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A Dream
Last night I had a dream that I’ve had before - not the exact same dream, but certain elements.
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Art as Resistance
One of my favorite movie lines, from David Mamet’s State of Main, happens when Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character pulls Alec Baldwin’s character out of…
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The Five Stages of Making a Film
We finally finished the short film Traveling Mercies that I mentioned in my last post (yay!).
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On Directing: Then and Now
What's it like to direct after a hiatus?
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Writers Gotta Write
What happens when life gets in the way?
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Do What Makes You Happy
The only answer that matters.
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The Fog
Thoughts about faith.
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Doubling Down on the Dream
How does one make a living as an artist? Not asking for a friend.
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I write about filmmaking, writing, and life as an artist. Sometimes I also write about loss.
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