This guy makes good short films and videos, and he also plays the piano rather well. I like these two movie theme songs he composed.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Pastor Lew meets Ryan
A pastor named Lew picked up Ryan, who was trying to get a ride in Florida. He was really impressed by him and his adventure, so he wrote about it on his blog, revolution. Ryan has often been very outspoken when it comes to evangelist types and people who claim to follow the example of Jesus.
Ryan has written a lot about our culture, as Lew points out, has become a true student of our culture, or what I would call, an anthropologist. I love it!!!!! I went to school and studied how to become an anthropologist, and Ryan has actually employed himself as an anthropologist. That's very cool, because it inspires me not to throw away my own dreams.
I'm going to have to contact Lew and see how we can work together to help support Ryan with some more marketing and promotions, grassroots-style.
Ryan has written a lot about our culture, as Lew points out, has become a true student of our culture, or what I would call, an anthropologist. I love it!!!!! I went to school and studied how to become an anthropologist, and Ryan has actually employed himself as an anthropologist. That's very cool, because it inspires me not to throw away my own dreams.
I'm going to have to contact Lew and see how we can work together to help support Ryan with some more marketing and promotions, grassroots-style.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
ArcherPhotos, on Flickr
This guy's photos are excellent, and he has many beautiful models to photograph
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
A story about LaKari
LaKari was inspired by a goal of placing anonymous notes, written on post-it note paper, in random places for strangers to find. It is kind of an Amelie, playful, trickster kind of thing to do. It’s kind of adventurous and interesting. I wrote an entry that LaKari read about starting a website that displayed photos of the notes and short entries about the notes, and she started one up! It was really good to feel that I had helped inspire someone to do something fun and cool. So, I’d like to meet LaKari someday. I’m glad that we were able to meet through email, at least.
How to learn to play the guitar
1. Have a good instrument that is in shape, has new strings, and is fun to play, and go to the library to look at their selection of music/guitar books to pick one to start with
2. Learn how to tune the guitar with a guitar tuner or with the pitch from another instrument that is already in tune (piano, pitch pipe, etc.)
3. Learn how to play a fretted note and a bit of basic terminology about music and the guitar (what are ‘frets’? what does ‘up the neck’ mean? what does ‘up pick’ mean? what is ‘down picking’? what is a ‘chord’?...etc)
4. Learn how to play a chord, learn it’s name, learn the notes that make it up, learn other notes on the fretboard
5. Learn how to strum, learn different strum patterns, learn about tempo, learn how to tap your foot to keep time
6. Learn how to strum a couple of chords, learn how to move from chord to chord, learn how to use different strum patterns for the same chords
7. Learn how to play a simple song
8. Learn more songs, chords, rhythms
9. Explore different styles of music
10. Listen to great guitar players
11. Go to watch great guitar players perform
12. Ask questions
13. Seek a good guitar teacher who you like
14. Learn how to sing and play guitar at the same time
15. Write your own music and lyrics
16. Play with others (drummers, bassists, other guitarists, singers, piano players, cello players, violinists… etc)
17. Learn scales and lead patterns
18. Transcribe songs into music
19. Learn as much as you can about harmony and theory
20. Learn how to sight read and read charts
21. Continue learning how to learn and practicing all of the above
- Jay (Docrivs.Com, Blogger, StumbleUpon, MySpace, Flickr, del.icio.us...)
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Downtown Columbus Skyline During Storm
I took this photo during a tornado threat. It wasn't even night yet, but the skies were so dark it was hard to tell.
Naked Under The Trenchcoat
trenchcoat
Originally uploaded by docrivs.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Retablos, Art of Spanish South America and Central America
I love this style of artwork. Retablos, particularly box retablos, amaze me. I first really took an appreciation for this style of art at the Columbus Arts Festival back in the summer of 2002. It rained that time, but it was still awesome.
I gained a greater appreciation of box retablos during my visits to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I gained a greater appreciation of box retablos during my visits to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Praying to the sky
Tonight, at work, I was about to bring salt and pepper to a table of three guests. They had just ordered a second round of drinks and had received their food. However, when I reached their table and was about to deliver the salt and pepper shakers they reached for each other's hands, and started praying, or saying grace, or something. I felt awkward, so I turned away and waited for a few seconds. When I thought they were finished I put the shakers on the table and walked away.
I don't recall ever seeing people praying in a restaurant, or saying grace in a restaurant, before the food is eaten. It was strange to me.
I don't recall ever seeing people praying in a restaurant, or saying grace in a restaurant, before the food is eaten. It was strange to me.
Bibliophilia
Lots of people have expressed an interest in this photo that I captured from another website and uploaded to Flickr. I really like this photo! I love to look at old libraries and old books. They remind me of the existence of a connection between the present and the past, the present and the future, and the past and the future.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Graffiti in Adamastor, Lisboa
To truly live is to completely let go of fear and doubt and to go beyond death
The Perfect Bio Photo For A Forensic Scientist or Crime Writer
Friday, May 11, 2007
Moving On To The Land Of Where I Want To Be
It's interesting to me how cyclical life really is, despite how much we perceive it to be a series of linear events.
We think of life as a line among lines...
Born---->This is what I did when I was 2---->I moved here when I was 5---->I found this when I was 6---->I lost this when I was 8---->I learned about this when I was 10---->I experienced this when I was 11---->I did this when I was 21---->Died
Each person's and thing's history, in this framework, is a series of events that happen at certain points in time, connected by cause and effect at certain pivotal points, all within the framework of the history of reality. Many things occur at the same time, and some of those things are directly related, but we forget that we do not understand what time and space really is.
Some cultures are based on a time, history, and lifestyle in terms of cycles and circles, rather than lines. There really is no beginning. There really is no end. Everything is in constant change and flux.
Tonight, I realized something. The multitudes of lists that I make are not just exercises in worthless distraction. This practice of making lists is how I store and restore ideas. I think that I was born to be a writer.
I've wanted to be so many things: spy, soldier, musician, computer programmer, technician, writer, environmentalist, father, husband, lover, son, brother, adventurer... All of these desires and experiences have helped to create me into who I am. A writer writes. A writer shares experience and knowledge. A writer entertains and informs. I've been practicing to be a writer all of my life, and I've made excuses and excuses to keep myself from the potential for failure and the fear of not having enough money for so long that I feel as if I am experiencing what Neo experienced when he was rescued from the Matrix and brought into Zion.
I've been reading this great book, Writing Down The Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. I've been receiving payment in return for "guitar lessons" from a student who really wants someone to work with as a writing partner. I've been passed over on getting promoted to bartender, or at least it feels that way. I've had little luck in trying to get into the IT field. I've had little luck in trying to save my marriage and many other relationships that appear to have been failing. Now, it's time to take control of the ball.
Although this is a more personal blog post, I am not really revealing the whole of it. The point is that I am undergoing change, as usual, but I am more conscious of that change now.
We think of life as a line among lines...
Born---->This is what I did when I was 2---->I moved here when I was 5---->I found this when I was 6---->I lost this when I was 8---->I learned about this when I was 10---->I experienced this when I was 11---->I did this when I was 21---->Died
Each person's and thing's history, in this framework, is a series of events that happen at certain points in time, connected by cause and effect at certain pivotal points, all within the framework of the history of reality. Many things occur at the same time, and some of those things are directly related, but we forget that we do not understand what time and space really is.
Some cultures are based on a time, history, and lifestyle in terms of cycles and circles, rather than lines. There really is no beginning. There really is no end. Everything is in constant change and flux.
Tonight, I realized something. The multitudes of lists that I make are not just exercises in worthless distraction. This practice of making lists is how I store and restore ideas. I think that I was born to be a writer.
I've wanted to be so many things: spy, soldier, musician, computer programmer, technician, writer, environmentalist, father, husband, lover, son, brother, adventurer... All of these desires and experiences have helped to create me into who I am. A writer writes. A writer shares experience and knowledge. A writer entertains and informs. I've been practicing to be a writer all of my life, and I've made excuses and excuses to keep myself from the potential for failure and the fear of not having enough money for so long that I feel as if I am experiencing what Neo experienced when he was rescued from the Matrix and brought into Zion.
I've been reading this great book, Writing Down The Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. I've been receiving payment in return for "guitar lessons" from a student who really wants someone to work with as a writing partner. I've been passed over on getting promoted to bartender, or at least it feels that way. I've had little luck in trying to get into the IT field. I've had little luck in trying to save my marriage and many other relationships that appear to have been failing. Now, it's time to take control of the ball.
Although this is a more personal blog post, I am not really revealing the whole of it. The point is that I am undergoing change, as usual, but I am more conscious of that change now.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Art is a good reason to live!!!!
I love music, and I love ART! In anthropology we call this material culture or cultural traditions, depending on if it is “material” (can be touched, physical, an artifact) or not. Music from other parts of the world besides America is great to explore, especially now that the internet and digital music has made it possible to record sounds and spread them around the world in an instant, or an instant of an instant.
See more progress on: Experience a variety of new and exciting music
docrivs Musician's Profile on Musician's Referral Service at Musician's Institute
I've posted a profile on the Musician's Referral Service website on the Musician's Institute website. It's not an extremely complicated page, but there is a short bio of me on there, some song samples, a description of my influences and gear, and a photo (the one you see here). Please visit and refer anyone here who may need guitar lessons or my assistance as a performing artist. Thanks, docrivs
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
If you resist change
I've decided to test an upload to Flickr via email. This photo represents
the state I am in right now and a challenge that I will always face.
the state I am in right now and a challenge that I will always face.
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