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does this mean I’m back on a regular basis?

lecram — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:09:43 +0000

It could happen. There are still some things that I’m setting up. (I know… cryptic.) Suffice to say that these things could very well activate forward motion.

In the meantime, enjoy this little piece that was shot last weekend. I’m pretty happy with how it came out. I’m hoping to crank one of these out on a monthly basis.

Last and First from Marcel Nunis on Vimeo.

peeking out for just a bit…

lecram — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:40:48 +0000

… just to post the latest video I shot and edited.

Now back to the hermitage… maybe not for too long.

If you haven’t guessed by now…

lecram — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:56:51 +0000

… I am taking a little break from blogging. I should be back with some exciting updates sometime down the line… perhaps even soon.

Cheers!
marcel

Da Count – a reminder

lecram — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:33:36 +0000

of what it’s all about. Yeah, it’s a day early… just to make up for missing last week.

yeah, I know…

lecram — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:26:02 +0000

… I haven’t been blogging lately. Just haven’t been moved to do so of late. Just the way it rolls sometimes. Not sure when I will resume on a regular basis… but It could happen. In the meantime… hope the sporadic burst will do.

For now I hope you are all doing well.

Cheers!

Da Count – calls for help…

lecram — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:46:48 +0000

… that I can actually do something about.

I got one this morning in fact. Fingers B needed some software help. I checked and had exactly what he needed. Within half an hour the challenge ceased to be an issue.

It does make me feel good… and useful in circumstances such as these. So, short as it is… that is what I’m counting this week.

gearing up for a write… or five

lecram — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:01:51 +0000

Yeah, you read that right. It’s time to dive into the ocean of words and hopefully emerge with something worthy for the stage. But not just one… at least 5 are sitting in wait for me to tackle them and pin them to the page.

So what is this “gearing up” thing you speak of, Lecram?

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve been in the “zone” to do so. Plus, as I’ve mentioned before there are at least 5. I’ve had to do a little mental juggling to decide which will go first. Since my last one was of the “fuck you” ilk… I figure the next 2 will be too. Besides, 3 constitutes a phase.

Yeah, writers do go through phases. The “family” phase… the “fantasy” phase… yada, yada. I’m probably not the first but I think every writer goes through the “fuck you” phase. Though I would like to think that I’m one of the few who will admit to it while it is happening… and not in retrospect.

The first one will fit this current phase quite nicely, thank you. As per my modus operandai I am exploring yet another genre… Grand Guignol. So, yeah… I think it fits.

The premise? Well, you will just have to buy your tickets for the show in October. Yeah, the theater is already booked. O.K…. so, I’m pulling an Alan Ayckbourne by booking the space then writing the show. No pressure, right? LOL!

Cheers!

sometimes I do slip back…

lecram — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:32:24 +0000

… into the reclusive world of hermitizing. Usually short periods like I did this weekend. Nothing traumatic nor momentous triggered it… I just did. Just needed to feel the embrace of that “stillness” again just for a bit. The result? I’m blogging at 4:30 AM. Though I am not re-entering it as a lifestyle as I once did… the solace does help.

The next couple of weeks should prove interesting. I’m commemorating Mum’s one year with a “mimosa morning”. Yeah, it’s been a year. Well, almost. June 21 is the actual date. I figured we’d sit out front like we did on that morning toasting her life.

Looking back… it has been quite the ride. But that is the nature of life, isn’t it? Even in the moments of stillness… it’s all part of the ride.

Hope yours is going well on this Monday.

one for the AIYA files

lecram — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:09:36 +0000

So, I hear this clicking sound while driving the Blue Devil today. Upon investigation… I find this.

Apparently hardware and fasteners abound on the streets of da Big NO. Now I’ll have to spend money that I don’t have.

Da Count – ye olde Elvis clock

lecram — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:49:47 +0000

A strange and quirky count? Perhaps.

Over the last few weeks during the “Great Purge of 2010″ I came across it again. All dusty and the hook that attached the legs to the rest of it had snapped off. I seriously considered putting it up for grabs during several of the yard sales that the lovely Joy and I had organized. Or even tossing it. ::gasp:: But I relented and decided to keep it. Something in the back of my mind told me to hold on to it. (Go ahead… click play on the video.)

So for the past few weeks it has been sitting in my room… just laying there in it’s battered state. Well, last week I finally decided to get some superglue to put it back together. It also struck me that the actual clock stopped working many years ago. I figured I’d start with the contact points… and move on from there. That indeed was the cause. Once cleaned off from the rust, I popped in a battery and it worked!

I hung it up and once again derived delight that as the second clicked away his legs swung from side to side simulating the iconic hip swivel. (Tis true… I am easily amused.) But there was more to this.

You see, it struck me this silly little clock was present during the periods when I was most prolific as a playwright. (My most prolific year was when I cranked out 9 plays in one year.) I am not prone to overt sentimentality but I do subscribe to the notion that objects absorb energy from our actions. Let me put it this way… just in the time it has been sitting in my room… I now have about 5 projects waiting to be created. My challenge now is to figure out the order with which to crank them out.

Am I saying my Elvis clock holds some kind of mystical power? I will choose to say nothing… lest a band of crazed writers suffering from writers block decide to nick it.

But, this week I am counting being reunited with a touchstone from a period when my creative output was at an optimum… and one that puts a silly grin on my face whenever I look at it.

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