For February’s “Books I’ve Read On Set” I picked Ten Poems To Change Your Life. I came across this book while meandering through the shelves of the library. The title lives up to it’s name. (I hate over hyped-titles) It’s from this book that I came across my all time favorite lines from a poem …
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Painting is cathartic for me. I get out some dark emotions. I am always surprised to step back and see beauty from emotions that aren’t pretty and are sometimes painful. There is beauty from ashes. “…to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a …
A friend in New Zealand (where it is currently Summer) was talking to me today about it being so hot that everyone’s in their Stubbies, Singlets, and Bungee smugglers. Which had me scratching my head as here in the States we don’t have anything called “stubbies” and singlets are the skin tight uniforms that wrestlers …
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Looking in the full length mirror, I see my reflection staring back at me. I can’t help but chuckle as I am in a sherbert orange unitard. Taking a deep breath, I walk out onto set where I’ll be playing the role of an interpretive dancer. (For those that don’t know what a unitard is, …
As a hobby, I’ve been making Castille soap (Olive Oil based soap) for the past few years. I still recall the very first batch I made, and the awful stench that permeated everything because I used lard as the base for the soap. It smelled like burning pig flesh, and the resulting soap smelled like …
The Saponification Process Sometimes I make home-made soaps. The process of saponification is really fascinating to me. That of the Lye in the soap changing the molecular structure of the fats into glycerine.
Do You Relate? Ever found yourself standing at the market looking at cool sounding produce like Leeks, Lemon Grass, or Ugly Fruit but have no idea really what to use them for? I Like How Lemon Grass Tastes & Smells Today I bought some lemon grass because it smelled so great. Brought it home, …
Answer 8 movie quiz questions about independent film actor Paul Cram’s movies, getting at least 3 answers correct & you’ll win a Fight Club* style bar of handmade pink soap made by the actor himself. Deadline to enter is Monday. The process of making the lye soap is a home made hot process. It utilizes …
Are You Going To Finish Strong? Nick Vujicic VideoAwesome video! If you watch only one video today make sure it is this one! Nick Vujicic has no limbs but he leads an incredible life!
Paul Cram on the set of Killer With A Punctured Heart An actor’s job is unique in that we are payed to pretend to be other people, in an attempt to give the general population an escape from reality for awhile.It’s beautiful to me in many ways.