Interview Beverly Tanedo: Slow living with art and dogs in Cebu, Philippines Beverly Tañedo is not one of many things if one at all. She writes, takes photos, and makes films while focusing on slow living in sunny Cebu, Philippines. I got to know Beverly when I was working on my film Queen Raquela back in 2006 in the Philippines. She recently
Film Class New Film Class: From Idea to Video In "Indie Filmmaking: Transform Your Idea Into Video" - You will learn how to develop, write, produce, film and edit a short video out of your original idea.
Film Seminar My First Film Seminar with Olaf de Fleur on Zoom "I found myself happy, exhausted, and excited. Excited about finding other people who are willing to share and learn while in practice of moving their writing projects forward."
Writing Blog Not Being Able To Write a Book I have been working on 'this book' for over five years, and I have found myself stuck in a detrimental loop.
Procrastination Overwhelm: The Land of Indecision "I don't like living here, even though everyone is very polite and nice, nothing happens in this village of no decisions."
Writing Tools SPLITTING THE ATOM: Dicipline Your Creative Senses It is unnecessary to fall prey to this predictable dilemma. Suddenly feeling like you cannot create, has nothing to do with your talent or your ability, it is a foreseeable sequencing of irrational, and impersonal thoughts welded together by unearned authority over your mood and talent.
The Creative Path Why Don't You Write A Play? Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. He wrote one of my favorite poems about vanity.
The Creative Path The Courtroom of Your Creativity When we want to produce a creative piece of art, a story, a film, it's easy to talk ourselves out of it.
Traveling Soul Crocodiles in India The ground inside the home was made out of uneven stacks of mud. The family that had invited me in didn’t have anything but offered me what they had. The offering was some kind of food, but it was impossible to know what it was made out of.
Filmmaking Synopsis, metaphor, and negative self-talk Ralston Vaz, a brand designer turned storyteller, gives us a feel for the topics explored, discussion flow, and open engagement style of one of Olaf’s Filmmaking Seminars.
Writing Blog The Train, The Cargo I have a sound recorder in my hand and I’m pointing it into empty space close to a train track. This space will be filled with thunder within a few moments. I maintain my posture like a statue waiting to be woken up. Noise creeps up from a horizon,
Interview The Story Behind The Powerful #thrainnko Instagram - Nature & Freedom to Roam It is tempting to forget that the most important thing about the creative path is not knowing what you're doing beforehand. Someone said that a human soul is a seed waiting to unfold, waiting to portray a powerful innocence from within. Thrainn Kolbeinsson, an Icelandic photographer, started sharing
Screenplay WRITING: Meeting The Pain of Not Being Perfect The future. We can see it. Before we write. We can see it. Good, bad, ugly, doesn't matter how it looks like. It's a lie we see as truth. We know it's a lie but we believe it's the truth.