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Performance of A Lifetime Chance or Choice?

by Dianne Collins
Creator-Author of QuantumThink®

If the Internet is the perfect outer reflection of humanity’s Collective Mind (which it is), then movies are the perfect outer reflection of humanity’s Daily Life. Where else do we get to see, up front and personal, magnified and in vivid living color – macro photographic facial expressions, special effects generated from imagination gone wild, and an intensity of human emotions running the gamut from utter despair to sheer ecstasy? In every season there are productions and performances so compelling, so stirring and masterfully executed that they garner the crowning achievement of life portrayed on the silver screen: Academy Award winner – the performance of a lifetime. Continue Reading »

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Falling Slowly is Rising Quickly

30 million viewerrs watched Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova accept their Academy Award in the Best Song category for their beautiful composition, Falling Slowly, from their film, Once. In the week following the Oscars, the song was downloaded 14,000 times, up 359% from the previous week. The pair made the film for $100,000 with two digital cameras. So don’t let anyone tell you “that your idea is silly, or impossible or won’t work. If you have a burning passion to create and something with the world, follow Glen and Marketa and go for it. Live your dream!

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