Saturday, November 20, 2010
First Day...
We had our first day of filming for The Glass Menagerie yesterday. At my college I have had the fortune of landing a part of Laura in this wonderful and collaborative film project. It has been an incrediable experience so far. Yesterday we shot two scenes. One was particularly intense emotionally speaking. It was a very successful day. I am very excited for more shooting.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Mt. Adams
This past summer I got this wild and crazy idea that I really want to climb Mt. Adams. It is very prominent mountain in valley near where I grew up. It is a rather beautiful mountain. The best time to climb it is in August. The snow pack is the lightest then and hopefully by that time I will have trained enough to do it. The elevation of the mountain is 12,281 feet. Not huge but nothing to scoff at. In my dream world I would be up in the Wallowa Moutains every weekend hiking around to train for it. Unfortunately, my school work prevents me from doing that. Lucky enough for me though, my parents own a regular wilderness complete with steep hills and impossible rocks. The only thing that currently stands in my way from doing this however is the fact that the person I would like to go with has not contacted me. I hope that will change. Overall I just spend time dreaming about summer already. I know, its only November. Ulg.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Better
Sometimes I feel like the world is passing me by. It is kind of a lonely thought. Sometimes I don't like school. The classes that I had been excited about are difficult and not worth it. The people are either lazy or cruel. Sometimes I am unsure as to what I am accomplishing here. It is disheartening.
Sometimes I listen to a band called Sigur Ros and they make it better. Today is icy and gray here. It is hollow.
Things will get better.
Sometimes I listen to a band called Sigur Ros and they make it better. Today is icy and gray here. It is hollow.
Things will get better.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Images
We are constantly pursued by popular culture and its influences of want, desire, and perfection. I often think of the magazine racks that accost your intelligence as you wait patiently (or maybe not so much) while in line at the grocery store. Tabloids, fashion magazines, Time, and People all wait to be picked up in read. "Why not?", I say. I am waiting in line, I might as well entertain myself. But within those pages are images of things we "need" and people we "need" to look and live like. Many of us believe it of course because it is not just here that we face it. It is on TV, Newspaper, and the Internet. When you are constantly told something over a long period of time you start to believe it right?
This "flood of images" stems partially from marketing. It appeals to our want of a more satisfying lifestyle or to put it more bluntly our desire for happiness. A recent AP article states that "Children ages 8-12 see the most food ads on TV — an average of 21 a day, or 7,600 a year." Kids love food. To them it is happiness. These ads have been blamed for the rapid increase of childhood obesity. Children see the latest surgery creation on TV and find a way to get it.
It works for adults as well. But there are some of us that want to move past this world of bombardment of negative, and self destructive imagery. This is challenging when we live in a culture that is so image obsessed. Several individuals mentioned the positive images that they see day to day. While everyone has a perception of what is around them it could be said that there are far more positive images then negative ones. We just choose to see the negative. If you were to remove yourself from watching TV, reading news sources, logging on to the internet and even answering your phone you would avoid a lot of these negative images. These venues provide high concentrations of "want and unhappiness".
Now realistically we can't exactly do this. But I would like to think that if we meditated on the positive images and became more aware of them than we would see that there is far more "good" in this world than "bad".
On a side note I am a huge a fan of Ted.com. It is website with very positive ideas and images. I highly recommend it.
-C
This "flood of images" stems partially from marketing. It appeals to our want of a more satisfying lifestyle or to put it more bluntly our desire for happiness. A recent AP article states that "Children ages 8-12 see the most food ads on TV — an average of 21 a day, or 7,600 a year." Kids love food. To them it is happiness. These ads have been blamed for the rapid increase of childhood obesity. Children see the latest surgery creation on TV and find a way to get it.
It works for adults as well. But there are some of us that want to move past this world of bombardment of negative, and self destructive imagery. This is challenging when we live in a culture that is so image obsessed. Several individuals mentioned the positive images that they see day to day. While everyone has a perception of what is around them it could be said that there are far more positive images then negative ones. We just choose to see the negative. If you were to remove yourself from watching TV, reading news sources, logging on to the internet and even answering your phone you would avoid a lot of these negative images. These venues provide high concentrations of "want and unhappiness".
Now realistically we can't exactly do this. But I would like to think that if we meditated on the positive images and became more aware of them than we would see that there is far more "good" in this world than "bad".
On a side note I am a huge a fan of Ted.com. It is website with very positive ideas and images. I highly recommend it.
-C
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Gender bender?
I just read a moving blog post from a woman who's son wanted to dress up as Daphne from Scooby Doo. Now honestly, this child is five. His desire to dress as a favorite character from a TV show is not only innocent but quite cute. Not to mention the picture of the blog is so adorable! But people are so close minded. This poor boy and his mother where ridiculed for his innocent choice. Read the full post here.
I cannot begin to tell you how angry this makes me. There is evidence everywhere of our society as becoming more accepting of gender and sexuality. The GBSTQ (Gay, Bisexual,Straight, Transgender Queer)community is so supportive and we are becoming more open. The number of women in the work place continues to increase and the number of women in higher education is starting to become larger than men. In fact in fashion magazines men and women are starting to (dare I say it) look like each other. Just look at a few high fashion adverts in Vogue and you will see what I mean. The strong, athletic female body type is idealized. Strong abs are considered hot!
You would think that all of this blurring of lines would create a more open and encouraging environment for our children to grow up in. A world where you are fabulous no matter who you like, no matter how you dress, now matter what you are. Isn't that what we have always wanted? And yet mothers,mothers are bullies, narrow minded, and cruel. We are raising a generation no better than the ones before if this is the behavior we model to our children. Let us instead model acceptance and peace, love and altruism.
Namaste.
I cannot begin to tell you how angry this makes me. There is evidence everywhere of our society as becoming more accepting of gender and sexuality. The GBSTQ (Gay, Bisexual,Straight, Transgender Queer)community is so supportive and we are becoming more open. The number of women in the work place continues to increase and the number of women in higher education is starting to become larger than men. In fact in fashion magazines men and women are starting to (dare I say it) look like each other. Just look at a few high fashion adverts in Vogue and you will see what I mean. The strong, athletic female body type is idealized. Strong abs are considered hot!
You would think that all of this blurring of lines would create a more open and encouraging environment for our children to grow up in. A world where you are fabulous no matter who you like, no matter how you dress, now matter what you are. Isn't that what we have always wanted? And yet mothers,mothers are bullies, narrow minded, and cruel. We are raising a generation no better than the ones before if this is the behavior we model to our children. Let us instead model acceptance and peace, love and altruism.
Namaste.
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