Check out my Origin Story.
Here's an unedited iphone pic of me shooting a rainbow out of my cock:
Here's a pic of me cradling a charred zombie corpse:
here's a pic of me from the Jerusalem Post in 1986:
sigh, I was such a cute kid. What went wrong?
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Here is a gif. I recorded it in Williamsburg one summer’s day at a used book street vendor.
I feel like this butterfly. It’s sitting on something it appreciates, but it can’t fathom the depth of information and beauty contained in the book— it doesn’t even realize or understand that it IS a book, or what a book is; it’s just a shiny smooth thing to rest on in the sun. and as that, it’s good.
But the book, too, has no understand of the the beauty and experience of the butterfly..
lifesize music-box ballerina
Team Makerbot Gif Portrait, June 2009
Recent instagram (s)elfies
Imagine your leg falls asleep, and you never walk again to avoid that one moment of discomfort waking it. That’s most people psychologically.
>> It's my birthday!
Growing up I never liked getting presents; it was years before I understood why.
If you want to send me a happy birthday, instead, spend time today making something.
Not something for me; something for you. Something you want to make. It could be something you’ve been procrastinating, something spontaneous; whatever. Just make something cool and upload it, wherever it’s at by the end of the day, and post a link here or email me.
Knowing people are creating stuff will be my birthday present :)
“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” - Andy Warhol
The universe is indifferent. But it’s filled with candy and sexy people, so that’s okay.
It’s always dangerous when I meet someone as perverted as I am.
>> Don't wait.
I was sad to miss @aaronsw’s memorial service this weekend.
(If you don’t know about him, here’s a short backgrounder for context.)
One thought:
The appreciation-fests we give friends, lovers, those whose work inspires us, after they die — why wait until they can’t hear it?
We should let people know how they inspire us while they can hear it, instead of waiting until it’s too late.
The common trope is that we wouldn’t want it to “go to their head”.
Why not?
Showing people what they can be to us, helping them believe in themselves.. Let that go to their head. We never know what someone is going through, or what difference sharing can make.
I imagine a world where we all write New-Yorker-esque profiles about how awesome our friends are, without waiting for them to die, and without fear of sounding like we’re showing off or kissing up.
So if you feel some praise or appreciation, don’t keep it to yourself.
If there’s someone you think is amazing, let them know. Let other people know. Don’t wait for a eulogy.
Work process of Color & girl, ♡ Rebekah Burke
The other week I was in Coffee Shop with Koalady and I put ketchup on her nose then she dipped a french fry in it then I took a picture and now awesome artist Aurora from South Korea remixed it as a gif.
I love the internet.
Good morning, Los Angeles
Looper Mashup Trailer
Back in 2009, Rian asked me to help make a trailer for a script he’d just written.
Looper had not yet been shot; but in 3 years, it will have been.
So we made a mash-up trailer for a film that did not yet exist.
This is a strange curiosity I thought might be interesting - just after I finished the script for Looper but before we began preproduction I asked Joe to record some voice-over, and with help from my friend Ronen Verbit constructed this “fake trailer” using clips from other movies. This is a fairly common thing to do when you’re trying to get a movie off the ground, but it was the first time I tried it. It was meant to show more some of the film’s tone, and to show how the odd concept could be presented in a clear and compelling way in the marketing. Zach Johnson did the sketches. Note that we hadn’t begun the casting process yet, and the clips were chosen just based on their visuals and not by who is in them.
‘Twas an honor to work on with him.
Extra credit if you can spot all the movies we used clips from
close your eyes. where are you?
adventures with nahana.
