as a comedy star was fading. His leading man abilities came into question. Tom was always very humble so he was like, “No big deal. I’ll be a character actor. I’ll just do supporting roles.” 

So he did A League of Their Own. He said, “There’s no crying in baseball!” and stole the movie. People changed their damn minds again. “He should be the star of a movie!” And I was like, “He was! …a bunch of times!” 

In comes Sleepless in Seattle. For better or worse, he helped birth a new age of Romantic Comedies. Mothers everywhere thought he was adorable. He was a bonafide star again and could call his own shots. But I’m not sure Tom really wanted to be Romantic Comedy Guy after being Generic Comedy Movie Guy. 

So he went a different direction. Thus began… After Tom Hanks. 

Tom’s next film was not a comedy. Not even a little bit. He played a gay man. Who had AIDs. And was dying. While fighting off homophobes with The Law. And his costar was dramatic heavyweight Denzel Washington. Tom was so committed that he lost a ton of weight to look sick. It was a heartbreaking movie with a beautiful performance.  

Before Philidelphia was released people were a bit confused. They were like, “Huh? Tom Hanks? He’s that cross dressing, mermaid loving, comedy guy who did a buddy cop movie with a dog named Hooch. What’s going on here?” 

And then the movie came out and pretty much everyone who saw it was like, “Holy shit. Where did that come from?” 

It turns out Tom Hanks could act. I mean, he could act. For the longest time people saw his goofy face and curly hair and didn’t really test his range. He didn’t belong in a movie fighting a volcano. People had been selling him short for years. But he never complained. He was always just happy to be working. He just waited patiently and when he saw a shot, he took it. 

Tom went off to the races. Forest Gump confirmed it. It wasn’t luck. Tom could definitely act like the dickens. Then came Apollo 13. Houston we have an actor. 

He did Toy Story and was like, “How about I kick start a revolutionary new form or movie-making?” DONE. 

Then he was like, “I want to be an action hero, but with feeeelings.” Saving Private Ryan. DONE. 

Then he was like, “Those romantic comedy moms were so nice to me and kinda saved my career.” You’ve Got Mail. THANKS MOMS. DONE. 

Then Tom got a little crazy. “What if it really hurt when I have to pee?” The Green Mile. DONE. 

“I want to act, but I am sick of other people.” Cast Away. DONE. 

“I should throw that Leo DiCaprio kid a bone.” Catch Me If You Can. DONE.

[Leo powers up.]

“Accents are fun.” The Terminal. DONE. 

“Okay, what if I test out this motion capture technology that isn’t quite ready and demonstrate the greatest example of what the Uncanny Valley is?” The Polar Express. CREEPILY DONE. 

“I want… MONEY. Make it rain!” The Da Vinci Code. DONE. FRANCHISE INITIATED. 

“Let’s get weird.” Cloud Atlas. CONFUSINGLY DONE. 

“Maybe I should go back to just acting good and stuff.” Captain Phillips. DONE. 

“I enjoyed being a captain and acting good.” Sully. DONE. 

At this point, Tom had DONE it all. But I think a new challenge lies ahead.

Hollywood had a dilemma. Mr. Rogers was the purest being to ever grace this planet. Who is the least scummy person in the industry? 

Tom Fucking Hanks. 

Ack, sorry Mr. Rogers. That was uncalled for. 

Tom Hecking Hanks.

And that brings us to today. Tom Hanks is going to be Mr. Rogers and I really hope it’s amazing because Fred deserves nothing less. And I think he wold approve of Tom telling his story. 

I’m not sure I’ve seen another story quite like Tom Hanks. He was so close to becoming a forgotten Generic Comedy Actor Guy. He could have easily become one of those people discussed on “I Love the 80s” where the talking heads are like, “Whatever happened to that guy?” 

I’m very glad that didn’t happen. Tom seems like a genuinely good guy. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a story where someone was like, “That Tom Hanks is a real douche.” He still seems to be madly in love with his wife. They’ve been together for 30 years! I wonder if that is some kind of Hollywood record. He’s a good father. A good friend. A great spokesman for WWII vets. And he is always willing to make a fan’s wedding memorable. 

He just inspires me to keep trying to be a better me. He inspires me to be a sustainable better me. 

And for that I’d like to say…

[fuckyeah-nerdery]

This was a great TED Talk. Thanks.

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For those of you too young to have seen most of his early movies, just…. imagine if Will Ferrell had done Elf and Anchorman and Stepbrothers…. and then in 2009 won Sean Penn’s Oscar for Milk.

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“CPUs. Cayce Pollard Units. That’s what Damien calls the clothing she wears. CPUs are either black, white, or gray, and ideally seem to have come into this world without human intervention. What people take for relentless minimalism is a side effect of too much exposure to the reactor-cores of fashion. This has resulted in a remorseless paring-down of what she can and will wear. She is, literally, allergic to fashion. She can only tolerate things that could have been worn, to a general lack of comment, during any year between 1945 and 2000. She’s a design free-zone, a one-woman school of anti whose very austerity periodically threatens to spawn its own cult.”

— William Gibson, Pattern Recognition

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When you read and fell in love with a book over a decade ago and it still affects you every day; that’s a not-to-be-missed read referral.

Someone at my job who likes to be heard over others (you know the type) heard a few of us talking about Pattern Recognition and came out of her office from down the hall spouting about how Gibson doesn’t write women well. Nuff said.1

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the only mantra that can save you, ever. - cult of cpu

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I have an entire library of books in ceiling to floor bookcases and Still PATTERN RECOGNITION and Cayce Pollard is closest to my heart and in my thoughts daily. Just bought more CPU’s the other day.

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The Parkland survivors, in their own words. For Our Lives: Parkland airs tonight on Freeform at 10|9c. 

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Every day is THE day for students who have survived school shootings. And , sadly as well, those we have lost who will forever be emblazoned in our hearts and minds.

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Frank Abagnale: "Catch Me If You Can" | Talks at Google

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(via Amazing Literary Reviews and Must Reads - Lee J Tyler)

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Building the Great Library of Alexandria

Michael Livingston, author of a historical fantasy series set in the ancient world, discusses how to reverse engineer the most famous library of all time.

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Amazing Literary Reviews and Must Reads

Amazing Literary Reviews and Must Reads

When you read the percentage of accepted submissions to major literary reviews, it can be quite demoralizing. Yet I’ve been trolling the internet and have found incredibly mind-altering reviews from top-notch creatives in great numbers that offer, by their sheer numbers, opportunities for your writing to see the light of day. One such review is named Diagramand its format fits its title to…

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Things we recommend: this book and reading in a sunflower field 🌻📚

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Van Gogh's Starry Night painted on dark water by Garip Ay

This will blow your mind.

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Wish there were sweaters but like,for feet