Renaissance 2.0
You never know where or when you’ll stumble across something inspirational. In this case for me it was in an innocuous comedy called “BRUCE ALMIGHTY” starring Jim Carrey. I remember enjoying it and thinking it was funny but I didn’t remember all of the wonderful little nuggets of wisdom in it. For example, I just…
This is an amazing experience that proved quite moving to me. I’ve always been fascinated by the Elephant Man’s story. It’s so heartbreaking and yet inspirational. I’ve shared this poem he often recited to remind people that he was still a man despite his apperance. “‘Tis true my form is something odd, but blaming me…
Exciting stuff. For 200 years it was believed that there was only one portrait of Edgar Allan Poe’s wife Virginia who died tragically young of consumption at age 24 but new discoveries have unveiled a few more including this beauty. As it turns out, the shy, demur bride was a model and posed for many…
In this amazing Ted Talk, Siegfied Woldhek shares his discovery of the face of Leonardo Da Vinci, one of my biggest inspirations in life along with Michelangelo. He went through all of Leonardo’s drawings and found a few self portraits of the master from different ages (from 33, 38 to 63) and confirmed it all…
I’m so excited to announce that my friend and favorite songwriter of all-time Holly Knight has been nominated for induction to the Songwriters Hall of Fame!!! You can help by joining the www.SongHall.org and voting for her in the songwriter non-performer category. Here is the announcement! I think once the voters see her amazing body…
Before the internet as we know it today there was AOL and before AOL there was the BBS, Bulletin Board Systems. I remember connecting to BBSes because my older brother Max used to use them all the time. He showed me how to setup my computer with a dial-up modem (I think 9600 BAUD!) so…
Love this song “DEMONS” by Imagine Dragons. I first heard it today in the trailer for Bradley Cooper’s new film that I can’t wait to see called “The Words”. Here’s the song and original music video which is just as wonderful as the song. You have to see the ending which is so powerfully moving!…
I HIGHLY recommend Hey Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird which is streaming on Netflix now. It is chock full of joyfulness. It covers everything you ever wanted to know about the classic Pulitzer prize winning book, the movie that earned Gregory Peck his Oscar and the author who has never written another book. I…
Frank Capra is my favorite director of all-tome. He made some of the greatest motion pictures in history including: It Happened One Night Mr. Deeds Goes to Town You Can’t Take it with You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Meet John Doe It’s a Wonderful Life (My favorite movie ever!) Capra won three Oscars for…
I just watched one of the best documentaries ever. Woody Allen: A Documentary which is streaming right now on NetFlix. I highly recommend it even if you’re not a big Woody Allen fan like I am. It is full of rare exclusive things like footage of his mom, sister and looks at his creative process like how…