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14 Dec
YARN | a story coaching series

YARN | a story coaching series

I’m unleashing a story coaching series in 5 parts. I’m calling this series YARN. What is story coaching? We all tell ourselves a story. In this story, ideas ebb and flow and reinforce themes like why we are the kind of person we think we are, what kinds of roles those closest to us inhabit, and why we are met with success or failure. By becoming more aware of w[...]
14 Apr
One Kind of Criticism is Adjacent to Another with Jeff Goldblum

One Kind of Criticism is Adjacent to Another with Jeff Goldblum

I love me some Jeff Goldblum. I love this. And please some of this. I can't find the Cooking with Jeff that features Jonathan Gold for some reason, but that one's my absolute favorite.Anyway. I've been listening to some of his jazz stuff on Spotify lately I've also recently came across some Palette Gear, so I needed something to practice my set up with. In hon[...]
02 Jan
Swiss Color P-words set in Poynter Old Style Display

Swiss Color P-words set in Poynter Old Style Display

In an effort push my usage of color into new territory, I begun to re-read Josef Alber's Interaction of Color. For a number of years now I've really enjoyed going to swisscolors for inspiration. I've found that if I try coming up with color schemes like this on my own, I tend to be overly critical of highly saturated and contrasty schemes and eschew them for more mon[...]
05 Oct
Nobody Respect My Vision

Nobody Respect My Vision

There are so many classic lines from The Disaster Artist to choose from. The main consideration I put into what line to use for these pieces is how quotable they are. I opted for "Nobody respect my vision". It turns out nicely that it conveys the theme from the film so well. A man who pursues his dreams in the face of adversity and ridicule eventually receives acclaim[...]
22 Sep
Film Panoramas: Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

Film Panoramas: Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel stitches are finally complete! This is my third run since I started sharing the Film Panorama project with you, almost exactly two years ago! If this is your first time seeing this project, I dig into a little more detail on my first post on Wes Anderson's Hotel Chevalier As I mentioned in with the Hotel Chevalier stitches, Wes Anderson[...]
04 Aug
Not a Place of Jelly-Man Toys

Not a Place of Jelly-Man Toys

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a bit of a staple in my house. There's this particular line in the movie... Walter had received a Stretch Armstrong toy for his birthday and has been carrying it around with his brief case. His new boss (portrayed by Adam Scott in as insulting and rude a manner as possible) begins to pick on him for it, and as Walter starts to zone o[...]
30 Dec
Did you just say Cauliflower to me?

Did you just say Cauliflower to me?

This weekend my dad and brothers went on our annual father/son retreat. We usually screen a film in the evenings on these outings. This time, when Evan and I heard the other fellas hadn't seen Steven Soderbergh and Rebecca Blunt's "Logan Lucky", we knew we'd had a winner. While there are a number of endearing scenes of dialogue in the film, nothing beats the way Adam [...]