Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity

These TED talks are amazing! Thanks to Diary of a Content Black Woman for posting this.

Zombies!

Oh, you mean it's time for a meeting?
1. Make all reports are ready to be unread.
2. Dress for mediocrity.
3. Put a rubber band around your wrist in case you get sleepy (try popping yourself a few times and you'll be awake).
4. Bring a water bottle. You want to look green.
5. Be prepared to give a statement that makes you seem like a team player, like, "I think that will help us get to the next level" or "That's doable".

100 Movies before the end of the year

The Yahoo! Movies editorial staff has created this handy checklist to track the 100 movies you must see before you die.

Of course this list is subjective. You could expand this list in 1000 different directions, based on genre, actors, directors, etc. Overall, I think this is a good comprehensive list. I was a little surprised I've seen as many as I have. I've added some new flicks to my queue, and some repeats too!

Just because, I'm going to attempt to see every movie on this list before the end of the year. I think there is only one musical here (Sound of Music). I hope I can make it through that...I hate musicals!


0-9
12 Angry Men (1957)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
400 Blows (1959)
8 1/2 (1963)

A
The African Queen (1952)
Alien (1979)
All About Eve (1950)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)

B
The Battle of Algiers (1967)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blow Up (1966)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Breathless (1960)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid (1969)

C
Casablanca (1942)
Chinatown (1974)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon (2000)

D
Die Hard (1988)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Duck Soup (1933)

E
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)

F
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
The French Connection (1971)

G
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Graduate (1967)
Grand Illusion (1938)
Groundhog Day (1993)

H
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

I
In the Mood For Love (2001)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

J
Jaws (1975)

K
King Kong (1933)

L
The Lady Eve (1941)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Lord of the Rings (2001)

M
M (1931)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Matrix (1999)
Modern Times (1936)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

N
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
Network (1976)
Nosferatu (1922)

O
On the Waterfront (1954)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

P
Paths of Glory (1958)
Princess Mononoke (1999)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

R
Raging Bull (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
Rashomon (1951)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rocky (1976)
Roman Holiday (1953)

S
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Searchers (1956)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Star Wars (1977)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)

T
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Third Man (1949)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Titanic (1997)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Toy Story (1995)

U
The Usual Suspects (1995)

V
Vertigo (1958)

W
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wings of Desire (1988)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Women On the Verge of Nervous Breakdown (1988)
The World of Apu (1959)

Portrait of Barack Hussein Obama, 2009

Barack Obama hasn't been in office for more than a few weeks. This revolution is monumental...I don't think anyone will be able to enumerate the myriad ways our lives have been changed up to this point. Barely two months people!

Beckie likes art. Some may not see the elegance in this piece, but I do. Plus, I'm fascinated with diptychs. It's not always about what you see; it's about what you feel and consider as you're seeing it. 44 is now my new favorite number. As I write this, the time is 4:44. This is so 11:11!