April 18, 2013
Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. ~Sharon O’Brien
This morning as I open this blank Word document, I think of the adage that “every person has a story to tell.” A white page gives us a space to create, a place to give birth to a beginning and an ending. Our imaginations can compose a fictional tale without a bit of truth or we can recount a factual story with unswerving loyalty or create a composite, with a bit of both. Even with writing a narrative that is one hundred percent true, there is choice in the words we use and the voice we use to tell it. What an opportunity! That’s the beauty of writing.
If you are a person who has a story that needs to be told, I urge you to begin writing. If you need support, look for a local writers group in your area, or take a writing class at a local college or on-line. Networking with other authors and attending writer’s conferences or seminars also is helpful throughout the process. Unbiased feedback, from others can be invaluable because it is difficult to critique your own work.
You will be surprised how a tale will begin to take shape all by itself, if you allow it. You’ll learn all kinds of things you never knew about yourself or your characters in the process. Writing is a beautiful exercise in self-discovery and perhaps discovery about others.
Enjoy creating. It will be reflected in your work.
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January 15, 2013
“Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. “ ~Author Unknown
The Sundance Film Festival is on my mind this week. If you have been to Park City, Utah, the venue of this independent film festival, you know the area is surrounded by the beauty of the Wasatch Mountains and the historic downtown is steep with artistic flair. The screening venues for the event, such as the Egyptian Theatre, entertained locals from the “rough and tumble days of exploration and active mining.”
The festival, founded by actor Robert Redford in 1981 brings together, every winter, scores of people who love independent films, as well as people who work in the industry. What began with 10 emerging filmmakers decades ago has grown and evolved into one of the most respected film-award contests in the country. To read more about the history of the Sundance Film Festival, please visit this link. http://bit.ly/VVfrFe.
A few of the many films that will be screened throughout the week are:
- Austenland
- The Spectacular Now
- Twenty Feet from Stardom
- American Promise
To read about other official slections, films that were juried into this festival, please visit http://www.sundance.org/
This morning, my husband and I would like to send a shout out to our favorite filmmaker, who will be working very hard at the festival, behind the film camera. Hopefully, he will remember to take a few minutes to enjoy and take it all in! He deserves it, he’s successfully climbed mountains in his career field, since before high school, to get there! http://bit.ly/UJrK73.
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October 19, 2012
“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.” ~Lemony Snicket
The holiday buying season will soon be upon us. In order to give you a head start on gift ideas for family or friends who are interested in filmmaking as amateurs or professionals, today’s blog will be focused on books about the industry.
The Independent lists a selection of thirty books, many independently published, on things such as:
- Visual effects in films
- Directing Films
- History of Film and Cinematography
- Finding success and fulfillment as a filmmaker
- Legal issues of the film industry
- Acting
- Techniques for photography and filming
- Film Editing
- Film Distribution
To see the list of recommended books, please visit this link. http://bit.ly/VaeoQQ.
Help your favorite filmmaker or want-to-be filmmaker build his or her library and career by purchasing one or more of these books to give as gifts this holiday! You will be giving a gift that will contain valuable information to reference from year after year.
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October 8, 2012
“I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they’re saying.” ~Rick Scott
This past weekend was Literary Sojourn weekend here in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This event has been held annually since 1993. So popular, people arrive from all over the country to attend it. Each year it sells out very quickly.
As a way of extending the event, the Bud Werner Memorial Library invited two Bellwether Prize winners to speak on Sunday. For those who were not fortunate enough to get tickets to Saturday’s discussions, the second part of the “Sojourn” weekend was open to everyone at no charge. The two featured authors were Naomi Benaron and Hillary Jordan, Bellwether award winners in 2010 and 2006, respectively.
Jennie Lay, adult programs coordinator at the Bud Werner Memorial Library, asked the authors “what winning this book prize has meant to them?” Each expressed it has done wonders for their publishing careers. All contestants for the “Bellwether” must have a previously unpublished novel. Along with winning $25,000, winners are given publishing contracts with Alqonquin Books.
Jordan and Benaron discussed how fiction writing is useful for telling stories that are interwoven with issues of culture, politics and social justice. However, Benaron stressed the importance of writing stories about controversial issues in a “respectful manner.” She also mentioned how research into a culture brings credibility and correctness to the story.
“Literature,” Benaron said “is the only art form that takes you into another person’s brain.” Essentially, she said, as readers, we are better able to feel and live the story along with the characters through fictional dialogue.
To read more about the publications of these impressive authors, visit these two websites, http://hillaryjordan.com/ and http://naomibenaron.com/.
Please click on the title to order Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron.
For more information on the Bellwether Prize, which was established in 2000, solely funded by author Barbara Kingsolver and administered by the PEN American Center, please visit this site http://bit.ly/Rom01E.
As I left this most enjoyable event, I thought to myself “living in a community with avid readers and writers, certainly has its benefits.”
Thank you to our local library and our local “Indie Bound” bookstore, Off the Beaten Path” for their participation in this event.
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September 18, 2012
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have you ever noticed how artists flock together and build common community?
People find kinship in their writing, painting, poetry, music, filmmaking, knitting,the performing arts and so forth. You know how it goes. Everyone in the group speaks the same language.
The Colorado Creative Industries has worked to identify communities where art contributes greatly to the overall culture, enhancing the lives of local citizens and tourists.
Telluride has been designated as a one of five prospective Creative Districts in Colorado. Forty-four towns and cities were under consideration. The goal of the Colorado Creative Industries is to bolster the artistic community by providing consulting and technical assistance and an $8,000 grant to help grow the community as an economic driver through art.
During the winter, outstanding skiing is the impetus behind visiting this “box canyon” with stunning and dramatic scenery, but in summer it is all about art festivals. Each weekend from May to September people flock to the area for two film festivals, music concerts and gatherings of playwrite/screenwriters. There is also a Cajun weekend, chamber music, yoga and bike races, and more.
There is even a Compassion Festival held in Telluride, which I was not aware of until I picked up some tourist literature. This event brings in academia from different parts of the country who lecture on the benefits that compassion brings to overall health, well-being and stress reduction. Cultural differences in compassion is also part of the discussion. It is held in collaboration between the Telluride Institute http://bit.ly/U87yzg and Stanford University’s Center for Compassion & Altruism Research & Education (CCARE). Interesting! Please visit this link to read more about it.http://bit.ly/QVb8Kn
Congratulations, Telluride! When I was in the area recently I was impressed with your charming Victorian homes, art galleries, retail spaces, historic hotels, the amazing scenery and the emcompassing flavor of the artistic community. It was fun visiting. I’ll be back!
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June 8, 2012
In April, the 6th Indie Spirit Film Festival took place at the Cornerstone Arts Center at Colorado College. Although the reporting of the event is a little late, it is always a good time to feature outstanding independent films. Here are some of this year’s award winners:
Best Environmental Short Film – Carbon for Water
Directed by Evan Abramson
Best Environmental Feature Film – Schooling the World: The White Man’s Last Burden Directed by Carol Black
Best Native American Feature Film – Rencontre
Directed by Olivier Higgins and Melanie Carrier
Best International Short Film – Protect the Nation
Directed by C.R. Reisser
Best Documentary Short Film – Above the Ashes
Directed by Michelle Carpenter
Best Student Short Film – Controlled Burn
Directed by Dan Van Wert
Best Horror Short Film – Incubator
Directed by Jimmy Weber
Best Colorado Spotlight Short Film – Just Like the Movies
Directed by Stacy Adamski
Best Colorado Spotlight Feature Film – GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth
Directed by Dave Gardner
Best Narrative Short Film – Faith
Directed by Erik Pagan
Best Narrative Feature Film – Things I Don’t Understand
Directed by David Spaltro
Screeners Choice Award – Missed Connections
Directed by Eric Kissack
There were many other award-winners, too numerous to list them all, they too have fulfilling storylines. Please visit this link to see the full list. http://bit.ly/upzREV.
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May 30, 2012
“Nimble thought can jump both sea and land.”
William Shakespeare
The 2012 Cannes Film Festival is done and over with; awards have been passed out. A short list of award winners will appear in this blog writing.
But, first, my husband and I have a request to make of the country of France. I’ve decided it would be fun to someday travel to the Cannes Film Festival, even though I am sure it is a zoo and highfaultin affairs are not typically my thing. But, it would be a wonderful “once in a lifetime” opportunity.
On the other hand, my husband would love to go to the Tour de France. I can appreciate that. I’ve been to Europe but never to France. The castles and beautiful scenery along the Cote d’Azure, in the RhoneValley and Normandy that I see on TV does peek my interest. Imagine it now – fields of sunflowers and lavender, boulangeries filled with croissants and baguettes, bowls of warm ratatouille, experiencing the proveçale lifestyle in a Frence villa. Intoxicating!
We’ve decided the “powers to be” in France, ought to compromise for the sake of us Americans who would like to make one fulfilling trip by moving the two events closer together on the calendar.
“It will never happen? ” you say? Well, no harm in visualization! Amazing things have been known to happen for those who use guided imagery.
Don’t believe me? Alright, then take in another type of visualization called “Going to the Movies.” Here is a list of this year’s award-winners at the Cannes Film Festival. You can expect to see these films on the big screen this year.
- Amour – Best Film
- Reality – Runner-up
- The Angels Share – 2nd Runner Up
- Beyond the Hills - Best Screenplay
- Silence – Best Short Film
There are health benefits to dreaming, you know. Check out this article http://bit.ly/DW2CC. I try to do all I can to stay healthy, so when my ship comes in, I can travel. How do you incorporate visual effects into your life to bring personal fulfillment?
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May 15, 2012
“Simplicity is nature’s first step, and the last of art.” ~ Philip James Bailey
Last Thursday, on a magnificent, crystal-clear, blue morning, I made the short trek from Park City,Utah over to Sundance; a simply stunning “enclave” for artists. The surroundings are awe-inspiring and rustic – beautifully understated. The natural environment has been left as undisturbed as possible. Tumbling, sparkling clean streams run between the outbuildings on the secluded, small mountainous woodland resort appropriately called “nature inspired.”
During the height of the summer season, the art studio where professional potters, jewerly makers, photographers and glass blowers teach their craft, is a beehive of activity. Glassblowers create glassware from recycled glass. Unfortunately, I arrived two weeks too early to see the place abuzz; it was “off-season.” It was still a worthwhile trip and I nearly had the place to myself.
The summer season will officially open with the 10th Sundance author’s series. On Saturday May 19th, Ann Packer, author of Swim Back to Me will be presenting her book, a drama-filled collection of stories, about one family, that is filled with psychological twists and turns. The book is said to make “the reader see situations with new perspective.”
The event includes admission to the book presentation, a ticket for brunch and an autographed copy of Swim Back to Me. Lodging can be arranged by the resort. I am sorry I will not be in the area to participate. For more information and to obtain tickets, please visit this link. http://bit.ly/KIOTGZ.
Also on the calendar this summer, during the weeks of July 23 to August 18th, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers will grace the stage at the Sundance Resort. http://bit.ly/mHZvlh. Musical events and a harvest market of artisan crafts in the fall will keep the property, previously Ute territory, busy. The inital acreage for the resort was purchased for $500 in 1960. Additional acreage was purchased in 1969 and developed by Robert Redford. To read about the history of Timphaven, please visit this link. http://bit.ly/J1CYDT.
The drive from Heber City around Deer Creek Reservoir is so scenic. If you are ever in the area, take time to drive up to Sundance. Although seemingly private, it is only two miles off the well beaten path of State Route 189.
That is all from the fulfilling art scene from the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. It was a great trip!
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March 16, 2012
Heads Up! The final deadline for the Colorado Film Awards is April 30, 2012. Only month and a half away. Wrap up your project and submit!
This is a non-traditional film award contest, without public screenings of the films. But make no mistake, this contest has prestige if you capture an award from this event. There is over $10,000 in prize money, too.
Categories for awards include:
- Feature Film
- Feature Screenplay
- First time Director
- Music Video
- Editing
- Acting
- Cinematography
- Short Film
- Documentary Film
Awards will be announced on August 31, 2012 over the internet and by e-mail acknowledgement. Explore the website of the Colorado Film Awards so you have all the facts. Visit this website http://bit.ly/AeDTmV.
Tomorrow will be a special blog post in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Please return to this blog site brought to you by www.CornerstoneFulfillmentService.com.
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March 9, 2012
“A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.” ~Charles Peguy
Looking for weekend entertainment that includes the arts, screenwriters, creative freedom, exploring the writing process, artists selling their souls, playwrights, scripts and memorable lines from books and movies? Take in a movie with narrative threads that includes all of these elements and more.
There have been many popular films over the decades that successfully and creatively tell stories about the torture and inspiration in a writer’s life. Here are list of ten films that examine what a lifestyle in the literary world involves.
- Adaptation (2002)
- Sunset Blvd(1950)
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- Henry Fool (1997)
- Whisper of the Heart (1995)
- Through A Glass Darkly Lit (1961)
- Stranger than Fiction (2006)
- Squid and the Whale (2005)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- Misery (1990)
Although none of these movies are current titles, most of them can be located through the Internet Movie Data Base. www.imdb.com a wonderful resource for searching out new productions and classic films.
Take in a film this weekend everyone! Come back on Monday for more independent thoughts, words and views.
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