Me + Blogging = grrrr

So, I lead a filmmakers' group in Portland that meets every month. I typically have some pearl to bestow, just some nugget to crack the shell of their collective experience and help them grow for themselves a larger conceptual world in which to navigate and explore. My ideas are frequently geeky and are usually a bit off the wall, but that doesn't matter. I just want to stimulate those grey cells so that people realize that realizing their vision is not necessarily bound by the bits of flotsam and jetsam that we frequently view as being "video tools".

I've thought about teaching workshops, and there has been interest. This is cool.

However, how will I teach a workshop if I can't even handle the simple task of maintaining a blog?

Perhaps this is because I am a recursive thinker...I value the art of conversation and brainstorming...how to take a bit of braindust and bounce it around with others until an idea is formed, and if we're lucky, is workable. I thrive on interaction, and blogging feels like it is done in a vacuum.

What does the future hold? Well, I have seventeen stories in my writer's morgue, three of which are currently being written as features. Another one that I just cooked up will likely be a short, and I hope that the script is done by the end of next week. I'm already talking shop with some of my pals, cronies, and fellow artists. But, I'll discuss those in other posts...