FILMMAKER.

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HOW DID I GET HERE? HOW THE HELL ...

#𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 : a character study of MARK COHEN. affiliated with @lovehurried & @amreality.

docs. writing. side. usfw.

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UNUSUAL MUSE ASSOCIATIONS.

spice : ginger.

weather event / natural disaster : blizzard.

color : purple / brown / red.

magical power : clairvoyance.

shoe : converse.

plant :   rosemary.

animal :  owl.

weapon : scissors.

subject / major : film.

gemstone / mineral : garnet.

makeup product : nail polish.

candy : peppermints.

fear : being alone.

sport (traditional or extreme) : cycling.

method of long–distance travel : train.

hour : nine pm.

wood : cherry.

mythological creature : will-o'-the-wisps.

three emojis : 📽️🔥✌️.

moon phase : waxing gibbous.

TAGGED BY : i stole it from myself. TAGGING : you!

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Blake Patrick Anderson as Mark in RENT at Hope Mill Theatre 2020

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' me? i'm here ... nowhere. ' @amreality

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Can’t believe there’s men who just walk around with rings and bracelets on… sluts

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WHAT IS IT YOU WANT FROM LOVE ?

YEARNING. restless minds at night and listening to melancholic songs in the dark while thinking of them. you spent so much time loving while going unloved that you’ve found comfort in it. it’s the only way you know how to, your heart learned to love in the same beat you learned to lie about it and you’ve found a home in the unrequited.

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Blake Patrick Anderson and Tom Francis as Mark Cohen and Roger Davis 

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' i should tell you, i should tell you ... ' @amreality

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𝐉𝐎𝐄  𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒’  𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ,   PART  TWO     —     a collection of one - liners taken from joe iconis’ 2022 album,  album.   slightly edited for clarity.   change pronouns as necessary.     PART  ONE.     PART  THREE.

❛  i  have  been  away  so  long .  ❜ ❛  i’ve  been  afraid  to  show  my  face .  ❜ ❛  i’m  a  man  now ,   i  am  strong .  ❜ ❛  welcome  home  to  me .  ❜ ❛  i'm  not  healed ,   but  i’m  something  greater .  ❜ ❛  i’m  not  a  man ,   i’m  just  a  shape .  ❜ ❛  everything  looks  weird  and  new .  ❜ ❛  i  got  the  sympathy  for  the  killer .  ❜ ❛  i  can  guess  the  ending .  ❜ ❛  i  should  run .  ❜ ❛ i  try  to  not  just  go  berserk .     (  that  is  not  going  well .  )  ❜ ❛  she’s  accomplished  all  my  dreams .  ❜ ❛  my  psychotherapist is  great .  ❜ ❛  my  psychotherapist is  great .     (  except  when  she’s  not .  )  ❜ ❛  i  can’t  help  that  i’m  tense .  ❜ ❛  you  know  her .  ❜ ❛  she’s  the  one  whose  star  ascended .   ❜ ❛  i'll  perform  for  one  eye - rolling  waiter .  ❜ ❛  i  think  that  bitterness  becomes  me .  ❜ ❛  without  her  i  would  not  survive .  ❜ ❛  my  thoughts  start  to  splinter  and  she  keeps  me  sane .  ❜ ❛  she’s  a  touch  intense .  ❜ ❛  what  you  can’t  see  gets  left  behind .  ❜ ❛  out  of  sight  and  out  of  mind  is  just  the  way  that  things  have  gotta  be .  ❜ ❛  i  thought  we  had  a  history .   ❜ ❛  everybody  does  fine  without  me .  ❜ ❛  the  world  does  just  fine  without  me .  ❜ ❛  don’t  look  at  me  like  i’m  some  total  downer .  ❜ ❛  i  just  want  somebody  to  spoon  with.  ❜ ❛  i’ve  never  been  touched .  ❜ ❛  nobody’s  ever  put  their  arms  around  me .  ❜ ❛  ew ,   get  away .   ❜ ❛  i  don’t  want  the  moon  .  ❜ ❛  i  just  want  her  to  feel  okay .  ❜ ❛  we  all  get  a  little  sad  sometimes .  ❜ ❛  we  all  act  a  little  bad  sometimes .  ❜ ❛  i've  never  seen  a  girl  like  her .  ❜ ❛  we’re  not  in  love .  ❜ ❛  we’re  not  in  love ,   i  wish  we  were.  ❜ ❛  put  all  your  love  inside  me .  ❜ ❛  let’s  go  right  now  the  two  of  us  and  not  look  back .  ❜ ❛  we  all  go  a  little  mad  sometimes .  ❜ ❛  baby ,   let’s  go  to  bed .  ❜ ❛  i  wish  i  had  the  strength  to  stay .  ❜ ❛  i’ll  be  back  here  in  the  morning .  ❜ ❛  i’m  off  committing  my  crimes .  ❜ ❛  just  ignore  your  conscience .  ❜ ❛  i'm  a  fuckin’  fake .   ❜ ❛  it’s  just  ‘cause  i  love  you  so  much .  ❜ ❛  i  just  had  to  come  clean .  ❜ ❛  i  committed  a  crime  at  christmas  time .  ❜ ❛  i  won’t  be  comin’  home .  ❜ ❛  i’m  a  writer .  ❜ ❛  i  ain’t  made  a  dime  in  a  while .  ❜ ❛  got  a  lot  of  material   —   no  one  cares .  ❜ ❛  my  song’s  gone  out  of  style .   ❜ ❛  i’m  in  the  right  place  in  the  wrong  time .  ❜ ❛  my  dreams  are  big .  ❜ ❛  it’s  a  short  walk ,   but  a  long  climb .  ❜ ❛  i  wonder  if  her  life  is  just  like  mine .   ❜ ❛  i’m  not  the  only  person  who  feels  this  way .  ❜ ❛  remember  the  things  that  now  are  gone .  ❜ ❛  remember  the  history ,   remember  me .   ❜ ❛  things  in  new  york  are  temporary .  ❜ ❛  he  changes  from  a  guy  that  you’d  never  be  into ,   into  a  guy  that  you’d  kind  of  be  into .  ❜ ❛  he  changes  from  a  guy  that  i’d  never  be  into ,   into  a  guy  that  i’d  kind  of  be  into .  ❜ ❛  is  he  worth  it ,    [ name ]  ?  ❜ ❛  i  don’t  always  relate  to  other  people  my  age .  ❜ ❛  i  guess  a  part  of  me  likes  to  talk  you .  ❜ ❛  i  guess  a  part  of  me  likes  to  sit  with  you .  ❜ ❛  i  guess  a  part  of  me  likes  to  hang  with  you .  ❜ ❛  the  guy  that  i’d  kind  of  be  into  is  you .  ❜

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WHAT SOFT ROMANCE CLICHE ARE YOU?

the almost kiss. you're unsure about things, always hesitating. why is that? maybe there's something to lose for you, but maybe (just maybe) the risk is worth it. you're the moment when the main characters lean in, lips parted and almost touching. but it's not the actual kiss everyone loves, it's the anticipation. when they look into each other's eyes before their lids flutter close. and there's a lot of frustration when things are interrupted. trust me though, you're a lot more memorable than the actual kiss. you're nervous, but at the end of the day all you want is to be loved.

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Blake Patrick Anderson as Mark Cohen 

Cast of RENT in Manchester (2020) - 1/12

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' i had no juice in my battery. ' @amreality

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“There’s no place I’d rather be.“

@rentemotion​ gets a festive lyric one-liner Step into Christmas  ( Elton John,  Caribou  ( 1974 ) )

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it’s cold,  the wind leaving both with frost nipped cheeks,  and yet mark finds he doesn’t disagree with her.   ' me either. '   no matter how appealing fantasies of moving west,  to santa fe or los angeles,  sound in the moment.   new york is home.   it has been since his first visit into the city as a kid,  face pressed against the window of his father’s car as they drove past tourists and artists and businessmen,  all on their way to whatever destination awaited them.   (  what do mark and mimi look like to passersby now?   do they take notice of her ripped pantyhose,  the shoe laces wrapped around his ankles?   or are they just a blip on their radars?  )   ' i’ve always thought this is the greatest place in the world. '

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' the music ignites the night with passionate fire! '

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' somehow i think i smell the whiff of a scheme ... ' @quinfamy.

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leaving for work soon, but ... like for a one - liner?

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romance / friendship arc. you started this story a little hard, or awkward, or stubborn. that's okay. it's harder than it should be to admit, but what you really want is love. that's what your story is all about - not just the act of loving, but the allowance of it. the confession that you do not want to fight or bleed or save the world, but to simply feel the way two hands fit so easily together. you will have two chairs and a table and you will shut your blinds, and you will say the word love without faltering. this is a happy ending, and you do not need to feel guilty. it hurts our hands to fight - never to hold.