August 2012

An Answer To The Question of Perspective

by Monica August 31, 2012

At the beginning of August, I posed the question: How can we not just see, but explore the world differently through images? As someone who has always claimed to be a “visual learner” I was intrigued by the concept of intentionally looking at the world from assigned perspectives, in this case incorporating film techniques and [...]

Friday Photo: Welcome To Your Lucky Break

by Monica August 24, 2012

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day. ~Japanese Proverb Do I feel incredibly vain and… exposed… placing a close-up photo of my face on the blog for this week’s Friday Photo? You betcha. But I did it because I want all of us to remember if we don’t put ourselves in the [...]

Waiting In The Wings

by Monica August 22, 2012

A few years back, a fellow actress I was understudying gave me an intriguing birthday gift: a session with her favorite… well… I’m not sure what to call her. Therapist? Hypnotist? Psychic? Regardless, I was going through a personal rough patch and the fellow actress promised me this woman would be life changing. I can’t [...]

Friday Photo: See Through

by Monica August 17, 2012

Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others. ~Ellen DeGeneres By shifting our focus onto the stories of other people, we are better able to understand our own and see that which matters most. Wishing you a weekend filled with people who reflect the best in you. Ever after, Monica [...]

A Matter Of Importance

by Monica August 15, 2012

Bad acting is painful to watch. The actress who cries through every line of the play to prove the character is sad. The actor who yells and pounds his fists in every scene of the movie to show the character is angry. When bad acting happens, the audience tunes out. The message gets jumbled and [...]

Friday Photo: Caught Up In The Moment

by Monica August 10, 2012

Memory is the only thing that binds you to earlier selves; for the rest, you become an entirely different being every decade or so, sloughing off the old persona, renewing and moving on. You are not who you were, he told her, nor who you will be. ~ Sebastian Faulks, Charlotte Gray As written in yesterday’s [...]

No Time Like The Present (A Friendly Reminder)

by Monica August 9, 2012

Today I’m writing about a different kind of exploring. For someone who lacks the superpower of time travel, I spend an inordinate amount of time in the future: daydreaming about the future, worrying about the future, setting future goals, writing future awards speeches in my head. (Did I say that last one out loud?) Not [...]

Friday Photo: Explore. Dream. Discover.

by Monica August 3, 2012

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. ~ Mark Twain Wherever you are this Friday, I’m wishing you wind in [...]

Exploring Our Stories

by Monica August 2, 2012

What a marvelous word, yes? Lately I’ve been exploring the world of film as a medium for storytelling. And the truth is I’m overwhelmed by the results, both in the number of requests I’m getting from people who want to share their story, and by the ecstatic feedback from the people we’ve filmed thus far. [...]