I bookmarked this video on YouTube earlier. But really, it deserves a full post. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci2VGxweA7E[/youtube] We know that money comes and goes. We know that possessions become a burden. They really become a burden. But story, story is so valuable and is painless to carry with us and it’s something that we share. And the pixies were [...]
Steven Pressfield did not expect The Legend of Bagger Vance to be a successful novel when he decided to write it. He did not expect it to be adapted into a film starring Matt Damon and Will Smith. This is the central theme that The War of Art expounds. An artist can not expect to create [...]
I just finished reading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. I thought I would share a quote: These are serious fears. But they’re not the real fear. Not the Master Fear, the Mother of all Fears that’s so close to us that even when we verbalize it we don’t believe it. Fear That We [...]
I am often asked what I mean when I use the term meaningful with regards to games. Most people consider games a distraction or a chance to turn their brains off at the end of the day. The word game has a negative connotation. Adults have hobbies and pastimes and play sports. Kids are supposed [...]
The first episode of jPod will be airing on the CBC tomorrow. So, during my Christmas holidays I decided to go back and read Coupland’s latest novel, The Gum Thief. I usually jump in bed 15 minutes to an hour before I want to actually sleep. I spend that first chunk of time reading whatever [...]
Scrolling through the tracks on my iPod, my DVDs, games, and bookmarks it occured to me that arrogant, jerks seem to posses the most interesting stories. Douglas Coupland, at least the character in jPod, is a jerk. I’m not sure if Coupland is a jerk in real life. I’ve only briefly met him once [...]