The Element

Sir Ken Robinson continues to amaze me. His book, "The Element" is currently making me a better person. I love it, and I'm only on the first chapter.

Here's a quick exercpt: "The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions."

Real men wear bow ties: The return

I'm not a Swizz beats fan, but I am a fan of these looks.

California Love

A legend once said, Inglewood was always up to no good.

Today, I'll find out as I make the trek to go speak to the kids over there.

I have a feeling his words will be proven wrong today.

Real men wear bow ties

Every man should rock a bow tie at least once in his life.

Why? Wear one and you'll find out.

Take a fashion risk, wear a bow tie this week.

Cocina Criolla

One of the many reasons why it's hard to live away from home.

There's nothing like a home cooked meal by the master, my momma.

I miss her.

Creative Genius

It seems like I'm a little late to the party, but I just watched two TED talks by Sir Ken Robinson and his thoughts on creativity and education are utterly mind blowing.

Here's a quick quote from his talk: Do Schools Kill Creativity? "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

I just ordered two of his books. It will be Christmas morning when they arrive in the mail.

Meisner

Mr. Sanford Meisner is the genius behind the acting technique I'm studying.

The more I study this technique, the more I realize how much it will help me become a more honest human being.

"Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested in; that is, theatre that moves an audience. You have the opportunity to literally impact the lives of people if they work on material that has integrity. But today, most actors simply want to be famous. Well, being an actor was never supposed to be about fame and money. Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition."-Sandy Meisner