Mar 7, 2017 | Transformation
In the realm of “life truths” and spiritual wisdom, one of the common ones I hear over and over is that you’re the sum of the 5 people you surround yourself with. This is totally partially true, and something I can mostly agree with. However, like...
Jul 21, 2016 | Transformation
While violent crime overall is going down, with the increased speed and presence our current digital world brings to the news it seems like hardly a week goes by without another police shooting, terrorist attack, gang death, horrible rape, or shooting spree. Paris,...
Jul 19, 2016 | Film, Transformation
In the spring of 2000, during the 2nd semester of my first year of college I took a photography class. Back then, digital cameras were definitely on the scene but still very low resolution and clunky. So my class was of the old school kind and used actual film,...
Jun 16, 2016 | Film, Transformation
As a techno-optimist, I generally fall on the side of most technologies being good things, be it computers, social media, AI, etc. That said, the last week and a half I started to notice more than ever a growing urge rearing it’s head every time I popped over...
Dec 13, 2015 | Film, Tech, Transformation
Two random Star Wars inspired ideas linger with me as I sit here on a cool and cloudy Los Angeles winter afternoon. One, I notice I’m enjoying a particular sensation present in my experience. It’s one that I first really started to identify when Pearl Jam would...
Nov 2, 2015 | Transformation
It seems not a week goes by where I don’t cringe at yet another article, tweet, or comment appearing that talks about how social media, smart phones, and the internet are destroying the fabric of our social structure. As a techno-optimist, I feel the need to call...