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I'm a writer and creative director. I make things, collect books, write fiction and don't understand Zen. I'm Vegan.

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“In the universe,
there are things that are known,
and things that are unknown, and in between,
there are doors.”

- William Blake

I should be reading more Blake.

If you are to write well you must come to terms with the enormous and powerful part of your nature which lies behind the threshold of immediate knowledge.

- Dorothea Brande, Becoming A Writer, pg. 151

10 Rules For Writing Fiction

Inspired by Elmore’s Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing, The Guardian asked noted authors about their rules for writing fiction, which include these indispensable tips:

Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray.

There are two parts, both are fantastic.

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Literature As Art

Novel Poster has taken classic world literature and used the text to create negative space art.

Brilliant idea.

Gorgeous product. I want one (Actually, several all of them).

The Post Punk Kitchen

My favorite Vegan food site. The recipes are delicious and the food photography puts me in a perpetual state of hunger.

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The Criterion Collection

How wonderful that one can see the entire collection on Hulu.

Truffaut, Berman, Kurosawa—so much vision and creativity.

Also, fantastic trailer for the online collection.

 

Fascinating Tedx talk by Jacques Vallée in Brussels on A Theory of Everything(Else).

Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.

- Joseph Campbell, from The Hero With A Thousand Faces.

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Christmas Time Is Here

Damn, I love this holiday CD. It’s my favorite because it swings so nicely. (Second favorite is The Christmas Album by Nat King Cole).