Finished animation on episode 1 of Field Notes From the Orphanage.. Going up on Patreon as soon as its ready and debuting it on Youtube on August 20
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On Sunday May 3 at 7PM CST on my Youtube I am livestreaming my 2025 movie Take Off The Blindfold Adjust Your Eyes Look In The Mirror See The Face Of Your Mother
Book mark it: youtube.com/live/nRzpmafHs6E
Crazy layer universe shot from Take Off The Blindfold Adjust Your Eyes Look In the Mirror See The Face Of Your Mother
Music is a @peachmoonn rendition of Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone by Neutral Milk Hotel
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I am thinking about my old film The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia lately
The following is a poem from a book I read while researching during production - Participation in the Mystery by Jorge N. Ferrer. This poem was written by the author's father and is meant to be read aloud (which i encourage you to do). I had an intense emotional reaction to it, and do every time I reread it, and I've always thought about it in relation to the film.
Plentitude
If one day you cannot find me
Do not think that I have gone crazy,
But sane.
Look for me far away…
where people fly like birds
over immense valleys,
where the sad beetles
bathe their bodies in dew
and clothe themselves in black velvet.
Look for me far away…
where the cows give milk in abundance
and the languid sheep gather like white clouds,
where the oxen gaze with gentleness,
and the horses with peaceful tails
feel the caressing of the wind,
where I lay my head down
without a watch measuring the time
-Up the mountain-
toward the light, and the silence.
There you will find me…
lying in the grass
with thyme blossoms between my lips,
gazing at the condor
and at the golden eagles flying…
and flying…
There you will find me…
learning to live from the insects
and from the wild birds,
from the domestic animals,
learning from the birds…
(I do not feel ashamed…!)
And it may be that I even learn
to fly like the bees,
to sleep with the hens
and to converse with the lizards…
and I will breathe freely, against the wind,
through the highest peaks.
I will listen for the voice from afar
Of the countryman who sings
love songs to his beloved,
and the bronze bells
sounding in the far village,
I will listen to the voice of the trees,
of the breeze, and of the water.
I will use my new eyes for the first time
to look as far as my gaze roams
where the crickets sing,
where the cicadas sleep…
… And when you find me,
I will kiss your breath
with human warmth,
and I will tell you what they taught me,
the wind, the day, the night,
the light, and the stars
and we will learn together for all time
to live in peace
with the flavor of the winds
between our hands…
José Antonio Noguera Giménez
Monkey mind meditation game when your thoughts dont shut up
Pretend your thoughts are a chattering monkey and you have ice powers
Then say
Monkey Mind Monkey Mind Monkey Mind (Addressing the monkey)
STOP!! (Freeze him)
And try to keep him frozen for as long as you can
Then when he eventually escapes and starts blabbering again
Watch him do it and try to visualize how stupid he looks
Then repeat
Monkey Mind Monkey Mind Monkey Mind
STOP!!!
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Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
He looks so stupid.
Monkey Mind Monkey Mind Monkey Mind
STOP!!
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Bla bla bla bla bla bla
Oh my god its my REEL right now.
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