Weekend Discussion Point: Permission Video

Ok, so it is getting too hot to do much in the day except enjoy the lazy days of summer.

If one finds some free time to wander about the internet, might I suggest clicking on the photo to the left and viewing a short piece sent to me via Google Video. (It is on You Tube.com as well)

I have to say the beauty of visual language is sometimes they take us to places we had no idea where we would land.

This piece made me step back and look at this issue in a whole new light.

So click, view, discuss (repeat)

MOVIE LINK: Permission on Google
OR
The Visit The Media That Matters Film Festival for this and other short films.

"Thanks Mary for sharing this clip."

Introducing.... Murphy Maxwell O'Rourke

The other day I got an email from a friend with an attachment I found compeling.

I think the issue of urban sprawl is an important talking point as gas climbs to record heights matching our environments rising temps.

But rather than focus on this issue, today I want to introduce, Murphy Maxwell O'Rourke, a MSU student, who will be looking for work soon after he graduates in May 2007. (Hell, he could do freelance work now if called to do so.)

If one should want to see more of his work, contact him at orourk26@msu.edu.

(CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW)

Tommy's Flick Pick: An Inconvenient Truth

from the fourth Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

Dear stranger,

extant in memory by the blue Juniata,
these letters
across space, I guess,
will be all we know of one another.

So little of what one is threads itself through the eye
of empty space.

Nevermind.
The self is the least of it.
Let our scars fall in love.



(This just felt like the thing to post today. No words or images from me today)

Greetings from Chicago's Gay Games

Yesterday was the closing ceremonies for the Gay Games in Chicago. The company I work with did the staging and since this event only takes place every four years (and in different countries), I felt I should visit.

While I was having a bit of a bad day due to some not so great news 15 minutes to showtime, I did find that once the event began, my mood ligtened considerably.

I found the experience amazing as we watched 10,000 athletes march onto Wrigley Field and into the stands. The processional took almost a half hour.

The event also included cowboys dancing, comedians, The L Word cast and even Cyndi Lauper stopped by to show her true colors.

So I will shut up now and get in the shower. Enjoy photos from the road.

Cheers!


p.s. I loved that we could hang in the dugout with our pass.


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