M.C. Frank's Blog, page 20
January 31, 2023
it’s not too late
At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA.
At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.
At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.
At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.
At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.
At age 28, Wayne Coyne (from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook.
At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.
At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.
At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs.
Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51.
Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40.
Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40.
Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42.
Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.
Morgan Freeman landed his first MAJOR movie role at age 52.
Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57.
Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76.
Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78.
Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21.
January 30, 2023
uzuriartonline:
Thought I’d illustrate a piece inspired b...
Thought I’d illustrate a piece inspired by The Last of Us.
January 29, 2023
armchair-factotum:“So many more people are left-handed these...
“So many more people are left-handed these days!” - Said after we stopped forcing lefties to use their right hands
January 28, 2023
metamorphesque:
Edna St. Vincent Millay, “To a Young Poet”
Edna St. Vincent Millay, “To a Young Poet”
January 24, 2023
facille:
“Tattletale says that when you kill yourself, or...
“Tattletale says that when you kill yourself, or you act so recklessly you die so you essentially killed yourself, then it kind of means people won’t care about you.”
“Is that what she did?” I asked. Heavy topic for a car full of eleven and twelve year olds.
“Yeah. Tattletale says the people who love and appreciate you will be hurt or angry and that hurt and anger makes it so they won’t be able to hold onto the memories in the same way. And your enemies will forget you and move on and grow, while you just fade away.”
this is. so fucked up
January 23, 2023
lyralit:
ꜱʜᴏᴡ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ (ɪɪ)
fear- open mouth- backing ...
ꜱʜᴏᴡ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ (ɪɪ)
fear
- open mouth
- backing away
- fake smiles
- hugging themselves
- long / dragged breaths
- rocking
jealousy
- snide remarks
- darting looks
- self-deprication
- visible judging
- folded arms
- arguing a fair point
hurt
- steadying breaths
- overly bobbing head
- teary
- anger
- trembling
- pressed lips
- insisting everything is ‘fine’
lying (ticks)
- picking at nails
- touching hair
- licking lips
- laughing too loud
- avoids subjects
- won’t meet eyes
worry
- reaching out physically
- pursing lips
- looking to others
- reassuring smiles
- looking you up and down
- tilted head
- sympathetic nod
shame
- will not meet eyes
- feet turned away
- teary
- desperate
- fidgeting
- begging
humiliation
- lashes back
- cheeks flush
- palms turn sweaty
- face frowns
-> brows scrunch, lips pull back
- teary
love
- looks for approval
- blushing / turning red
- clammy palms
- nervous around certain people
- laughs hard
- turning clumsy
- slip of thought
January 18, 2023
January 15, 2023
kvothbloodless:caffeinewitchcraft:
tiger-in-the-flightdeck:
spillsnchills:
When a character doesn’t...
When a character doesn’t realize they’ve been, like, shot or whatever and they hand brushes against their side and comes away wet with blood, and they’re just staring at it like wtf is this and then their knees just totally give out on them and they sink down, maybe gasping a little as the reality finally hits them. That’s good stuff.
I see that, and raise you a character who knows they’ve been shot, but waits until the rest of their crew is out of sight to put their hand against the slowly spreading stain of blood on their shirt, then trying to steady their breathing so they can follow without letting on how injured they are.
Okay but like the character who doesn’t realize they’ve been hurt trying to see if everyone else is okay only to slowly realize that everyone is looking at them with mounting horror. Then they touch their side to find it’s wet and oh no
all 3 of you are evil but i admire, respect, and fear you
