TODAY'S FEATURED POST
FOR DAVID
This is a hard one to write. I’ve been writing and dumping and rewriting it and I’ve given up on this coming anywhere close to capturing what David Lynch meant to me creatively, what getting to meet and know him meant to me personally and artistically, and what his loss means to everything else. My youngest, Nate has been here for the winter break from school, and had been asking to see The Elephant Man…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Reality Bites
December 30, 2024 - Above: "We're not 'Barista Vampires'! We're Artisan Writer Vampires who currently happen to be working as baristas." "And Graphic Designer Vampires. Hi, I'm Cass." I laughed while watching the "Come Out and Play" episode of the final season of What We Do in the Shadows when—in a parody of the film The Warriors in which the vampire family is pursued by other bloodsucking clans—they encounter the "not Barista Vampires." It was funny...but also a little sobering, too. I was reminded of the old story about every restaurant server in Hollywood "actually being" a director/screenwriter/actor/designer who was only waiting tables until they got their big break. It seems like it's gotten to be the same way for the entire creative community these days and pursuing a career of any sort, for a whole host of reasons, can…
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