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Stories That Comfort

This post contains affiliate links. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ~Thomas Paine “Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the king of people they are.” ~ Stephen Moyer One of the tenants of good storytelling is to have plenty of conflict for the characters to deal withContinue reading “Stories That Comfort”

Historical Books that Evoke Familiar Feelings

This post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories. ~ Roger C. Shank, Cognitive Scientist Bio: Cheryl King is a dyslexia therapist and author of teen historical fiction Sitting on Top of the World, a 2022 Eric Hoffer YA winner, First HorizonContinue reading “Historical Books that Evoke Familiar Feelings”

The Significance of Stories

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Shank, Cognitive Scientist “I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.” ~ Irvin D. Yale “The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It canContinue reading “The Significance of Stories”

John Wayne Does Shakespeare?

This post contains affiliate links. My dad was a big fan of Westerns, and particularly John Wayne. We watched and discussed lots of them as I was growing up. One of my favorites is McLintock, (1963) a western comedy that is lots of fun. But I didn’t know it was an adaptation of a ShakespeareContinue reading “John Wayne Does Shakespeare?”

Don’t Retire, Do What you Love

This post contains affiliate links. John’s Website:https://johncolladoart.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-collado/b/337/b57/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncolladoart ArtStation: https://johncolladoart.artstation.com Bookme: https://bookme.name/johncolladoart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jcolladoart/ Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/collado1506 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johncolladoart/ Star Trek The original series The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare SnakeMilkers.com Portrait of Leonard Nimoy on John’s website For the Love of Spock, (2016) Director Adam Nimoy, Available on Netflix Star Trek: TheContinue reading “Don’t Retire, Do What you Love”