Archive for the 'Creative Projects' Category

Chocolate, Intentions, and Art?

March 23rd, 2008

Those of us who love chocolate know perfectly well it improves our lives. Surprisingly, someone decided to find out if they could boost the effects of chocolate even more by adding intentions to it.
Jonathan Fields discovered this interesting bit of research and shared it on his blog. Basically this experiment tested whether mood would be […]

The Video Is Finished At Last

March 17th, 2008

Now I know why people go to film school. It took close to nine weeks for my husband and me to create a one hour and forty-eight minute fly tying video.  Then it took approximately another two weeks to figure out how compress a thirty-two gig video file so it fits on a single layer […]

Hollywood Still Is Not Threatened

March 8th, 2008

I cannot believe how far I jumped in over my head on this supposedly little fly tying video project. After we ironed out our difficulties filming Bern tying his big streamers for catching trout, life did not get any easier.
So far we have filmed several hours of tape, which I had not expected to be […]

Winter Fly Fishing and Intuition

February 23rd, 2008

Winter fly fishing can be challenging and hazardous in Montana. We wait for sunny days with no wind over forty degrees. That temperature is necessary so that the line does not freeze in the guides on the fly rod.
I usually avoid the dangerous and difficult fishing days by the simple expedient of muscle testing […]

Why I Don’t Burn Cars Anymore

February 9th, 2008

My dad taught my brother and me how to burn cars. It was great family fun and we liked it better than playing Monopoly. Somehow the thrill of owning a hotel on Boardwalk did not measure up to flames shooting high in the sky!
This was not a criminal activity at the time, although I am […]

Hollywood Is Not Threatened

February 5th, 2008

Bern gave me a little camcorder for Christmas. The Canon Elura 100 is supposed to give decent quality for the price and be easy to learn to use. Both were deciding factors in the choice of camera.
I opened Digital Video for Dummies and immediately discovered their version of iMovie did not match the one on […]

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