Earlier this week I re-watched Mike Birbiglia’s second directorial outing, Don’t Think Twice. It’s a great indie movie about an improv team at a crossroads. They’re all getting older, their theater is getting shut down and one of their members gets a job at Weekend Live, an SNL rip off so on the nose I’m … Continue reading Unsolicited: Jealousy
There are a lot of reasons artistic endeavors fail; lack of talent or training, a weak personal support system or terrible personality. Hell, sometimes good old fashioned bad luck sinks an idea. But in my very humble estimation, FEAR the single greatest obstacle to good art. In the words of the late, great Frank Herbert, … Continue reading Unsolicited: Fear
I hate New Amsterdam. Bram Bakker shouldered his leather satchel and shuffled discontentedly through the ankle-deep snow with a snarl on his face. Why did I come to this God forsaken New World if all that waited for me here was more snow and just as many damned people, he thought? He glared disdainfully at … Continue reading Acts of Mercy
