Create, Express, Recognize

The creative process consists of three steps: 1. Create2. Express3. Recognize Create: It starts with an idea, a creative flow, an inspiration, a thought, a concern, a “what if”. Express: Then, that idea is expressed through whatever means, be it, art, music, film, painting, acting, mime, writing, sculpting…whatever. The creative idea is expressed. It takes [...]

Big Meeting Today

On October 1st, 2005, I decided to resign my corporate job. It was a hard decision, but I had to. Sixteen years of corporate life was starting to take it’s toll on my physically and emotionally. I had to step out into this new adventure, this new journey of life. If I had stayed, I [...]

Blog This. Blog That.

I just realized that I probably have way too many blogs: • This blog.• My business blog.• My minisry blog.• My son’s blog (overseer). Trying to update them all is a bit too much. Maybe I should pull the Top Pup blog. It’s difficult keeping a business blog, when you already have a “Latest News” [...]

The Marketing of Evil

Film is, by its very nature, highly propagandistic. That is, when you read a book, if you detect you’re being lied to or manipulated, you can always stop reading, close the book momentarily and say, “Wait just a minute, there’s something wrong here!” You can’t do that in a film: You’re bombarded with sound and [...]