Words Have Power

'If you want to be an artist, do it. If you want to direct, or act, or write, don't think about it, do it. Take a chance and jump off the cliff. You can build your wings on the way down. As long as you love what you do and do what you love, you won't fail. Love is the key to everything.
 --Ray Bradbury, 2009

'To all who come to this happy place ... Welcome!'
 --Walt Disney, July of 1955

'If you can possibly afford it, always buy the best. You'll rarely be disappointed.'
 --Alex Sherman, 1994

'Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.'
  --Samuel Clemens

'Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. '
  --Leonard da Vinci

Servers, Life Drawing and Maya

After three months of chasing wild geese, I think I’ve finally stabilized the server. I’ve finished the life drawing course, and my skills have taken another quantum leap – so much so that I’m considering pulling my demo reel and about half of the stuff on my gallery pages as being hopelessly nonrepresentative of my current abilities. I’m also working on a small personal animation project, this time in Maya. I have the advantage of having access to some of the best animators in the world as I learn. I’m perfectly positioned – now all I have to do is the work itself.