Category Archives: Method To My Creative Madness

Here I discuss my methods and philosophies for using the creative arts to engage and inspire students and educators.

The Damn Story Unplugged: Telling How To Tell The Stories In Serbia!

Listen to the newest episode of my podcast, Simmons Here And Now: Tell The Damn Story Unplugged: Telling How To Tell The Stories In Serbia! https://anchor.fm/alex-simmons6/episodes/Tell-The-Damn-Story-Unplugged-Telling-How-To-Tell-The-Stories-In-Serbia-e1o1a2 *Have a question or want to leave a comment? Please do so by leaving … Continue reading

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Feelings On A Black Panther Film (Part 3)

Greetings All: Here’s the last segment of my thoughts, feelings and observation on the Black Panther film. Click here.

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Feelings On A Black Panther Film (Part 2)

  Greetings All: Here’s the next segment of my thoughts, feelings and observation on a film that has already broken some BOX OFFICE records. Love or not, this film has made an impact not only nationally, but world wide. Click … Continue reading

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Feelings On A Black Panther Film (Part 1)

Check out my episode “Feelings On A Black Panther Film” on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/alex-simmons6/episodes/Feelings-On-A-Black-Panther-Film-e13rh9

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I’d Lost My Christmas Spirit

     This season I misplaced my Christmas spirit.      It was a truly odd thing because I’ve had it for years.      I had it when I was a child and my mom had to take me … Continue reading

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Watch “How To Design A Comic Book Page” on YouTube

The ever eloquent host of the nerdwriter podcast spins a few really solid minutes dissecting and the design qualities and thought processes that went into creating and telling the story of art spiegelman’s Maus graphic novel. I think it’s well … Continue reading

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Where Muses Sing

ANOTHER MOMENT Where muses sing In black and white By day or night Whether wrong  or right Afraid I might Miss flights … of fancy Or shinning lights That set me free Yet hold me tight In love and laughter … Continue reading

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What Am I … ?

“…How I write and what I write is inconsequential. Not that it isn’t important to me that I write something worthwhile.  But I’m not going to judge what worthwhile means… Continue reading

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Tell The Damn Story: Style vs Story Pt 1

A few months ago two of our team members, Alex Simmons and Chris Ryan, explored the question, “Have superhero TV and film projects consciously decided to sacrifice solid storytelling for flavor of the season styling.” Here’s Part 1 of their … Continue reading

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I’ve Been Cheating Myself!

Sometimes the challenge is not to tell the damn story, but more like, Damn! Tell the story! Continue reading

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