From the Desk of Thomas Typewriter…09-29-2020

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Hello everyone. Thank you for joining me today. Hope you have a good day.

What is a good day though. Back when I was a teenager I had a rough time of it.

(Who hasn’t, right? I had this music teacher that would say to us all the time “I don’t envy you guys. I’d never be a teenager again.” I thought it weird at the time, like I did not even know how to process it but many years and miles later I get it.)

When I was a teenager I was very sad. My moods were a struggle. I started to wonder what would success look like. I was able to recognize that with my sadness and mood shifts I probally should not use the same metrics for success as my peers. Ultimately I figured out a more simplified definition of success: When I look in the mirror and I like who I see there and what he has done, then I will be a success.

Somedays are more successful than others.

This From the Desk was suppose to come out yesterday. I have been dealing with multiple foot problems for the past week. I was undergoing treatment for heel spurs and then I broke my toe and twisted my foot. I somehow managed to kick a scooter, kick a lego bin, and trip on a laundry basket while trying to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. So embarrassing but humorous. Last night, the pain subsided enough that I was able to craft some puppets for Up Late, Late at Night. Ophidia is reviewing them for final approval. Then we will move onto the next stage. Life goes on.

From the Easel of Thomas Typewriter…09-25-2020

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I managed to finish two paintings last week. Work continues on more.

The ILLUSION of the divided duality Singularity and Multiplicity by Thomas Typewriter (watercolor & ink on stretched canvas, 36″ x 24″)
Through the ETHER ant-like thoughts flow, BRAINS on parade by Thomas Typewriter. (watercolor & ink on stretched canvas, 36″ x 24″)

Character design

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With the script for episode 1 of “Up Late, Late at Night finished, Ophidia and myself have moved onto designing and building the puppets. I like to design ten or so different designs then show them to Ophidia for her input. Then we will repeat the until reaching a design we both like.

Ophidia did not like any of my first designs, so she jotted designs down. She wanted a design more in spirit with this mask we bought on our honeymoon.

painting…

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Continuing prototyping and painting. Tried bristol board instead of water color paper.

Updating…

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With Act IV published last week, we have finally finished the script for the first episode of “Up Late, Late at Night.” Now we begin production on puppets, props, and sets. We will also need to slide in plotting and scripting for the second episode somewhere in there.

ULLAN all started from an argument Ophidia and I had regarding which was the better year for film, 1985 or 1999. Ophia championed 1985, while I rallied in defense of 1999. We had such a good time discussing, debating, and detouring, we decided to turn it into a project.

The original idea was that we would take a movie from each year and discuss them. We tried a prototype of this, but my hand could not handle operating a puppet. That was discouraging. Around that same time, Trump got elected. With the sour mood in the air, and my own sour mood, we decided to take a break from the project.

We tried other puppets and other approaches but none worked. Then one day, on a whim, I said to Ophidia, “I feel like trash.” Something about admitting that out loud, dislodged the blocks I was having. The new format followed shortly there after.