Childhood Media Influence Mash-Up Alice in Wonderland with NIN and Other Classic Videos From BG

09Jan12

This is a mash up of clips that influenced me as a kid. I loved Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas and many other strange stories and films. Below is a poem I wrote and set to a short film of myself hanging out in my old apartment with Ginger who is no longer […]

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L-I-N-C-O-L-N

16Mar10

I walked a mile around the fence in leaking shoes just to be with you. I don’t know what I was thinking about exactly. Everything and nothing all at once: songs, facts, making fun of a girl’s name, fighting with a friend , insulting a person of a different race, my last memory of alex […]

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Truth

11Nov08

Growing up I thought I knew the “truth” but now I realize that if something is outside of your experience level you are not going to be able to fully understand it. My mother was upfront with me and always tried to explain everything in her own way. At times what I learned at home […]

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