#the shared experience

[artimace]

Does anyone else have an ace-dar? Because I’ve definitely been hanging out with a new group of people and the topic turns towards sex (why??? who knows, it makes no sense to me but it happens) and I know for a fact my face does it’s closest imitation of ??????? and then sometimes. Sometimes. I make eye contact with someone and BAM. Camaraderie. Understanding. The beautiful joy of sharing the confusion as everyone around you reminisces about making out with people in weird places in high school. 

They’re ace, too. 

[postguiltypleasures]

Looking at my recent posts with no engagement: I am hungry for or a shared experience.

[rengenobta28]

My favorite POC experience

Is when we go to school and are absolutely 

SHOCKED

At the way white kids talk to their parents. The first day of kindergarten is like, “wtf”

[seeminglee]

Desert Photography - Monument Valley Sunset by The Shared Experience https://flic.kr/p/22ntUaa

[seeminglee]

The curves of the WAVE - Coyote Butte North by The Shared Experience https://flic.kr/p/ZAdS8h

[seeminglee]

The curves of the WAVE - Coyote Butte North by The Shared Experience https://flic.kr/p/CypKny

[adkmogul]

From Film Forum to Filmmaking:

The story of how a student from Marist became a Fulbright Scholarship recipient and an international filmmaker.

It all began for filmmaker Nick Homler at the 2012 Lake Placid Film Forum. As a Marist College student participating in the Sleepless in Lake Placid 24-hr Student Filmmaking Competition, Nick attended a panel discussion the morning after his film showcased at a screening along with several other participating school teams. The panel discussion “Do Movie Theaters Have A Future?” sparked the idea of a senior thesis capping video on the digital conversion of movie theatre projection. The next year, “Coffee and Conversation,” a keynote presentation from producer and educator Ira Deutchman, convinced Nick to move forward with a documentary he called “The Shared Experience.” Now Nick is taking the project to New Zealand on a Fulbright Scholarship. Here’s Nick writing a guest post for us, telling the story in his own words.

Congratulations to Nick and thank you for the kind words. Have a blast in New Zealand.