Late Winter, some thing was burning on entry through a cold Alberta sky. Skating with my brother, Kile, on Winston Bohne's frozen pond I was seven years old. Kile was...
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Fascinating study on our cultures acceptance of lies versus truth…
I am continually astounded and inspired by those who drive themselves to overcome the challenges they face in life. Both those they encounter as they walk their daily path and...
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“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero; he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor—by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world. “He will take no man’s money dishonestly and no man’s insolence without a due and dispassionate revenge. He is a lonely man and his pride is that you will treat him as a proud man or be very sorry you ever saw him. “The story is this man’s adventure in search of a hidden truth, and it would be no adventure if it did not happen to a man fit for adventure. If there were enough like him, the world would be a very safe place to live in, without becoming too dull to be worth living in.”
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Ridley Scott: "My editorial process is simply drawing. I'm a paper-and-pencil man. I love to draw and I use it as a means of seeing a story from its beginning...
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“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Dr. Henry McCord - a fictional character from the TV Series: “Madam Secretary” Season 2: Ep. 4, is a guest on a radio show. He is confronted by a caller,...
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Matt Furey is one of my role models and virtual…
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
This is an amazing breakthrough in Additive Manufacturing. Inspiring Innovation.
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Pretty Cool. As an Industrial Designer, I am inspired by this technology. It is transforming design and engineering.
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I found this quote from President Roosevelt appropriate for all those who criticize from the sideline while real men pursue their dreams by their actions and perseverance.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
“I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of "Admin." The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern." [From the Preface]” ― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
In the most difficult and discouraging days of World War II, Winston Churchill said to the people of England: “To every man there comes … that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a special thing unique to him and fitted to his talent. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.”
Spring 2014, I was asked to produce a short video for our community event: Lake Elsinore Clean Extreme. Our video crew covered the event: 600+ volunteers, 50+ projects. An awesome...
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Reminding us all of the reasons we are designing and making things. It's the joy of helping others have better lives. Dr_D
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If you want to learn how to be an outstanding VFX artist, a successful professional - look no further than Allan McKay. He's been a source of inspiration to me...
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“O God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry; When I have work, help me to remember the jobless; When I have a home, help me to remember those who have no home at all; When I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer, And remembering, help me to destroy my complacency; bestir my compassion, and be concerned enough to help; By word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted...”
Samuel F. Pugh
I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.
Mother Theresa on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
O Captain! my Captain!
our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack,
the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear,
the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel,
the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Walt Whitman
Experimenting with After Effects + Trapcode Particular to create a stylized animation of a wine bottle filling with delicious goodness.
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I'm changing my website to focus exclusively on Design Visualization. Please excuse the lack of content - it will be a few days before I get everything up here. regards,...
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"The beginning of the End of War lies in Remembrance." (Herman Wouk)
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I've been working on a mural for Paradigm Motion Pictures epic documentary: Unparallelled Valour. My good friend and fellow artist Ken Bishop painted the characters. Here's a peek at the...
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Larry Shultz, Brother, son, friend, husband, uncle, colleague passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012. Larry was a kind, infectiously positive man with immense talent who shared his gifts freely. Full...
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