videos
my Vancouver (when sunny) theme song
When days like today exist, I hear Grafitti6 playing over and over in my head.
Heartless, the best short film I’ve ever seen
Film is the most effective medium to produce a consciousness change in a short amount of time, short films produce the same effect even faster. Heartless is the story of the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. The production quality is fantastic and it hits on many of the themes I cover in this [...]
good job humans, you are starting to figure it out
Not all the members of our species get it yet, but a few do. At the heart of every crisis we currently face is the modern system of education. Our educational model churns out an advanced primate concerned with security and the desire to be important while focusing solely on how to have a good [...]
Inception
Constructing and exploring dream worlds to uncover the secrets of the mind? Yes, please.
SALAZAR
A year in the life of SALAZARwww.salazarfilm.com music by Katie Stelmaniswww.katiestelmanis.com
Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Ramaby Arthur C. Clarke is one of my favorite science fiction books. I thought it was so realistic because if there was an ancient unknown civilization, Clarke’s story depicts how it would likely reveal itself to us. Also, I think Clarke nailed the approach us humans would have taken to dealing with such [...]
the chaos of the urban street
This video of Air’s La Femme D’Argent highlights something far more than just a great audio track. It show’s the video from a streetcar moving down Market Street in 1905 San Francisco. Compared to the sterile city streets of today, this scene contrasts wildly as people, animals, bikes, automobiles and rail are all moving slowly [...]
how the world works(ed) in 10 minutes or less
The movie Network is full of amazing scenes. This is just one of them. “There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, ITT and AT&T, Dupont, Dow, Union Carbide and Exxon. Those are the nations of today.
street performers during the Olympics
During the Olympics in Vancouver, Granville St. was alive with the buskers, performers and a remarkably intact Batman.
