I'm inspired...

I saw this video pep talk by Ira Glass today and was thoroughly inspired. Inspired enough to listen to it several times through. This was so good for me to hear right now:


"It takes a while, it’s gonna take you a while, it’s normal to take a while and you just have to fight your way through that. OK? You will be fierce, you will be a warrior and you will make things that aren’t as good as you know in your heart you want them to be, and you’ll just make one after another…"


I'm going to repeat that to myself over and over, even in -- especially in -- the midst of feeling inadequate and impatient with the work I'm producing.


[via the donut project]

Morning dose of cuteness

I want a puppy sooooo badly!

This is awesome

Watch this video. Isn't it SO COOL?!

Flashback!

I just found this video of my high school graduating class singing 'Hawai'i Aloha' at our baccalaureate in May 2005. Five years ago! You can even spot me twice. This makes me miss Hawai'i nei... I'm sitting at my computer at work singing along (ever so quietly).

Typophile Film Festival

A friend sent me this video a while ago, but it came my way again today and I was, once again, in awe of the work done by the BYU art student/professor team. It was created for the opening credits at the 5th Typophile Film Festival. If you haven't seen this yet, you've got to take it in. Everything was done by hand - no CGI!

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

You can read more about the making of the video here.

Similarly, the BYU team made this video for the 4th Typophile Film Festival. (Both videos won awards.)

[(this time around) via faceout]