i don't think he knows it, but he taught me a ton. especially in a class he taught called "director's book," which, sadly, i rarely went to.
one of his lessons involved the idea that every artist should have a slogan, or motto, that runs throughout all their work - their entire aesthetic. we needed to figure out what ours was.
at the time, my motto was "hide in plain sight."
i would write these long analogous stories about things i was going through, the way i was feeling. and i thought they therefore inherently had power. i still do that, but slowly most of the analogous stuff is slipping away, most of the time.
so i'm here to present my new artistic motto.
"lay it all bare."
scrape yourself raw.
tell 'em everything.
and no, this is not all just an excuse to not feel weird that i wrote 10 minutes of standup material entirely about my penis.
one of his lessons involved the idea that every artist should have a slogan, or motto, that runs throughout all their work - their entire aesthetic. we needed to figure out what ours was.
at the time, my motto was "hide in plain sight."
i would write these long analogous stories about things i was going through, the way i was feeling. and i thought they therefore inherently had power. i still do that, but slowly most of the analogous stuff is slipping away, most of the time.
so i'm here to present my new artistic motto.
"lay it all bare."
scrape yourself raw.
tell 'em everything.
and no, this is not all just an excuse to not feel weird that i wrote 10 minutes of standup material entirely about my penis.
