To be an Artist, First Learn how to Starve

They Protest with Drums and Dance, America lets learn!

GET READY FOR THIS LONG, EPIC POST. Please feel free to skip around to what interests you. There I was at the Festival de Cannes! Eagerly gripping all of the brochures and media in my hands, I took advantage of my day by waiting outside of the Grand Theatre Lumiere,...

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In the Pursuit of Cannes, Cinema and Creativity

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The Introduction Two weeks ago, I was not going to Europe for the summer. I am currently in Europe for the summer. What quickly set my life in a completely different direction: My plans all changed when I found out that "Kaleidecorp", a short film I was a producer and...

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My Blog Post to Hip Hop

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[pullquote aligh=left]"Hip Hop was the modern philosophical and intellectual conversation the youth craved for."[/pullquote] Panty lines, hoes, "bling-bling" and supercharged automobiles are the images many see when they think "Hip Hop".  To be honest, when I think of this generalization the first word I think is "tragic", because that is...

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In Pursuit of an American Education

When I think of our American Education System-- it unfortunately suffers a lot of flaws. So the remedies, reforms and quick patches for these loose ends are created, but the system still fails. Our students are less interested, less prepared and are suffering from a widespread disease:  blindness to standardized...

Finally found my “Y?”: Yoga

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I am ashamed to disclose how many times in my life I have admitted to being a “chubster” (I’ve coined the term, basically meaning glutton who often oscillates in body weight and is obsessed with sweets and food.) From counting calories, to bizarre diets I made up in my head...