James Gideon

Like him or leave him, I could/would never liken myself to Mark Zuckerberg. But I do connect with this particular moment in 2010's The Social Network. If you've never seen the film, the quote I've used for this entry's title is from the moment Mark (Jesse Eisenberg) takes Facebook live for the first time, and he transitions into this extremely peaceful state, rocking back and forth. We don't know where his mind goes, whether he's in an extremely grateful, almost hypnotically contemplative...

I'm struck with an idea... Results are a prime motivator for anything in life. Success, or the perceivable lack thereof, is defined by the results. I try not to delve too far into the black hole of purist ideals, but I think, for anybody creative, it has to start with the love of the art, the love of the process. The results can't just be about money (which is always great by the way lol), otherwise, you won't be able to sustain your drive. Mulling over my own art, seeing what others create,...

I've mulled over starting a blog for years. But as I've found in life, things happen when they're supposed to. So, here I be. This is really just a rough first step, I think. I just needed to see how it feels to start. I honestly don't know what my exact goal for this blog is, but as an artist, a writer, etc., I have and will have thoughts about my process, about other related things...Thirty-six years of artistic expression, and I feel like I'm just scratching the surface. Thirty-six years,...