A life full of media, creativity and teaching.Tumblr (3.0; @burntfilm)http://blog.burntfilm.net/“The mysterious thing you look for your whole life will eventually eat you alive.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=3983" target="_blank">Laurie Anderson</a> on <a href="http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/tagged/moby+dick" target="_blank"><em>Moby-Dick</em></a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/" target="_blank">austinkleon</a>)</em>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/15331339335http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/15331339335Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:44:10 +1100quoteinspiration<a href="http://positivelypersistentteach.tumblr.com/post/14505710337/teachers-dont-like-creative-students">Positively Persistent Teach: Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://parenttrip.tumblr.com/post/14478131030/teachers-dont-like-creative-students" target="_blank">parenttrip</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning…</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14547760561http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14547760561Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +1100<iframe width="400" height="203" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-mEfsU0EPSQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/14374544134/the-cinescape-2011-edition" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Cinescape, 2011 edition</p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14378260027http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14378260027Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:32:15 +1100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw89y4yDsM1qav174o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://horrorfixxx.com/post/14250314588/best-movie-ever" target="_blank">horrorfixxx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Best. Movie. Ever.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14306544843http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14306544843Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:51:24 +1100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcxfy9IBQd1qzbykto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://moviesinframes.tumblr.com/post/14267160644/the-graduate-1967-dir-mike-nichols-by" target="_blank">moviesinframes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><a href="http://moviesinframes.tumblr.com/tagged/The+Graduate" target="_blank">The Graduate</a></em>, 1967 (dir. Mike Nichols)</p> <p>By <a href="http://clairefisher.tumblr.com" target="_blank">clairefisher</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14306503576http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14306503576Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:49:16 +1100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw98nz9YzK1r3y1qgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jldean.tumblr.com/post/14266283391/douglas-coupland-12-slogans-for-the-21st-century" target="_blank">jldean</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Douglas Coupland. 12 Slogans for the 21st Century.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14305787071http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14305787071Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:11:11 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw95qm1Ksr1r580k1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14303733556http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14303733556Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:49:30 +1100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9c6zxftN1qay9wgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://greatshowdowns.com/post/14268685837/if-i-drive-for-you-you-give-me-a-time-and-a" target="_blank">scottlava</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<span>If I drive for you, you give me a time and a place. I give you a five-minute window, anything happens in that five minutes and I’m yours no matter what. I don’t sit in while you’re running it down; I don’t carry a gun… I drive.”</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14303716562http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14303716562Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:48:19 +1100<iframe width="400" height="203" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ychmsJR6Rkk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/14155970936/beatlemania-meets-applemania-an-animated-history" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Beatlemania meets Applemania – an animated history of the Beatles through their album covers   <em>(<a href="http://tbwaforwardslash.posterous.com/itunes-covers" target="_blank">via</a>)</em></p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14161378075http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/14161378075Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:59:47 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt10vaXvaU1qkef0ko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heysnix.tumblr.com/post/13940606764/positivelypersistentteach-the-best-one-ever" target="_blank">heysnix</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://positivelypersistentteach.tumblr.com/post/13940587472/the-best-one-ever" target="_blank">positivelypersistentteach</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The best one ever.</p> </blockquote> <p>Hilarious..</p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13958413128http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13958413128Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:49:29 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvtlv2FQRw1qc66hdo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13958387362http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13958387362Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:48:39 +1100<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F52jXbG9gNc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>POP POP!</p> <p>Save Greendale with the cast of Community (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F52jXbG9gNc" target="_blank">AlexanderMitrakov</a>)</p>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13914105297http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13914105297Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:46:52 +1100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33198416" width="400" height="250" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Peaks and Recreation (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/33198416" target="_blank">Charles Pieper</a>)</p>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13860696944http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13860696944Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:36:45 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo2xhURPc1qhqyogo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo2xhURPc1qhqyogo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo2xhURPc1qhqyogo3_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo2xhURPc1qhqyogo4_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo2xhURPc1qhqyogo5_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo2xhURPc1qhqyogo6_r5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13773947633http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13773947633Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:18:28 +1100<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/the-cognitive-benefits-of-chewing-gum/">Jonah Lehrer on "the cognitive benefits of chewing gum"</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/13576324944" target="_blank">austinkleon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote>“Given the uncanny power of gum, it seems a little silly that we don’t allow it in the classroom. (If a pill achieved these same results, we’d all be popping it.) Of course, gum is disgusting and unsightly once it becomes litter, but it also appears to be a wonderful stimulant, allowing us to benefit from the attentional boost of eating without having to swallow or ingest calories. (Plus, fresh breath!) A recent review of the gum-chewing literature summarizes the science: “Gum appears to be a functional food with function but no food.””</blockquote> <p><small>(Thx, <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/13574360706/given-the-uncanny-power-of-gum-it-seems-a-little" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>)</small></p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13586949691http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13586949691Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:06:42 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lund6hJY1k1qhl32ro7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tek1nowblog.tumblr.com/post/12785474387/college-for-creative-studies-talk-to-your-kids" target="_blank">tek1nowblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1>College for Creative Studies</h1> <p>Talk to your kids about art school.</p> <p>Advertising Agency: Team Detroit, Dearborn, MI USA Chief Creative Officer: Toby Barlow Creative Director: Gary Pascoe Art Director: Vic Quattrin Copywriter: Joel Wescott Published: October, 2011</p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13497030565http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13497030565Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:43:59 +1100<embed src="http://www.mtvu.com/player/embed/" width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="CONFIG_URL=http://www.mtvu.com/player/embed/configuration.jhtml%3fvid%3D689002" allowfullscreen="true" base="." allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent"></embed><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/9969743537" target="_blank">austinkleon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/matt-stone-and-trey-parker-crash-an-nyu-writing-cl?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=buzzfeed" target="_blank">Matt Stone And Trey Parker Crash An NYU Writing Class</a></p> <p>Fun little video where Matt and Trey talk about the whiteboards in the South Park writers rooms, and how they break the stories into beats:</p> <blockquote>Really simple rule…we can take the beats of your outline, and if the words “and then…” belong in between those beats? You’re fucked. You got something pretty boring. What should happen in between each beat is the word “therefore” or “but.” […]</blockquote> <p>I saw Matt Stone at my friend John Pierson’s master class <a href="http://www.austinkleon.com/2008/05/02/matt-stone-ut/" target="_blank">a few years ago</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13423582699http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13423582699Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:12:21 +1100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/13150445586/tumblr_luzv2finzh1r1sk8l&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://finalbossform.com/post/13142420894/childish-gambino-heartbeat" target="_blank">kenyatta</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><strong>Childish Gambino - Heartbeat</strong></h2> </blockquote>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13150445586http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13150445586Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:12:23 +1100<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9KoQf7_ISVE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Alex Clare — Damn Your Eyes (Etta James Cover) (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9KoQf7_ISVE" target="_blank">lonerjoshy</a>)</p>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13051342611http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/13051342611Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:50:01 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luum8q94vl1qz4a2bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/12962538542http://blog.burntfilm.net/post/12962538542Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:58:02 +1100