general conditions.

This drastic switch in story structure not only allowed Kubrick to maximize his thematic explorations through that film, but it proved that breaking storytelling rules cemented in specific genres is not only okay to do; it sometimes puts your work into the hall of fame.

It’s never a bad idea to make Sally wait.

“If I stretch out my arms and wonder where my fingers are — that is all the space that I need as a painter.”

Willem de Kooning

I still smile when I remember us in younger days.

The things that we can’t explain — roll on like a runaway train. Into the fire and out of the frame. Wild and gone like a runaway train.