SoMe has begun filming. Lot’s of puppetry to start I want to get as much of that done as early as possible. Puppets are much easier to work with than people. I’ve started casting as well on the live actors. I’m also thinking about music which is very important. This could be a killer with licensing issues and such. Can get very expensive fast. I’m going to reach out to a few rock stars I can get to and see if I can talk with them “artist to artist” and see if they want to get involved while keeping their management off my ass. Working with Lon Harris has been an absolute pleasure, he really understands my vision and we are working as tight as two writers can.
A bunch of people have been very generous in becoming patrons of the project and anything that comes in goes straight into the film. I’ve also been able to wrangle a top CGI firm to contribute. Yay for special efx. So far things are going well with no disasters yet, but they will come, always part of the process, and it will be fine. I plan on going to SF and LA pretty soon to shoot some of the stuff I need from there. I’ll probably have to do 2 or 3 trips I suspect before it’s finished. Lon and I have laid out the entire film structure. Classic three act structure and now we are writing around this structure. All major plot points as well as our other story lines are laid out. We will have between 4 and 6 story-lines being told concurrently. Complex stuff that will require the viewer to pay attention. This is exciting.
If I could finance it myself I would. Actors, and sets, and special effects and all that cool movie stuff is kinda expensive. It’s not like a blog where these artists will do a “guest post” for free.
I finally figured out why this Mike Daisey thing is driving me crazy and making me so sad. I’m going to do a video about it, but it’s basically this.
Art is supposed to be about truth. It is always looking for the truth. Either about the artist or society as a whole. It is where we find peace and common ground. We relate to art because we empathize with what the artist is going through, or we understand what they are trying to say about all of us.
When this act of beauty and pursuit of truth is based on lies it soils and disgraces the entire process. It is an insult to the artist, the audience, and the craft.
It is a crime against the humanities when a lie, created at a time to exploit a true artists death is not only created, but accepted and distributed. As truth.
Tonight at the Oscars you will see Sacha make an ass of himself as he uses an award ceremony designed to honor his peers to promote himself. He’s so web. The incessant need to make everything about one’s self is disturbing. Why can’t he just put on a tuxedo and go sit with Scorcese and the rest of the “Hugo” team and act like a team player. Now I realize it’s Hollywood, and stars have egos, but when is it enough? The “Dictator” will be funny. Lots of silly jokes about bodily functions and stuff like that for sure. Sacha is talented, but he needs to understand that there is a time and place for self-promotion and there is a time to just sit back and share the spotlight, maybe even relinquish it for a moment. Just like the web. Good luck to everyone tonight. These artists contribute so much to our world. They force us to step out of ourselves and see ourselves as we truly are. That’s nothing like the web.
I gained 276 new people on google+ today. And it is so meaningless. People I’ll never meet, know or even read anything they post. As for them I’ll pretty much return the meaningless vibe to them by posting pictures of sammies, or talking about Hugh Jackman, or making a video they will never see. Is it funny? Sure it is, but just as meaningless.
I occasionally come across a post that breaks my heart. A person who is so honest and raw. You can sense their fear, and it’s heartbreaking to me. Heartbreaking. Most of the time these poor beautiful saps have no fucking clue how it really works. They are so scared. I think it’s okay to be scared. I am tougher than 99% of you, and I get scared. A lot. I get scared about the same shit, we all do in fact. We all get scared about money, love, health, and our place in the world. Every single one of us gets scared and it’s okay. You can face it, you can fold, you can make believe it’s not happening, but it is, and that’s okay.
Cluetrain, transparency, these are all lies. Bullshit. Utter bullshit. I know the truth about so many people and compared to their truths that they present. Well let’s say it just doesn’t jive. That’s okay I guess. That’s the game. It is what it is. The real choice is how we react. Do we participate? Do we turn a blind eye? Do we become like them? What? I don’t really know. I may be considered an asshole by many of you. I know I am. That’s cool. I never got into this to be popular. I got into it because I had something to say. A point of view. I don’t change either of those things based on what I think people will like. I can’t. It’s just not me. I do what I do to make more powerful people than I think. The laughs are the smokescreen. You know this right? Well some of you do at least. I think.
I was talking with someone tonight I consider to be a very bright guy. A gentle man. A sincere man. And what struck me was the sincerity. That’s what’s missing for me. Those few of you who know me, people I hang with. I hope they see that in me. I think it’s a beautiful thing. To look into someone’e eyes and know that they are sincere. Right or wrong they believe what they are saying to be truth. Even if it’s just their own truth I guess. Anyway, here’s the point. It’s okay to be scared, it’s okay to wanna get rich, it’s okay to be anything, just don’t fuck with other people in the process and tell your truth. You might be surprised to find that a little sincerity goes a long way, or the world might just kick the shit out of you. Either way just do it for yourself, because once you start doing things for other people and the wrong reasons it’s hard to get off that track. That’s something I sincerely don’t want to see happen to any of you.
We have more sites to feature peoples “work and art” than there are actual people who make work and art to feature. I make stuff and a scant few others do. Your idiotic blog doesn’t count. My work will stand the test of time. It will only get better over time. Your bullshit about how to get rich or get traffic won’t. It’s disposable nonsense. It’s worthless and contributes nothing to the collective. You want to be an artist or “creator”, but you’re not. You are the audience.
That’s why you pin and like things, it’s the closest you’ll ever get to actually creating something beautiful. That’s the difference between me and my kind, and you and your kind.
We make the beautiful stuff for you to pin. Don’t ever forget this. Content is King, and the artists are the ones he rules.
Maybe it’s me. I don’t know, but I get the sense I’m not alone in this thinking. It’s all become noise. There is no signal, and if there is one it’s become impossible to find anyway. Also, this transparency bullshit is ridiculous. No company will ever be transparent, and neither will you or me. If we were we would be seeing a lot more posts about drug addiction, abuse, alcoholism, violence against women. That’s reality for a lot of you and most of Silicon Valley. I’ve seen it. That’s reality for this world, but that’s not a good post now is it?
Anyway, I’ll be hanging here more, and just spitting out links to google plus and twitter. I like it here. It’s safe, clean, well designed, and my digital home.
