Teacher, dad and talker. I tend to over analyze children’s media and I’m absolutely fascinated, excited and a little scared for where the next generation of story tellers are taking us. Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, Movies various directors and screenwriters, those mentioned, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber ofContinue reading “Stories Can Help Us Navigate the World”
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Ben-Hur
“You can break a man’s skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into the dungeon. but how do you control what’s up here? (taps his head) How do you fight an idea?” ~ Sextus in Ben-Hur It’s nearly Passover and Easter. When I was growing up, every year at this time the networksContinue reading “Ben-Hur”
Movie/Book Connections
“Adaptation seems to be, to a substantial extent, a process of reallocating your attention.” ~ Daniel Kahneman In my last blog post I wrote about feeling restless. That feeling hasn’t gone away completely, but I think I may have hit on a new direction I want to take with these posts. The idea came toContinue reading “Movie/Book Connections”