The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield My rating: 4… Read more BOOK REVIEW: The War of Art
Category: Essay
Strangers on a Metrorail
“You make movies, don’t you?” Her voice carried familiarity rather than curiosity, particularly for such a strange question. This was… Read more Strangers on a Metrorail
The Spectrum of Documentary Cinema
Documentary filmmaking may be the trickiest and most malleable of genres, mostly because of the contradictory questions at its core.… Read more The Spectrum of Documentary Cinema
BOOK REVIEW: “The Last Love Song”
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion by Tracy Daugherty My rating: 5 of 5 stars Daugherty delivers… Read more BOOK REVIEW: “The Last Love Song”
BOOK REVIEW: “Everybody Behaves Badly”
Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises by Lesley M.M. Blume My rating: 5… Read more BOOK REVIEW: “Everybody Behaves Badly”
Myself in Stereotypes
If I were to describe myself in cultural stereotypes, I know exactly what to list: I have the mind of… Read more Myself in Stereotypes
Leadership Role Model: Alexander the Great
This essay has been taken from my archives. It was written in the fall of 2006, as part of my… Read more Leadership Role Model: Alexander the Great
The Death of a Hopeless Romantic
He closed his eyes and let go of his last breath, which fluttered away in the shape of moths and… Read more The Death of a Hopeless Romantic
Some Hopeful Tolerance
I sat there, in the middle of it all, because I wanted to write, ignoring the hustle and bustle that… Read more Some Hopeful Tolerance
Writing of Heroine Addiction
A while ago, I decided to put under self-scrutiny my unrelenting fascination–nay, addiction–to heroines. Read that again, and check the… Read more Writing of Heroine Addiction
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