2016 August 18 A remarkable interview of stage and movie director Peter Brook by Charlie Rose. Question | You’re a director. Peter Brook’s response | “I’m not a director, I’m a collaborator.” Question | You’re always thinking about the future… Peter Brook’s response | “I’m thinking about the present, what…
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Tom Libertiny is an award-winning composer, author, photographer, and director. He creates stories with intention across words, visuals, and music.
2016 | Words | Study of Lighting and Camera Lenses
2016 August 17 With the resolution of digital camera sensors approaching that of 35mm film and the cameras themselves becoming relatively affordable, an interesting glitch has been occurring: as you’d expect, mass-produced cameras have variations in sensor location front and aft of the designated film/sensor plane. Prior to the advent…
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2016 August 15 Writer and Director Betty Rigg’s gospel play, A Mother’s Heart, Sunday, August 28, 7:00pm at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, Michigan. An explosive new gospel stage play written and directed by Detroit native Betty Riggs, makes the statement that drugs have no respect for race. Riggs returns to…
Continue Reading2016 | Words | Entertainment Survey | Men
2016 August 12 Results of my 2016 entertainment survey for men. Here’s some of my survey results and observations. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to Contact Me. Observations Unlike my survey results for women, men were polarized in a different way: Regardless of age, men either…
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2016 August 11 Results of my 2016 entertainment survey for women. Here’s some of my survey results and observations. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to Contact Me. Observations With the exception of women over the age of 60, two distinct groups emerged: 1. Women who…
Continue Reading2016 | Words | Psychological Easing Machine
G2, the working title for my second Null Paradox book, is well in the works. I have 7 story arcs written. Obviously, Gertrude and Grace are back. Seth and Victoria, the later being alluded to in the first book but never named, have a tumultuous history and play major roles…
Continue Reading2016 | Movies | Light, Newton, String Theory
In 1666 Isaac Newton began research which eventually lead to his realization that light was likely made up of individual particles, later known as photons, that appeared to also have wave-like properties. Over 200 years later, this idea plus Newton’s Universal Law of Gravity and his invention of calculus lead to physics beyond what…
Continue Reading2016 | Movies | Can Quantity Lead to Quality?
Wisdom from Derek Sivers: musician, writer, founder of CDBaby. Can Quantity Lead to Quality? Start at the 1:28 time mark. 2016 May 23
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Check out Rick Mereki’s film Move. 2016 May 20
Continue Reading2016 | Movies | George Tsypin
George Tsypin is known for his design work for opera, the Broadway musical Spiderman, and the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics. Filmed by George’s daughter Sonja, her documentary explores the design process developed by one of the world’s foremost scenic designers. 2016 May 18
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