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June 20, 2013
“I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.” —Walt Disney I came across this quote today, and it both resonates with and scares me. You see, for a long time I considered myself a facilitator. It was other people who did “the work”, while I managed or marketed or in some way...
May 23, 2013
Neither have I. So imagine my surprise when I saw those words written by a friend of mine, and realized he was contrasting himself to me. Me, an artist? Naaaaww. But it’s true. And so are you, if you want to be. For a long time, I thought artist was a dirty word. Artists were flighty, the ones who waltzed in, threw out a bunch of ideas, and then left, leaving it to people like me to clean up the mess. They...
May 19, 2013
When you’re doing something creative, there’s a tendency to want to hold back. You get these great ideas, and there’s this little voice in the back of your head that goes whoa, hold on, wait up a minute. What if we never get an idea this good again? Better save it for later. Better go with something else for now. Don’t listen to it. If you have a good idea, use it immediately. You will get another one. The next...
May 16, 2013
Today I heard about Zach Braff’s Kickstarter, and it reminded me of a story, and a decision I made before I even realized it. When I finished the first draft for my novel, some of my friends asked me whether I was going to send it to a publishing house and try to get it published. Honestly? The thought never crossed my mind. When big companies get involved in creative endeavors, there’s a watering down effect. Not always, but usually....
May 12, 2013
Why a new site? For a while now I’ve blogged at Random Curiosity, both episodically and under editorials that once carried the Stilts Out Loud name. That’s no more – those editorials are now known as My Way or the Anime (as more than half of them were called anyway), with this site inheriting the Stilts Out Loud name. But why? Anime is a passion of mine, but it’s not the only one. The reason I wanted to write for...