It's Time...To Make A Change

My Light Is On, So Now What?

Happy Daylight Savings to all who “sprung forward” overnight!
And Happy Sunday/Monday to everyone else!

While I’m a little sleepy, I feel like I started “springing forward” a little over a month ago when I posted about emerging from a multi-year depression.

Since then, so much in my personal life has changed…for the better. And while I still have a lot of little—and medium—stuff on my to-do list, the biggest tasks of “Project Lite-Brite” are complete…or will be very soon.

So now what? Well, I’m not entirely sure, but I’m excited by all the possibilities.

My main focuses are finding better ways to:

1. Balance my personal and professional lives.

2. Increase my mental health and physical fitness.

3. Survive and thrive, both creatively and financially.

So you’ll likely see some changes and/or experiments here and there.

And you’ll definitely see a return to something resembling a "regular” posting schedule. Going forward, my goal is to post at least 3-4 new videos a week.

All will be available on Substack. Some will be on YouTube too. Most will be montages, but I’m considering some other styles and subjects too.

I don’t know exactly what’s in store for Clint Collide or Collide Press, but I’m more than a little energized by my recent doodles and noodles. I am looking forward to seeing where they take me…and us.

Thank you for all the continued kindness, love, patience, and support!
Clint 🌈✌️

ON THIS DAY = MARCH 9

BIRTHDAYS

• 1824 = Leland Stanford = American businessman and politician

• 1892 = Vita Sackville-West = English writer and poet 🌈

• 1902 = Will Geer = American actor and social activist 🌈

• 1910 = Samuel Barber = American composer 🌈

• 1918 = Mickey Spillane = American crime novelist

• 1921 = Carl Betz = American actor

• 1923 = André Courrèges = French fashion designer

• 1936 = Marty Ingels = American actor and comedian

• 1936 = Mickey Gilley = American singer-songwriter

• 1940 = Raul Julia = Puerto Rican actor

• 1941 = Trish Van Devere = American actor

• 1942 = John Cale = Welsh composer and singer-songwriter

• 1943 = Bobby Fischer = American chess player and author

• 1947 = Richard Adams = Filipino-American activist 🌈

• 1948 = Eric Fischl, American painter and sculptor

• 1958 = Linda Fiorentino, American actor

• 1959 = Lonny Price, American actor, director, and screenwriter 🌈

• 1963 = Lord Ivar Mountbatten = British nobleman 🌈

• 1964 = Juliette Binoche = French actor

• 1964 = Steve Wilkos = American tv personality and former police officer

• 1971 = Emmanuel Lewis = American actor

• 1972 = Kerr Smith = American actor

• 1979 = Oscar Isaac = Guatemalan-American actor

• 1980 = Matthew Gray Gubler = American actor

EVENTS

• 1842 = Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.

• 1842 = The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush begins.

• 1959 = The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair.

• 1961 = Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.

• 1984 = Splash is released in theaters.

• 1989 = Robert Mapplethorpe dies of AIDS in Boston at the age of 42.

• 1990 = House Party is released in theaters.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• Daylight Saving Time

• National Barbie Day

• National Get Over It Day

PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY

“I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.” Robert Mapplethorpe

“My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.”
Robert Mapplethorpe

NEW + FEATURED

• Substack = NSFW + Pioneers + Pride + SFW

• YouTube = Playlists + Streams + Videos

LINKS
Bluesky + Ko-Fi + Linktree + YouTube

SHOP
Art Prints + Merch + Pride
On Amazon + On Threadless