Category Archives: real life
ATD facilitators
On December 13, 2008 I attended an Awakening the Dreamer symposium at Boricua College with Melanie Ida Chopko, aka Melonie Amazing. On Valentines Day weekend 2010, I trained with 34 others to be a symposium facilitator. The symposium is a … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening the dreamer, facilitator training, gaia, memes, mother earth, script, symposium
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Trickster Pictures Collaboratory
Meanwhile on Earth… The internet is a global conversation. A variety of strange web entities have appeared to enable this – forums, chat rooms, voice over IP, and even video conferencing – Jonathan recently posted his take on this. The … Continue reading
Dream team
The primary lesson I learned making Daughter of God or DOG is this – finishing a movie by yourself takes forever. To complete DOG and support ALM this year, I’ve assembled a team of two knob spinning freelancers and five … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, real life
Tagged After Effects, ALM, andrea maio, Around Lake Michigan, art department, atmospheric, blender, california, canada, carrots, cars, cruise ship, dan kelly, Daughter of God, DOG, dogthemovie.com, erica, experimental, experts, Faisal Azam, freelancers, fund raising, geographic, Jeff Gibbs, Jonathan Kelly, julie constantin, lorax, melonie steffes, michigan, new york, saldaje, steve elrick, venture capital
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Visit On Desire
Last year my documentary about sailing around the Hawaiian Islands morphed into a documentary about sailing around Lake Michigan. In September of 2009 I soloed 300 miles on the 16 foor catamaran Hello World, searching for sustainable civilizations. The plan … Continue reading
ALM guide – inherent
There was another way of doing things once, a way that has become marginalized and almost forgotten but perhaps not quite totally annihilated. A way that isn’t self destructive. We all know the legend… the native people of several continents … Continue reading
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Tagged alignment, battle of krojanty, behavior, invader, lineage, nazi, polish cavalry, tank
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Coherent plan – future
What do I want to be and feel in the next 2 years? The next 5 years? The next 10? This was the 3rd question in my coherent plan. It’s a bit odd actually to answer this question last, after … Continue reading
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Compelled
To make a quick post before night night. I’ve been implementing the blogging structure and it… might… just… work. Three blogs all criss cross posting, logging into each other with usernames that match the blogs that the posts are coming … Continue reading
Confused!
I thought I had a plan for making the mothership blog, but not quite. Now I am confused. Here’s a little map to illustrate the flow. FORUM collaboratory || feeding BLOG Mothership (holyboners.com) BLOG Daughter of God (dogthemovie.com) BLOG Around … Continue reading
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Tagged domain, holyboners, mothership, visualize
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Standby for fireworks
Year Chinese New Year Begins Animal Sign 2007 February 18 Pig 2008 February 7 Rat 2009 January 26 Ox 2010 February 14 Tiger 2011 February 3 Rabbit 2012 January 23 Dragon 2013 February 10 Snake 2014 January 31 Horse 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, celebrate, outreach, tiger, water rabbit
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Shut up about the xroll already
Holographic scenes are trembling moments of pure gestalt. Put them in a sequence and call that a movie. Perhaps an alternate sequence reveals more. If you play it backward you hear, “I buried Paul.” I’m imagining a burst of experience … Continue reading
The team
Making movies – I’ve discussed how much work is involved and how there’s not enough me to go around. I need to amp up 1) art / production and 2) fundraising and outreach. I am in the process of contracting … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, real life, Some Almonds are Harder to Skin than Others, story, technique, Uncategorized
Tagged andrea maio, art department, Faisal Azam, Jeff Gibbs, Jonathan Kelly, julie constantin, melonie steffes, portfolio, resume, steve elrick
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Redeconstructing motivation
The last several ALM posts have been about clarifying DK’s journey, why exactly did he get on the boat? Is he really searching for sustainable civilizations or was there another reason? Why is this trip shrouded in mystery? Maybe he … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, plan, real life, story
Tagged extra terrestrials, gods, judo, kurusawa, mission, murder, mystery, obfuscate, rendevous, ritual, sanshiro sugata, satellites, secret mission, treatment
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Am I a good friend?
When you love a lot of people, how do you keep the connections fresh? This is a quandary for me as I’m blessed with a large extended family. Blogs help me make big chunks of my life public. With the … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, clan, english, extended family, internet, public, quandry, reality check, simulations, tribe, world wide web, www
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ALM guide, everyman
introduction for character Dan Kelly (everyman) Unless you’re totally evil or from another planet, you are probably concerned about the future of this one, our earth. It’s old news to talk about how much trouble we are in, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged air, art, collective future, compact fluorescent, consumption, duck and over, earth, edward bernays, evil, food, foundation, recycle, science, sierra club, smoke, sustainable civilization, torches of freedom, toxic consumer culture, water
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ALM guide, becoming miraculous
introduction for character Dan Kelly (becoming miraculous) During intense experience I often get a clue about my full potential, what I am capable of. If I get into a situation that calls for a little something extra then lo, something … Continue reading
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Tagged ambulance, coccyx, darkness, divine intervention, extraordinary energy, fluke, george lucas, global life support, healer, healing, knee, light saber, luck, magic, massage therapist, miracle, name, paralysis, power, proximity radar, science, spinal cord, star wars, surgery, undocumented features, vision
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ALM guide, the time traveler
introduction for character Dan Kelly (time traveler) Yes, another movie about how much trouble we are in. It’s also about how we got out of the trouble. If you remember the future as I do, you’ll know that we almost … Continue reading
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Tagged after future, future, mistakes, moment, pre present, present, sailboat, sprout, time travel, time traveler
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Designing the ALM guide
Who is this character Dan Kelly, ALM guide? Why is the audience intrigued by his journey? Based on my discussion with Andrea, I can’t assume the audience will understand my assumptions and motivations regarding ALM. The 900 lb gorilla in … Continue reading
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Tagged ALM, andrea maio, character development, dan kelly, fictional, gorilla, terrorist training films
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Coherent plan – objectives (ALM)
2.1 Objectives common to both projects… 2.2 Objectives of DOG 2.3 Objectives of ALM 2.3.1 convey the main character (premise / starting point) to establish rapport. He becomes a compelling guide / proxy for the audience (get inside his head) … Continue reading
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Tagged ALM, becoming miraculous, carbon load, colony, consumer culture, darwin, decide to thrive, demonstrate, empire, future artifacts, global life support, ignorance, illustrate, industrial revolution, life support, magic making, pragmatic magic, suicidal status quo, sustainable, sustainable civilizations, terrorist training film, toxic consumer culture, toxic training, western
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A coherent plan emerges – mission
Good Earth, have you been reading the recent posts from http://ondesire.com and http://holyboners.com? I have – and they are beginning to spin out of control. Some sort of fugue state is being entered into here, so many eggs are cracking … Continue reading
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Tagged african, ALM, artifacts, character development, collective destiny, Daughter of God, DOG, fugue, future sustainable civilization, global consciousness, holyboners, iching, james camaron avatar, mission, omelet, ondesire, oracle, reinvention, steward, wilds
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Xroll
What does memory look like? What do thoughts look like? What is the magic ingredient that makes reality real? I dunno. Let’s make some language. We’ve already got B roll, an antiquated term for supplementary footage used to cover audio … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, technique
Tagged After Effects, b roll, director, experimental, expressions, javascript, lingo, open source, rotoscope, rotoscoping, turbo, xroll
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Where’s Faisal?
Dern that boy, I thought I told him to mind the store. Well, here’s a taste. Your humble Director is way up in Northern Michigan yanking miracles out of his butt, a half dozen a day practically. Mostly concerning the … Continue reading
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Tagged DOG, michigan, northern michigan, poplar, portents, wood smoke
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Personal finances and whuffie
An unproductive visit to the outhouse this morning as far as bowels were concerned, but the brain – oh the brain. I receive $2000 a month in investment income. The initial investment was actually emotional, but it’s since been converted … Continue reading
Glorious 8 Fold Protocol of Creation
Brooklyn, New York “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” Groucho Marx This is a long update. There aren’t any pictures. There are only a few funny parts. It’s primarily targeted at those of you who imagine … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, hardware, people, real life, software, Some Almonds are Harder to Skin than Others, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged Add new tag, Almonds, DOG, Fruit flies, G8FP, Groucho Marx, Kathleen, Morrie Warshawski, SATA, sprouted, Venus T5, VFX
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The Venus T5 and the currrent state of emergency
Brooklyn, New York I distracted myself this week by doing some cloning. I’ve been a chef de la saveur électronique for lo these last 25 years, generating a great feast of tasty data. With the exception of a stack of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Loeding, clone, cloning, data, Daughter of God, G-Tech, Pontiac, Venus T5, zombie geeks
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Launch of Almonds releases blocked energy
Brooklyn, New York It’s been about 6 weeks since my last update. It might be more appropriate to begin, “Bless me father for I have sinned, it’s been about 6 weeks since my last update”. That’s how the Catholic sacrament … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 Arguments, abandoned highway, Almonds, apocalypse, Big Beaver, Catholic, Detroit Michigan, Exit 69, Faisal Azam, film festival, frozen lakes, Grizzly Man, hibernation, Honda Odyssey, HVX-200, I75, Jerry Mander, Kai Schwarz, liquidating, michigan, mystic commando, outhouse, snow, toxic consumer culture, Werner Herzog
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What’s the plan? Guess!
Brooklyn, New York When last we tangled with the narrative of self proclaimed film maker Dan Kelly, he had reached a terrible realization. Based on the most recent completion estimate, the project DOG is far from wrapping up, au contraire. … Continue reading
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Tagged cash advance, cheap, collaborators, continuity from hell, credit cards, Daughter of God, fast, festival worthy, fundraising, good, mastercard, miracle, mis-matched shots, resources, talent, Trevor Macdermid, visa, we there yet, wild light, wild sound
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Revised completion estimate and the release of the Book of DOG
Brooklyn, New York Today is the day of reckoning, where I reckon just how much trouble I am really in. 2008 is coming to an end and Dan Kelly is committed to fully engage all control surfaces until the mission … Continue reading
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Tagged After Effects, airship, back story, boxes, Daughter of God, design reference, fanatical monk, handle in post, mocha, motion graphics, paradox, premise, props, recruit artists, reflection, rotoscope, slowing down time, visual elements, we there yet
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Are we there yet? Roto upgrade, tracking, abandoned highway and the Obamas
Brooklyn, New York Hey there! Three weeks just flew by, phew. Since we last communed, I spent a week trying to accelerate my rotoscoping execution with the help of Pete O’Connell. His method is to track the elements and then … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D model, abandoned highway, After Effects, cars, cruise ship, EMP, highway, Honda Odyssey, Jonathan Kelly, making nets appear, Obama, Pete O'Connell, point tracker, reflection, rotoscope, tree, we there yet
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Password protected update is made available to a few more members of the tribe
Brooklyn, New York Greetings friends, It’s been 3 months since I started these updates, and I’m ready to expand the audience a bit. For those of you who are connecting to the updates for the first time – welcome! Please … Continue reading
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Tagged Advanced Rotoscoping Techniques, Alan Watts, happening scene, holy boners, marketing scheme, mining, monoblog, mortal machine, Pete O'Connell, revenue stream, rotoscope, supra genius, toxic consumer culture, transcendental meme
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Bricks, a cruise ship and the San Juan River in Utah
Brooklyn, New York It’s been a little over a month since my last update. After returning from Wyoming and setting up at the Artist house on Crystal Lake, I cranked out a solid week of roto work, focusing on – … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D model, After Effects, alien invasions, Arizona, Artist house, atomic war, bleached bones, bricks, climate crisis, cranky, Crescent City, cruise ship, Crystal Lake, Daughter of God, Dirk Schwarz, divine retribution, earthquakes, Fremont Lake, Jeff Gibbs, Kai Schwarz, Kingston New York, Lake Michigan, Mike Kelly, militarized plagues, mothership, Pinedale, rotoscope, Sarah Kelly, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Swim Across America, toxic consumer culture, Wyoming
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Maintaining tribal integrity takes time
Beulah, Michigan Speaking of Crowley, today is the seventh anniversary of our camping trip to North Manitou. So much for that day or two… the last six (!) days were all about friends and family. I seem prone to underestimate … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Crowley, family, Flagstaff, friends, North Manitou, seclusion, tribe
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Climbing into the forest fire after the cowboy wedding in Wyoming
Beulah, Michigan It’s been about a month since I last touched After Effects. The week following the 8/15 update went into packing and making the Brooklyn apartment fit for sub letters. I then drove 15 hours to northern Michigan, dropped … Continue reading
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Tagged After Effects, ascend, Betsie River, Brooklyn, bushwhack, Darcie, Dave Crowley, descend, forest fire, Jackson Hole, Jonathan Kelly, mountain, Snake Lake, sublet, Wyoming
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In transit
Ohare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois The last week was dedicated to subletting the Brooklyn apartment and making the pilgrimage to Michigan. That all went down without a hitch and now I’m on my way to Pinedale Wyoming, for the wedding … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Chicago, Darcie, Dave Crowley, michigan
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297 hours on the motion graphic to do list
Brooklyn, New York Hello friends, Mid August and time for an inventory of the motion graphics tasks, though with surprises around every corner there’s really no way to compile a comprehensive list. At least I can document what’s obvious, estimate … Continue reading
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Tagged 0% APR, After Effects, Automatic Duck, Brad Robinson, color correction, continuity, DV Rebel Guide, Final Cut Pro, friends, holy boners, learning curve, lighting, mistakes, motion graphics, order of operations, river trip, rotoscope, shooting, Stu, VFX, wedding, workflow
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More fascinating esoterica about rotoscoping, the DV Rebel methodology
Brooklyn, New York I’m operating mostly from intuition. I know which controls to futz with and generally I achieve what’s needed, but at this point I don’t know enough yet to make a comprehensive plan. There’s still a mighty learning … Continue reading
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Tagged End of Eternity, fxphd.com, intuition, Isaac Asimov, key frame, learning curve, mask, MNC, over-expose, rotoscope
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