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:
Balance my personal and professional lives.
Increase my mental health and physical fitness.
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
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
LINKS
Bluesky + Ko-Fi + Linktree + YouTube
SHOP
Art Prints + Merch + Pride
On Amazon + On Threadless
🎶🎵🎶 Go Clint Go 🎶🎵🎶 in my best Cheerleader scream Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Clint, I love you, honey; but it is Daylight Saving Time. Saving.
Of course, it is really daylight wasting time, tiresome, expensive,
and no more than a deflection from the depredations our elected
officials wreak against us and our nation. But we can be accurate
in the naming of it.