Last month I was searching for stories of encounter with the Eucharist for the National Eucharistic Revival - I went to text my parish priest to see if he had any leads but as I typed in “Fr” @fathernormanfischer’s name popped up.Knowing Fr Norm is always up to help and has buckets of incredible stories I sent out text. He happened to be in Rome but he still quickly responded and told me I had to talk with Colleen McCollum and get her incredible story.Little did he know that Colleen would tell me a story about a man who didn’t give up on her. She went on to tell of how Fr Norm led her back to Jesus. We recorded the story and Colleen and I reminisced on how much of an example Fr Norman is of God’s love. @kim.a.rivera went on to make this linocut art piece.On the day I got down to Indy Colleen texted me the terrible news, that Fr. Norm passed away in his sleep the night before. I never got to send him the video before he passed but he’s got front row seats now. It’s such a huge loss and he will forever be missed. I’m honored to get to tell just a little piece of his story of being a quiet whiteness to the NEC crowd of 60,000. I pray that just a little of his joy and peace may rub off onto me. 📸 Martin Jernberg edit Nathan Proulx
When I met Naomi a couple months ago she had never ran more than 10 miles. Gwen had never Ran more than 3. They both crossed the finish line of this marathon and finally considered themselves a runner.
These new mini docs for @ydisciple are some of the most emotional and powerful pieces we’ve had the opportunity to work on. 📸 Thomas Shannon
“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” -Bill Moyers
One of the craziest coincidences that has ever happened to me.
My Dad is a lawyer, I’m a creative director. It always seemed to be the furthest career path that I could have taken. But the more I get to know my Dad and other friends and family in “non-creative” fields the more I see that we’re artists because God is.Our creativity is going to come out of us in one way or another whether you consider yourself an artist or not. You might as well own it and create with intention whatever that looks like for you.
Stop defending the faith.It seems completely opposite from what we need to do in our current culture. But if you truly believe Christianity is true, then it doesn’t need defending it needs clarification.In my favorite new song from Paper Horses they sing “all I have to give now is surrender, as if I could even put up a fight, I don’t think you need one more defender, it’s enough to be your child.” We need more witnesses to Christian humility, to clarity, to a childlike love.
My Favorite Minute From American Symphony
Trust your audience! Its so much easier said then done. For me it’s a lot of times wanting the audience to see how much work I put in.
Director Matthew Heineman could have said “Look how many cameras we have setup!” Or Jon Baptiste could have showed off how great his improv piano skills. But instead they trusted the audience and let us sit in a moment. I hope you take a moment and enjoy this 1 minute that was entrusted to us!
Here are my top 6 tips if you are running a Kickstarter campaign. Share these with someone who is thinking about running a campaign: **Kickstarter Tips**. 1. Have the first tier be the good value (don’t do a $1 thank you). 2. Split up the rewards into two categories: Customers & Donors. 3. Make the lowest Feasible goal (Don’t forget shipping goes towards the goal). 4. The video first 6 seconds get across what you are making. Then go back and tell the story. 5. Shorter campaign is better. 6. Consider an affiliate program like Kickbooster
It’s the weird ideas that get me inspired to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Artistic challenges make the work with it. And having incredible teammates you can lean on when you don’t have the answer makes all the difference.Thank you so much @augustomuchogusto for inspiring and helping us make this possible.