I have a really difficult time drawing feet. I’ll do just about anything in my artistic power to avoid drawing them.
But today I found a great tutorial by the artist Joumana Medlej.
It’s very handy. The muscles are simplified, there are hands, feet, heads…
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My apologies for the URL. My internet connection is rather spotty at the moment. I’ll edit it to be a link soon.
The Who just finished their first tour of Australia in 40 years; fans have used this occasion to raise money for people in Victoria whose lives have been affected by the recent bush fires.
One member of the fan club made the quilt (by hand!) and got in touch with a few other members, and then Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey. Pete and Roger agreed to autograph the quilt, which is being sold on eBay.
All proceeds go to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal.
I probably won’t post other things like this, but I felt that more people should know about this. It is a wonderful example of people working together to make a difference.
Earlier this week, I attended a lecture given by the actress Kate Burton, otherwise known as Dr. Ellis Grey (from Grey’s Anatomy) and Hedda Gabler.
After the lecture, I spoke with her briefly about working on a play by Martin McDonagh. She performed in his play The Beauty Queen of Leenane a few years ago. I mentioned that I had performed the opening scene of The Pillowman for my acting final.
To make a short story even shorter, it ended with Ms. Burton recommending the rest of McDonagh’s works to me.
A little over a week ago, I posted about starting my second draft.
I have a page and a half.
I had so much energy going into the first draft, but with the second…I can’t seem to get myself motivated.
Any suggestions on beating this bug?
Photo by me. Do not use without my permission.
You’ve wanted to see this band for months. You can’t wait for the concert; you’ve stalked their myspace or official page for months. But—surprise!—they aren’t stopping in Boston.
Or are they?
Local music and comic chain Newbury Comics have a solution. Several times a month, local and international bands perform free shows at one of their stores.
Not impressed with the thought of seeing up and coming bands like The Kooks or The Lonely Island for free? Maybe old stalwarts like Alanis Morissette or Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys are more your speed. Either way, all are acts who have played one of the local Newbury Comics stores.
The shows fill up quickly, so head on down to the Newbury Comics store in question early enough in the day so you can get a neon wristband. The store closes while the gig goes on (for about 45 minutes), and only those with a wristband get in.
At the Newbury Street location, it can be very difficult to see anything, so get there early. Camp out. Hang out all day. You’ll get a better patch of carpet.
The best part? The shows are free, so it may only cost you T fare to listen to Alanis Morissette sing about a jagged little pill.
I’d call that a bargain!
I recently saw that Warner acquired Methuselah to be an action-adventure film. Apparently the protagonist ages at a very slow rate and uses all the extra time to gain survival skills. And they probably aren’t just rubbing two sticks together to make fire. My initial thought was the writers should just look at Highlander‘s Methos, but hey.
Immortality is an intriguing subject matter. How long does a person live before he loses sight of who he is? Does he simply become a combination of loosely connected ideas and opinions? What happens to him after his friends and family die? How can he die? Extreme old age? In my own writing, I like to contemplate these ideas.
I have high hopes for this movie. Hopefully it’ll be good and strive to answer at least one of my questions. Preferably the first.
So, dear readers, what are some of your favorite immortality themed books, movies, television shows, video games, etc, etc?
Ned Wolfe 