It’s rare to have rain here in sunny Southern California. It’s even rarer for me to sleep in past 7am. So this is shaping up to be a rare and wonderful Studio Saturday. The kind of morning that feels like the universe is tapping me on the shoulder and whispering: Time to slow down, Clint. Time to relax, relate, and release.
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There is something about waking up to the sound of soft rain that resets my system and slows down my world. Days like this remind me why I love having a home studio, able to sink into my world while the weather does its pitter-patter thing outside my window.
My plan for the day is simple: Catch up on admin and emails. Make progress on a few new montages. Read and research some new possible projects. Nothing too intense. Just enough to feel productive and still available to take a nap as needed.
The rain feels like creative permission. Permission to take my time. Permission to be a little messy. Permission to experiment without the pressure to turn everything into a masterpiece. Some days the muse whispers. Today she is whispering from under a blanket with a cup of hot tea in hand, telling me to play and see what happens.
Studio Saturdays have always been about that easy energy for me. Not perfection. Not hustle culture. Just showing up for myself and for the work that lights me up. Even if the progress is slow. Even if the final product is something only I will ever see. Every sketch, every layer, every little experiment helps refill the creative well.
The rain is still coming down in buckets as I type this. My studio apartment is warm. And for the first time in a while, I have a full day stretched out in front of me without errands or guilt about not doing more.
If the weather wants to stick around for a bit, I won’t complain one bit.
Keep calm and stay dry!
Clint 🌈✌️
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ON THIS DAY = NOVEMBER 15
BIRTHDAYS
1873 = Sara Josephine Baker = American physician 🌈
1879 = Lewis Stone = American actor
1887 = Georgia O’Keeffe = American artist 🌈
1916 = Bill Melendez = Mexican-American voice actor, animator, and filmmaker
1919 = Joseph Wapner = American judge and tv personality
1929 = Ed Asner = American actor, singer, and producer
1932 = Petula Clark = English singer-songwriter and actor
1940 = Patricia Marion Fogarty = American illustrator and photographer 🌈
1940 = Sam Waterston = American actor
1945 = Roger Donaldson = Australian filmmaker
1948 = Jimmy Choo = Malaysian fashion designer
1951 = Beverly D’Angelo = American actor, singer, and producer
1957 = Kevin Eubanks = American band leader and composer
1962 = Judy Gold = American comedian, actor, and producer
1967 = François Ozon = French film director and screenwriter 🌈
1970 = Jack Ingram = American singer-songwriter
1971 = Jay Harrington = American actor
1972 = Jonny Lee Miller = English-American actor
1977 = Sean Murray = American actor
EVENTS
1904 = A patent for the safety razor is issued to King C. Gillette.
1920 – The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
1952 = ONE Inc.’s Articles of Incorporation are signed by Antonio “Tony” Reyes, Martin Block, and Dale Jennings.
1971 – Intel releases its 4004, the world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor.
1986 = Beastie Boys release Licensed To Ill, their debut album.
1989 = Steel Magnolias is released in theaters.
1991 = Cape Fear is released in theaters.
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
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PORTRAIT + QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged….”
Ed Asner
Thanks Clint and Ed Asner 🌧☔🌈🌂⛈🌦☂🏳🌈🌈 I was mad at the Lyric Opera when they started doing one musical a year, since there are many other venues for that, until they got to West Side Story, in the year of Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday. It was so successful that they brought it back. Thank you, Renee Fleming and Antony Freud. Somewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmVs41w8BA4 RT 04:51
https://youtu.be/1pcf0p-ZDH0?si=Wx049Sy-jXUaiL3E A reinterpretation of a classic tune, Cheers DougT