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Small Business Startup Packages video
One of my earliest video projects was for the Portland graphic design and web development creative agency, Spot Color Studio. They wanted to package their offerings in such a way that they could provide the services most frequently used by startup businesses in one standard package. After writing the script for the video to frame this message, I created this video for them to use in their promotional campaigns. [youtube]ipj9AWeam-4[/youtube]
Train Table Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Lhs-1TMS0 Indilea and Zaden Huntress wrote their first movie this weekend. The setting: our new Train Table. The cast: Thomas the Tank Engine, Flodo the Bus, and...monsters.
The Year of Art
Art, or Alchemy, is the XIV Trump in the Thoth deck of Tarot cards. Every year, on my birthday, I draw a card that symbolizes the coming year. Last year was the year of the Fool, whence I drew the 0 of Trumps, that beginning of journeys that leads you into the unknown. At the time, I was very excited. Having worked for three years in corporate sales, wearing a tie to the office every day. I was ready for [...]
My life in 2 years
I came across a good smack-in-the-face post this morning, and I'm using it to wake up. Now. I've been aiming for different degrees; for 6 months away, and for 10+ years away. But right now, I am focusing on an entirely attainable goal: my life in 2 years. I want to be living somewhere other than Portland. Somewhere that it's warm and sunny all year round. I want to make my living off of my wits and my creativity, instead [...]
A Week with the Kids
Me and my kids. All week. For the first time, Johanna is going on a trip by herself. Well, not all by herself; she's going with her mom, and they are taking a flight to Costa Rica tonight, on Christmas. This is the first time she has left her children for more than a few hours, and it's the first time I've had them all to myself. I don't have anything to do this week, no job, no work, no [...]
Multiplexing
I’m not just good at a couple of things. I’m good at nearly everything I do. Believe me, it’s a bitch. Life would be so much simpler if I had one skill, or one passion, and I applied myself to one thing for the rest of my life. But I could never deal with that. Why? I’m a multiplexer. I don’t do singular. My attention cannot remain focused unless it is split. I have to continually spin three to fifteen [...]