Help me return original manuscript to rightful owner!
NARRATIVE FOUND: Noel Ojeda's "A Little Dog and a Cat"
Found yesterday in the parking lot of the HEB at South Congress and Oltorf at 11:38 AM on Tuesday, 17 November.
Help me return original manuscript to rightful owner!
Help me return original manuscript to rightful owner!
TECHNOLOGY: from the top of my tiny mountain, i can see that...
from the top of my tiny mountain, i can see that...
• we're looking at screens – large, small, tiny – more and more.
• we're looking a swatches of paper less and less (i'm contemplating NOT replacing the printer that broke down 3 months ago... big imac screen, a laptop, and a small iphone screen allow me to view or carry virtually any doc! savin' trees!)
• we go online for news rather than wait for 5:30 pm cst and charlie gibson (sorry, charlie!)
• we've all but given up on paper letters, landlines, newspapers, magazines, records, tapes, CDs, wait-and-watch t.v.
• we're gradually giving up paper books for electronic ones (did i write that?)
• when we don't know something, we get online
• when we want to expand our networks, we go online
• when we want to dialog at a distance, we go online
• if we can get a book online, we go online and get it (when we don't have leisure time to enjoy the amazing walls of books at bookpeople!)
• if we're smart about our shopping, we go online first
• when we miss a broadcast and want to revisit an old one, we go online
while publishers slept, millions and millions more became digital publishers and that is only going to continue.
our lives are very different than they were a decade ago.
we work with every digital tool imaginable in our workplace, yet we require our children to pick up and enjoy the tools of the past? (something desperately wrong with that picture...).
if we transform, we survive.
if we don't, we wither and die.
FILM: "Happiness Is" on HuffingtonPost's Impact Today
Word about our film, Happiness Is, appeared in today's HuffingtonPost's Impact Channel: FILM: Giving Back Will Make You Happy by Victoria Fine.
A big day for all of us on the "Happiness Is" team, indeed!
The film takes up the meaningful exploration of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and its relationship to giving, especially "giving of oneself toward the greater good."
We learned (and conclude in our film) that happiness is best achieved when folks engage in helping their communities through the simple act of giving.
We're excited to share what we've learned, and hope to help even more communities in need through our screening program across the country this year and next!
Our "Happiness Is" team is blessed, excited, and we hope to share our message with audiences across the country in 2009, 2010 and beyond.
Jim Bruno is Executive Producer of "Happiness Is."
A big day for all of us on the "Happiness Is" team, indeed!
The film takes up the meaningful exploration of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and its relationship to giving, especially "giving of oneself toward the greater good."
We learned (and conclude in our film) that happiness is best achieved when folks engage in helping their communities through the simple act of giving.
We're excited to share what we've learned, and hope to help even more communities in need through our screening program across the country this year and next!
Our "Happiness Is" team is blessed, excited, and we hope to share our message with audiences across the country in 2009, 2010 and beyond.
Jim Bruno is Executive Producer of "Happiness Is."
MUSIC: Listen to Imogen Heap's Recent August Release: Ellipse
Brilliant in its essence, minimalism, and (again) inventiveness.
FILM | TECHNOLOGY: Egypt, Lebanon, and Canon 5D MKII
The documentary was shot entirely on the canon 5D MKll in and around Cairo and Beirut
Egypt / Lebanon Montage from Khalid Mohtaseb on Vimeo.
FILM | TECHNOLOGY: canon 5dmark2 music video
a beautiful video shot with a remarkable camera.
Music video for Michelle Lewis, a Boston Singer/Songwriter. The track is from her upcoming EP, Broken, available at michellelewismusic.com.
Shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with a 50mm 1.2 prime lens and a 90mm tilt shift lens. Other equipment included a Rifa softbox, Lowel Pro Light and Flex Fill. Cut on Final Cut Pro, edited and mastered in ProRes 422.
Music video for Michelle Lewis, a Boston Singer/Songwriter. The track is from her upcoming EP, Broken, available at michellelewismusic.com.
Shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with a 50mm 1.2 prime lens and a 90mm tilt shift lens. Other equipment included a Rifa softbox, Lowel Pro Light and Flex Fill. Cut on Final Cut Pro, edited and mastered in ProRes 422.
SONG: "Pasan días"
Soneto de Nicolás Guillén
Olas de gordo aceite son mis días:
pasan tan lentamente que no pasan.
Los hombres a mi lado miran, pasan,
lentos también como mis lentos días.
El futuro está ahí, lleno de días,
pero es un duro charco: por él pasan
lentas sombras de sueños cuando pasan...
Nocturnos cielos cúbrenme los días.
Aprendí, me enseñaron los que pasan
que siempre pasan, pasarán los días,
aunque a veces parezca que no pasan.
Supe además que a bordo de mis días
pasaré yo también con los que pasan,
ceniza en la ceniza de los días.
Olas de gordo aceite son mis días:
pasan tan lentamente que no pasan.
Los hombres a mi lado miran, pasan,
lentos también como mis lentos días.
El futuro está ahí, lleno de días,
pero es un duro charco: por él pasan
lentas sombras de sueños cuando pasan...
Nocturnos cielos cúbrenme los días.
Aprendí, me enseñaron los que pasan
que siempre pasan, pasarán los días,
aunque a veces parezca que no pasan.
Supe además que a bordo de mis días
pasaré yo también con los que pasan,
ceniza en la ceniza de los días.
GOOD HUMAN: Sueño libertad -- I Dream Freedom by Juanes at Paz Sin Fronteras
A master of "walking in someone else's shoes," Juanes dedicated his song, "Sueños" to all who are held captive around the world, especially the two young 11 year old brothers who are prisoners somewhere in the jungles of Colombia. All this and more at yesterday's Paz Sin Fronteras concert in Havanna, Cuba.
The song and its lead in were moving, and I cannot imagine one dry eye among more than 1 million participants and countless others who watched or listened to the concert remotely.
One clear message: freedom, love, and hope are universal for ALL human beings, especially for those who have been denied their freedom unjustly.
The message has played out all around the world, and it had decidedly (and finally) made its way to Havanna, Cuba live and in-person.
No border should exclude that message from being delivered, and Cuba is no exception. Period. End of message.
Juanes works to focus the spotlight on the word's youth as the future, and this performance was no exception.
I did a quick translation of Juanes' song to English – certainly not an official translation of it – but a quick one for those who may not know Spanish.
No matter the language, it is a song we might all be singing someday.
Music and Lyrics by Juanes
Sueño libertad para todos los que están
secuestrados hoy en medio de la selva
y sueño con la paz de mi pueblo desangrado
y con el final de esta injusta guerra
I dream of freedom for all who are
kidnapped today in the middle of the jungle
and I dream about peace for all the bloodshed
and about the end of this unjust war
Sueño con tantas cosas que
quiero que sean realidad
sueño con morir de viejo y no de soledad
sueño con ir a trabajar
y mucho más con regresar
cada noche a mi casa
para estar junto a ti
I dream about so many things
that I want to see real
I dream about dying of old age instead of solitude
I dream about going to work
and much more about returning
home every night
to be next to you
Y que no muera nunca nuestro amor
eso sueño yo
y que se fundan balas para hacer
campanas de libertad
y que no muera nunca nuestro amor
eso sueño yo
That our love never die
I dream
and that bullets are melted
to make liberty bells
that our love never die
that, I dream
Sueño despertar en un mundo sin dolor
pa’que el corazón no sufra más las penas
y sueño caminar por las calles de mi país
y solo encontrar paz
I dream about waking up in a world without pain
so that the heart doesn't suffer any more of it
that I'm walking through my country's streets
and all I find is peace
The song and its lead in were moving, and I cannot imagine one dry eye among more than 1 million participants and countless others who watched or listened to the concert remotely.
One clear message: freedom, love, and hope are universal for ALL human beings, especially for those who have been denied their freedom unjustly.
The message has played out all around the world, and it had decidedly (and finally) made its way to Havanna, Cuba live and in-person.
No border should exclude that message from being delivered, and Cuba is no exception. Period. End of message.
Juanes works to focus the spotlight on the word's youth as the future, and this performance was no exception.
I did a quick translation of Juanes' song to English – certainly not an official translation of it – but a quick one for those who may not know Spanish.
No matter the language, it is a song we might all be singing someday.
Music and Lyrics by Juanes
Sueño libertad para todos los que están
secuestrados hoy en medio de la selva
y sueño con la paz de mi pueblo desangrado
y con el final de esta injusta guerra
I dream of freedom for all who are
kidnapped today in the middle of the jungle
and I dream about peace for all the bloodshed
and about the end of this unjust war
Sueño con tantas cosas que
quiero que sean realidad
sueño con morir de viejo y no de soledad
sueño con ir a trabajar
y mucho más con regresar
cada noche a mi casa
para estar junto a ti
I dream about so many things
that I want to see real
I dream about dying of old age instead of solitude
I dream about going to work
and much more about returning
home every night
to be next to you
Y que no muera nunca nuestro amor
eso sueño yo
y que se fundan balas para hacer
campanas de libertad
y que no muera nunca nuestro amor
eso sueño yo
That our love never die
I dream
and that bullets are melted
to make liberty bells
that our love never die
that, I dream
Sueño despertar en un mundo sin dolor
pa’que el corazón no sufra más las penas
y sueño caminar por las calles de mi país
y solo encontrar paz
I dream about waking up in a world without pain
so that the heart doesn't suffer any more of it
that I'm walking through my country's streets
and all I find is peace
POEM: Dogs and Happiness
i’m not as happy as my dogs are
if i were
i’d be soaking up summer’s day
lounging at the pool
or chewin’ on his brand new hiking shoes
you know, the ones we can't wait for him to put on
come on, man
put the laptop down
and put those suckers on!
what do you mean
'no laces?'
really i'm not as happy as my dogs are
if i were
i'd be waiting
just waiting for my next nuclear burst
of exploding energy
as i rip the door to shreds
beat an unraveling path down the carpeted hall
blow off the elevator
opt for the fire escape
race down eighteen flights of stairs
all the while barking at the railing
for kicks, mind you
and never once thinking about a leash...
hey, wait a minute
where's my leash?
hey, wait a minute
what's a leash?
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
i got too much yesterday in me
too many pipe dreams
too much world
too much gravity
a recession
and not enough now
not enough now?
come on, man
we don't care about now
we don't even know what now is...
...but gravity?
we know about gravity...
grrrrrrrrrrrrravity!
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
but i'm pretty darn close
especially when i'm buh-bye-ing yesterday
or unwrenching my pipe dreams
or when i stop trying to see beyond
what's right in front of me
hey look!
the sky!
hey look!
a poodle!
hey look!
he's smiling again...
these are true confessions:
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
but they are my dogs
and i'm trying
and they're starting to rub off on me
the good one, lucy
all heart
all heart
all heart
and even the cunning one i affectionately call
lestat or cujo or shadow or – lately – grinch
are you done?
put the laptop down
put those suckers on
and meet 'no laces' for a change!
yup, there you have it
as i say it thrice:
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
if i were
i’d be soaking up summer’s day
lounging at the pool
or chewin’ on his brand new hiking shoes
you know, the ones we can't wait for him to put on
come on, man
put the laptop down
and put those suckers on!
what do you mean
'no laces?'
really i'm not as happy as my dogs are
if i were
i'd be waiting
just waiting for my next nuclear burst
of exploding energy
as i rip the door to shreds
beat an unraveling path down the carpeted hall
blow off the elevator
opt for the fire escape
race down eighteen flights of stairs
all the while barking at the railing
for kicks, mind you
and never once thinking about a leash...
hey, wait a minute
where's my leash?
hey, wait a minute
what's a leash?
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
i got too much yesterday in me
too many pipe dreams
too much world
too much gravity
a recession
and not enough now
not enough now?
come on, man
we don't care about now
we don't even know what now is...
...but gravity?
we know about gravity...
grrrrrrrrrrrrravity!
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
but i'm pretty darn close
especially when i'm buh-bye-ing yesterday
or unwrenching my pipe dreams
or when i stop trying to see beyond
what's right in front of me
hey look!
the sky!
hey look!
a poodle!
hey look!
he's smiling again...
these are true confessions:
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
but they are my dogs
and i'm trying
and they're starting to rub off on me
the good one, lucy
all heart
all heart
all heart
and even the cunning one i affectionately call
lestat or cujo or shadow or – lately – grinch
are you done?
put the laptop down
put those suckers on
and meet 'no laces' for a change!
yup, there you have it
as i say it thrice:
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
i'm not as happy as my dogs are
FILM | TECHNOLOGY: New Technology Doesn't Mean Better Storytelling
Nova Invicta, prompted by a flurry of enthusiasm relating to the release of even greater, better, faster, and cheaper digital video cameras, posted the following remark on the RedUser.net site which I've been following lately.
Since I'm not able to more eloquently state this idea myself, the full text of the post is below:
That has been the challenge of the storyteller from the moment of the first recounted story: be it one told through gesture or dance, the painting of the hunt on the wall of a cave, the appearance of scratches on parchment so the juglar might remember the verses of the epic poem...
And this list will go on an on and on as the storyteller struggles to make real (realize) the moving images, sounds, and feelings that sometimes play in his or her head – a story, a message – until they are performed or "recorded" (put to heart, as in to learn something by heart) somewhere, somehow, sometime.
What an amazing perspective Nova Invicta has.
Right on!
Since I'm not able to more eloquently state this idea myself, the full text of the post is below:
Better, smaller, cheaper cameras don’t make better films; better filmmakers do. The digital revolution will probably quadruple the number of feature films shot and edited in a given year, but most of them will still be garbage, just like most of them are now. Look at the first video revolution ten or fifteen years ago – when Beta SP and Hi-band 8 became cheap. What is its legacy? Porno flicks. There won’t be any more artists born in a given year just because movies become cheaper to make. That particular form of insanity is in your DNA, and you either have it or you don’t. Pen and paper are the ultimate low-budget technology, but how many great novels and plays and poems are written every year? I don’t see a stream of Shakespeares being produced just because writing is inexpensive. Emotional clichés still lurk like land mines waiting to destroy you.So, once again we're back to content. Is there any real storytelling or story ideas behind the moving images? Are the characters compelling and of interest to the viewer? Are the ideas expressed through the medium worth expressing at all? Do we even care what happens?
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=470655#post470655
That has been the challenge of the storyteller from the moment of the first recounted story: be it one told through gesture or dance, the painting of the hunt on the wall of a cave, the appearance of scratches on parchment so the juglar might remember the verses of the epic poem...
And this list will go on an on and on as the storyteller struggles to make real (realize) the moving images, sounds, and feelings that sometimes play in his or her head – a story, a message – until they are performed or "recorded" (put to heart, as in to learn something by heart) somewhere, somehow, sometime.
What an amazing perspective Nova Invicta has.
Right on!
HUMAN LEARNING: Altruism, Learning, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Ultimately all learning must speak to both human potential and well being, for the welfare of humanity, our planet, its creatures, and all interrelating systems.
Today, there is a strong need for creative problem-solvers with skills spanning science, mathematics, and technology. However, the underlying goal for really any kind of learning in Arts, Science, Mathematics, Technology – or any other learning area for that matter – is essentially altruistic (from the Latin, Alter, the other). We pursue knowledge and ideas literally for the good, interest, and possibly the happiness of others.
That underlying message, at its core, is the educator's pursuit of happiness, which takes the form of creative, intellectual, logical, and even unconventional collaborative exchange, making learning vital, promising, innovative, imaginative, effective, and real.
For the educator and teacher in each of us, learning is as much about preparing ourselves to serve others as it is about preparing others to serve others. Collaboratively, though, we learn and teach by "working together" toward common universal, altruistic goals.
Today, there is a strong need for creative problem-solvers with skills spanning science, mathematics, and technology. However, the underlying goal for really any kind of learning in Arts, Science, Mathematics, Technology – or any other learning area for that matter – is essentially altruistic (from the Latin, Alter, the other). We pursue knowledge and ideas literally for the good, interest, and possibly the happiness of others.
That underlying message, at its core, is the educator's pursuit of happiness, which takes the form of creative, intellectual, logical, and even unconventional collaborative exchange, making learning vital, promising, innovative, imaginative, effective, and real.
For the educator and teacher in each of us, learning is as much about preparing ourselves to serve others as it is about preparing others to serve others. Collaboratively, though, we learn and teach by "working together" toward common universal, altruistic goals.
FILM: the 'hedonic treadmill' - a scene from 'happiness is'
a scene from 'happiness is,' a documentary film that i exec-produced. enjoy!
FILM | TECHNOLOGY: DSLR Filmmaking: The Canon 7D
New footage from the Canon EOS 7D.
Filmmaking on a DSLR. Interesting.
Perya (Town Fair) - a Canon 7D Short from Jason Magbanua on Vimeo.
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