Exclamation Marks the Spot “A SHARED SEAT AT THE PINE TABLE COCKTAIL PARLOR. SHARED INSPIRATION MARKED IN TIME, LIKE AN NEUROTRANSMITTER EXCLAMATION POINT. SPACETIME CONTINUUM HOTEL HOLIDAY SUITE.” – “SUPERS” BY JD STAHL To say that I was able to learn a lot from movies would be an understatement. Not only was I able to consider all of the different perspectives from each character, but my innocent childlike curiosity always took me deeper and deeper into each plot. While par

All-Wheel Sprite Suspension “AWAY FROM THE SIGHTS, THE SOUNDS, THE RIGID SCHEDULES—THE FROWNS, EXPECTATIONS, LABELS, COPIES OF PASSERS BY. THERE IS A PLACE WHERE I GO THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW. JUST LEAVE YOURSELF BEHIND. YOU MAY QUIET THE VOICES. YOU’RE FREE FROM ALL OF THEIR CHOICES...FOR YOU.” – “THE WAY” BY JD STAHL Though I had toiled away many hours in front of the keyboard and computer screen, eventually I found the limits to my own development. Sure, games like Frogge

My Meta Life in Tron “IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. NOW I'VE REACHED THAT AGE I'VE TRIED TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS THE BEST I CAN.” – “GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES” BY LED ZEPPELIN After spending so much time in front of the computer, I had successfully synchronized my brain wave patterns with an absolute system of logic, rules, and infallible functions. My brain was clean from incurring any possible externally-sourced bias or imbalanced. The more time t

Critical Resolution “SOMETHING TELLS ME I’M GAMING. ONE LEVEL UP, PLAYING THE NEXT. EYES ABOUT AND EARS WITHIN ME. FILLING UP THE BOOKS WITH CHECKS.” – “YOU, ME, AND GABRIEL” BY JD STAHL One of the greatest difficulties that I faced as a child was to overcome the incessant stimulation of my own senses. Quite often, it was very easy for me to get distracted by my environment. The strong connection that I was able to maintain to my innocence caused me to be incredibly sensitive

Back to the Theater After winning a free movie ticket from my last visit to the State Movie Theater, I kept my eyes peeled on the theater marquee every single time that I passed by in my parent's car or on the bus on the way to school. Though some of the movies had caught my eye, I wasn't overly excited about any of them. Eventually, however, there was a title that just seemed to grab tightly to my attentions. This movie was Back to the Future. Though I hadn't much informatio

Image: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (movie) When Pigments Fly “THE PROGRAM FOR THIS EVENING IS NOT NEW. YOU'VE SEEN THIS ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH AND THROUGH. YOU'VE SEEN YOUR BIRTH, YOUR LIFE AND DEATH. YOU MIGHT RECALL ALL OF THE REST. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD WORLD WHEN YOU DIED? ENOUGH TO BASE A MOVIE ON?” – “THE MOVIE” BY JIM MORRISON It didn't take long for me to move from black and white shows on Nickelodeon to movies. The more I understood the interpersonal dynamics of various