Concrete Variables - Bangkok

This is a project a friend of mine has been working on in Bangkok.  Nice work my Brother!!!


Concrete Variables Final Edition (Artwork and Exhibition) from Fallen Thailand on Vimeo.

New Found Inspiration To Be Creative

Saphan Thaksin BTS Station, Bangkok

I'm so excited.  Just 10.5 hrs left of work and I'm off to buy myself a Camera with my GF.  The reason for this relatively spontaneous buy is that I have decided I want to start writing films.  I'm 32 and you would imagine that I should almost have had my career sorted out by now.  However, that is most definitely not the case.  And as strange as this directions sounds, I feel like this will be the perfect new hobby with the potential of expanding beyond just being a hobby.

It's astounding the extent to which independent artists can produce films of a professional standard.  In some cases we can even do better than the professional film industry.  Can you believe it?  Just search out there for anything relating to short films (my top youtube key words would be: Final Cut Pro, "edited in", short film, 550D).  There is a lot out there, you just have to look.

So my first films will be camera tests and little lessons to get me up to scratch on my standard camera techniques and editing.  But, following this small stint I plan on writing a short documentary about a friend of mine.  She doesn't know it yet, but this is what I am working on.

Prior to doing so I really want to try build a presense on the net.  So, please feel free to say hi and offer me any advise you can.  Also, if you would like to do a links swap, please just ask.  We're all in this together.

Peace.

P.S.  I wrote this at work and can't be assed proof reading so sorry for the typos and spelling errors.

An issue with religion

The common understanding of "I don't mind if you have your own religion, but just don't shove it down my throat", tells me that people are entitled to their beliefs regardless of other peoples beliefs, and moreover, even if that said belief is just plain wrong.  Why do we allow this sort of thing in society?  It seems that the many non-believers accept the belief of believers, even though the non-believer openly disagrees with the religion.  Why is this???

Personally, I'm of the belief we need to pull our heads out of our asses and say something.  For instance, a Christian might argue that I am unable to disprove Christianity, but the amount of religions in existence tells me that all religions represent something, but that is rarely God.  So why should I say, "believe what you want, just don't tell me about it"?  The world will get no where with this sort of attitude.  I'm not saying Christians and Muslims should engage in yet more conflict, on the grounds that one is right and the other wrong;  what I am saying is that Christians, Muslims, Buddhist or otherwise should come to find that all of their beliefs are based on stories, myth, and HUMANS.  If the intention of religion is to define GOD, or comprehend the beginning of existence, which it should, then religion should be based on much more evidence than faith and heresay...

If we don't do something about it the world will surely pass along the sands of time unchanged, when progressive improvement towards logic and rational thinking is what we need.

Cheers

Nengi