Long over due journal entry!
Been really busy between work, my family's health issues and continuing my creative path/journey!
My first movie, Nailed Down
naileddownmovie.weebly.com/ seems to be in editing hell at the moment, but still moving. I have started a second movie in the meantime called the Beautifully Disturbed
thebeautifullydisturbedmovie.w…, however this one I'm not just writing and directing, I am now the cinematographer and editor as to keep the project moving along! I directed and submitted a commercial for the Doritios Crash the Super Bowel Contest
[link]. It didn't place in the simifinals, but it was a blast to make! Might even be working on a big budget movie in the coming year as well!
As for art, I really haven't done much in like 4-5 years? I did just become inspired to do a piece in honor of H.R. Giger after he passed, sad day indeed! I've been trying to find ways my art might sell. I haven't made prints before, I was more trying to sell original pieces to gain a higher price quicker. Welp, no one is buying original art unless your known and even then it's still pulling teeth I have noticed. So I will be making prints of my work, some will be limited numbers and others will be prints that will be continually available. I'll be starting to have tables at art shows and conventions especially as my feature films become completed.
I have also been diving into photography quite a bit. Taking opportunities to practice with my camera, as you can never know enough, I have been doing many different subjects. Last weekend I did photography for an anime convention here in the Ohio Valley area called Kamikon Omega. Had lots of fun, even though I'm not much of an anime fan. I had my first photo session with some models. I didn't get the results I was hoping for, but I learned much for sure, I'll do another one as time permits! Then there's some small things here and there I have been taking photos of as I go. In fact I'll be taking photos of an art show this afternoon!
On a more personal note. When at the anime convention, I got reacquainted with an old high school friend. Between talking to him and the owner of the convention, I have realized how much I have brought the negative things I didn't want to happen upon me. I've been a negative person about myself all my life, but this week I have been digging deep inside myself to realize I am a good person, I deserve to be successful, I deserve to have good things happen in my life! It's still a work in progress because one can't completely change in just a week, but this week I have allowed myself to feel more positive than I have most of my entire life......and it feels great! Now I want more!
So, anyone that reads this, if you feel like you can't have something in your life, if you feel like you don't deserve it, smack that bitch in your head and realize your life is what you make of it! We all are in this life or on this plane of existence, whatever you believe, for a limited time, take the time we have a be better to ourselves and each other! Be grateful for everything you have!
Visualize, Believe and be Grateful!
H.