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We Haz Good Taste

April 30, 2011 • StorytellingComments Off on We Haz Good Taste

Thanks to writerunderground for this bit of inspiration from Ira Glass, who’s talking about video but this can easily apply to any creative endeavor:   “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But …

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She Meant To Change But Then She Died

November 1, 2009 • StorytellingComments Off on She Meant To Change But Then She Died

When Jessica woke up that morning, she lost her dream. She took it to bed the night before, dragged it kicking and screaming, bloody and bruised, tucked it under her pillow. By morning it was gone. Or so she thought. She would find it again one day but in the

Video: Larry Scott Interview

August 12, 2009 • Storytelling, VideoComments Off on Video: Larry Scott Interview

Interview by IronManMagazine.com. Additional footage courtesy of thefitexpo.com and web content.

Scenes From A Garment Factory

February 2, 2005 • StorytellingComments Off on Scenes From A Garment Factory

The garment factory which my father owned and where he worked eighteen hours a day was on the sixth floor of the old Tisch building behind Broadway in New York’s Chinatown.  The entire building inside and out was covered in a dingy brown grime that had

Remembering Hong Kong ‘98

April 22, 1998 • StorytellingComments Off on Remembering Hong Kong ‘98

First impression: Survived dramatic landing at Kai Tak airport. Rewarded with a humid, sticky airport. Last impression: Getting continually searched at customs… Had to stand on a box once. There was confusion at the gate as psycho tour guide Jacquelyn

REMEMBER THAT DAY

April 6, 1993 • StorytellingComments Off on REMEMBER THAT DAY

I thought I was going to dive head and palms first into Hong Kong harbor. But I didn’t. Instead, I recovered on my backside and only my ego was bruised. I looked up at my little brother and saw him staring at me. I think he knew he almost killed me. I

TOKENS

January 20, 1993 • StorytellingComments Off on TOKENS

I remember the moment I learned to love my mother. I was in my second year at NYU and I had been working at the factory for awhile. I believe it was awhile because I remember feeling particularly frustrated and tired of having to meet my mother at the subway