In Tuesday’s post, I mentioned my involvement in student films. This turned out to be a great learning environment for me. To everyone who gave me a chance, THANK YOU. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. One film that I’m particularly proud of is “Maple Syrup.” Written and directed by Alexander N, a recent graduate of the […]
People are asking me what I’ve been doing on the front, so I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate my next post to the topic. Almost a year has gone by since the move. The timeline was this….. ACCLIMATION. It took a couple months to settle in and acclimate to the area. LA is […]
Monday’s quote is a short poem titled “Dreams” by American poet and social activist Langston Hughes. He’s best known for writing about the struggles of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. He, along with other talented artists like Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and E. E. Cummings, was an early innovator of jazz poetry. […]
When you live in LA, you constantly see things getting filmed. It’s very cool for artists like me, unless you are stuck in traffic due to a detour. Here is video footage of a performance to Beyonce’s Halo filmed at The Grove. At first I thought it was a flash mob (are these in still?), but […]
My beautiful girlfriend, Hillary, sent this to me. “To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop trying.” E. E. Cummings
I know all of you are waiting with bated breath for Monday’s quote…BUT instead today’s post spotlights a song from Tony Award-winning musical Man of La Mancha — The Impossible Dream. It’s impacted me greatly during this journey so I want to share it with you. As you may know, I have been battling some […]
Hello, all. First, I must apologize for the delay in writing. It’s been a crazy few weeks but that’s no excuse. I’ll do my best moving forward not to let this happen again. Prince David Osei and me On Tuesday evening I attended the red carpet premiere of THE DEAD, a West African–set zombie feature […]
I first heard this quote right before I was about to embark on my new journey. Thank you Barb Jeffries for introducing me to it. “Feel the fear, and do it anyway.” – Susan Jeffers
A famous actor (there is debate about who actually said it), lying on his deathbed, was asked by a friend, “Is it hard, this dying?””No,” replied the actor. “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” Well, folks, I can attest to that. I just wrapped up a six week sitcom workshop with Emmy Award-winning actor Brad […]
When walls close in, skies turn gray, and dreams seem like they’re awfully far away, you’re probably just forgetting that the same “hands” that created the sun, the moon, and the stars, are still holding yours, anxious to help. —- The Universe