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um, redesign

yeaqh…it was time…mostly because this started out as a secret blog…just for me…and then i built in some secret passages and trappdoors to lead people here…when i started sending out direcdt links to it…well…the secrets out…so why not make the place presentalbe…and while i’m at it…

restate my purpose here…

this is a journal of my creative process. i’ll talk about what inspires me, how something goes from idea to words on the page, and anything else that might spill out of my head.

i am a writer/filmmaker in denver, colorado

my work is informed by a variety of creative forces:

Burroughs, William

Bukowski, Charles

Thompson, Hunter & Jim

Himes, Chester

Carver, Raymond

Dreiser, Theodore

Goines, Donald

Steinbeck, John

Leigh, Mike

Lee, Spike

Scorsese, Martin

Dix, Otto

Gilliam, Terry

Simone, Nina

D, Chuck

Waits, Tom

Mingus, Charles

Cash, Johnny

Mother Africa

Guiness

to name a handful.

i’ve been writing for 18 years.

i’ve been writing seriously in happy obscurity for 10 years

i have have a passion/weakness for women and alcohol.

this is my testimony.

make believe love is a poisonous pleasure

real love is the sand in my shoe

the passion that feeds me is my passion for words

at the end of the day i am my own best company

at the end of my life all i have is me

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    • observe and record

    jill has posted a very good writing exercise and it’s inspired me to write a little something about how i keep my creativity alive…

    first, grab your camera…it doesn’t have to be fancy…a $5 camera in a box will do…and everyday, for for five days…take one picture of the following tyeps…portrait…candid…landscape…architectual…still life…one picture a day…so after five days you have taken one portrait, one candid, etc…the order doesn’t matter…repeat this patern for 30 days

    the point of the the execise it two fold…first, it slows you down…instead of pointing your camera at any and everything, it makes you aim deliberately, and (hopefully) thoughtfuly…if you only get one shot a day, i bet you won’t waste it…

    second, it sharpens your observational skills…it narrows down your focus…and it widens your scope…one day youre taking a picture of one of your favorite buildings…the next day youre arranging pocket change…shit like that…

    every good writer starts with two basic skills…observe…and record…

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    • first i want to talk about my blessings…there’s no need here for me to run down my pedigreee…but it could be summed up that life has pu a lot of shhit in front of me…but i really am blessed to have this woman with me right now…case in point…last lignt she kept me from mixing it up wit some ignant ass mutherfuker and his girlfriend…and kept me from going to jail…again…but she was ready to go…i had to talk her down from whipping that skinny little girls ass…shes a wildcat, this one…i know she’s got my back…and i damn sure got hers

    i am not satisfied…it’s not enough…so far, ive been dabbling at the surface…toying with my subject matter…i’ve got to go deeper…that’s right…get emotional…i’ve got to sink my teeth into it…ripp the head off…and get bto the heart…tear the fucker open…and get up inside of it…

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    • when i read other peolples blogs and they say…real bloggers write EVERYDAY…this is my internal dialog…um, bullshit…this is the problem with living in a celebrity culture…EVERYONE thinks EVERYTHING they do is worthy of the worlds ATTENTION…now i kinow blogging is an exercise in vanity…but i am only vain enough to think that someone might be interested in some of the stuff i write…i write everyday…i don’t post everday…i’m not so vain to think that everything i write is worth reading…americans…when will we get over ourselves…

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    • this is a link to an online william burroughs cut up machine…it is good…it is fun…use it for your benefit

  • Johnny Cash Loves You!