“In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred… Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” ~ I HaveContinue reading “Inspiration – Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Power of Words”
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Inspiration – Sweating the Small Stuff
I came to the world of comic books fairly late in my adolescence. It was actually a love of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer that first drove me to enter what was, at the age of sixteen, the forbidding comic shop in my town. Several years, over five ComicCons (the local Emerald City ComicConContinue reading “Inspiration – Sweating the Small Stuff”
Inspiration – Major Minor Characters
First of all, if you have yet to read or watch any version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what are you doing with your life? Reading my blog? Stop, now, go to the library and pick up a copy. Better yourself, we could all use a little improvement, and come back after you’ve read it. ForContinue reading “Inspiration – Major Minor Characters”
Inspiration – Truth and Point of View in a Cold Quiet Country
There are some branches of philosophy which insist that a person’s reality, i.e. what is and is not ‘true’, is defined very much by their individual perspectives. Depending on one’s point of view, shooting a deer during hunting season for sport might be an acceptable form of recreation; or it might be the cold-blooded murderContinue reading “Inspiration – Truth and Point of View in a Cold Quiet Country”
Inspiration – Classic Storytelling with Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-novel series, The Lord of the Rings, is perhaps his best known and most well-loved work, with The Hobbit, the prequel novel, coming in at a close second. When Peter Jackson, a relatively new director on the Hollywood scene, announced that he was directing, writing, and producing a film version of the books,Continue reading “Inspiration – Classic Storytelling with Lord of the Rings”