A Talent Agency in LA Will A New Story Paradigm Soon Rule A New Hollywood? Aztec Sun God / Horace Silver ______________________________________ John Fraim Perhaps the main area of Story Grid that is different from most writing advice books today is that it is not written by some screenwriting guru or “how to” book author […]

_____________________ John Fraim Genre: Category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. Of all the aspects of storytelling, the one I’m most interested in is story genres. Or, story types united by the symbols of form, style and subject matter. In effect, congregations of symbols pulled […]

“Like the ever-spliting branches of a huge tree.” “Lullabye For Kara” / Sanctuary at 3:00 am / Rick Sowash ____________________________ Genre: Category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. In so many ways, storytelling today is wrapped more and more around genres as the viewing audience […]

The Bitter Withy _________________________ John Fraim Again, thanks Heather for introducing me to this book. Screenwriters who come to this book might find it un-familiar based on all the various structure steps proposed. But the difference here is the creator of this system is not a screenwriter but rather a respected book editor.  If I […]

(From the Honest Broker post from Ted Gioia) Nils Frahm: Night Late Night Piano Meditations Performed on the Klavins M450—a One-Ton Upright Piano  Ted Gioia I really should tell you about the music, and not the piano. But I love the sound of this instrument. That’s because it’s a special piano: It looks like a circus […]

John Fraim Thanks to the recommendations of Ted Gioia and his site The Honest Broker. Subscribe on the site. Far above anyone else who looks at culture these days. Been on the site for a few years now. (Thanks to Bill my jazz friend friend Texas for introducing me to Ted!) Today’s post has some […]

Fly With The Wind / McCoy Tyner John Fraim This whole discussion is so long overdue. So good it is finally being addressed. The initial strike from the administration through Homeland Security is taking student visas away from 27% of Harvard foreign students. (I was surprised at this huge percentage of foreginers Harvard is educating. […]

Sun God / Horace Silver _______________________ The WH-The-MAHA-Report-Assessment is just out. As RFK, Jr. says, the “diagnosis.” Next comes the “prescription.” The diagnosis focuses on four major problem areas with health in children: Rising rates of childhood chronic disease are likely being driven by a combination of factors, including 1) the food children are eating […]

Birdland / Weather Report _______________________________ John Fraim Today, one can take time to meticulously investigate the events of the world. As a famous philosopher once said, an unexamined life is not worth living. However, he was living a few thousand years ago. Fame and historical relevance is something that seems to come and go with […]

The Deep State Swamp of Trump 45 / FBI Building on top / Diorama by John Fraim Sunflower ____________________ Metaphors of the Enemy: How They’ve Changed for Trump John Fraim For Trump 45 the great villain metaphor was the “deep state” that lived in the DC “swamp” that had to be drained. Trump 47’s major […]