Art

Embracing Your Crazy Ideas

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I was reading a piece in the April 2012 issue of PRINT Magazine about Walt Disney’s dream for the groundbreaking animation classic Fantasia (1940). Walt really wanted it to be an ever-evolving and changing showcase of the state-of-the-art in filmmaking. Walt … Continue reading

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In Defense of Smooth Jazz

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God forbid Jami McGraw, Rain’s young director of all things technical, deigns to step foot into my office while any sort of instrumental, non-classical, post-modern, post-fusion, post-bop – I hesitate to utter the word “smooth” – music is dancing forth … Continue reading

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Where Creativity Comes From

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This week was Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. Being one of my favorite artists, it got me thinking a bit about the act of creating art, the drive and will to do it, and where that desire comes from. From my … Continue reading

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