January 2011
13 posts
My Little Angel →
Wish I could embed this video, but can’t figure out how. Either way, fun and funny animation. Check it out!
“When it comes to applying innovation, use White Space teams. Drop all the...”
– I think the line is drawn a little too clearly in this article. However, I do agree with favoring an action-oriented white space approach. Moving, making, and falling forward will more likely lead to growth and innovation than following processes, plans, and analytics derived from an...
“Enter the boy band. Or any other male prototype of a young, not sexually...”
– Thought-provoking article. So, can/when does a celebrity crush go too far and set unrealistic expectations for teen girls? And how can adults mentor youth into adulthood?
Why Girls Get Bieber Fever: Hollywood, Are You Listening? | Psychology Today
“Still, innovation is unlikely to occur unless the person or team behind the idea...”
– To Innovate, You Need the Courage to Step Backward | Co.Design
One Little Word
When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. Every time I made a film, I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In “The Godfather,” it was succession. In “The Conversation,” it was privacy. In “Apocalypse,” it was morality.
The reason it’s important to have this is because most of the time what a director...
“An essential element of any art is risk. If you don’t take a risk then how are...”
– Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
“The drive for offering ‘more’ is not always the best path. It does...”
– Digital Publishing: Curation vs Collection vs Experience
And many other great thoughts in this post. So now the challenge: how can I better curate my life, my collections, and my work?