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Archive - April, 2010
dying to live – ethan johnson
ethan johnson - visual storyteller
in the last year i’ve developed some friendships with some amazing students at our ashland campus. one in particular ~ ethan johnson has a keen gift for the visual. he just completed the reel dreams fim festival at regents and walked away with the 2010 Audience Favorite Award for his entry entitled “dying to live“. the top 7 competitors received an all expense trip to Regent’s campus and then the final award selection. Its impressive to see Ethan’s talents against others. Its also impressive to see the next generation of dreamers who, with new technology are leveraging the art of story telling.
here’s the wrap-up video from the competition last weekend at Regent. Its worth the watch just to hear the passion in the voices of 7 incredible young people and the motivation behind their craft with film-making. so cool!
the babies are coming…
interesting new movie that will release on mom’s day. a documentary about 4 babies…4 different places in the world…simultaneously follows four babies around the world — from birth to first steps. The children are, respectively, in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with her family in the United States, in San Francisco.
ht brian glaze
the importance of story via @chrisbrogan
don miller @ story 2009/chicago
one of the good guys in “netosphere” is Chris Brogan. He’s a keen mind and a great view of life lived large. recently he picked up a copy of don miller’s book (which i’ve not read…yet) and offered this review… A Million Miles in a Thousand Years last year at story don was a speaker. i was grateful for his part in the conversation. the whole day was filled with some great things to push through. A reminder that our lives matter and that the “story” of our lives have great weight in the world if we can only see it that way.
i’m grateful for chris’s post to remind…that there is a larger story that our lives are playing a part in. even today in a conversation with our elementary volunteers i reminded us that our “tweeners” (4th & 5th graders) are ready to live out their part in the Story. And its one of the reasons that these students get bored with our program. they’ve sat long enough, now they want to know their lives can make an impact. check out brogan’s video and if you’ve not read miller’s work…probably pick up a copy soon. also ben arment has another great conference planned for story 2010…stay tuned.
“baldy” and the bears
was reading shaun groves blog where he was retelling that great story from 2Kings, chapter 2, near the end.. its one of those bizarre stories tucked neatly away in the scriptures…and one i’m sure, like shaun’s post, you won’t hear in sunday school. but i’ll have to admit its one of my favorite stories to tell. “jen” left a comment in shaun’s blog with this very cool video. amazing talent. have a gander…
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