John OliverApr 221 minJust might be the most important moment of your lifeIn the words of David Isay, founder of StoryCorps, "inviting a loved one, a friend or even a stranger to record a meaningful interview...
John OliverApr 112 minThe essential role of free speech in sensemaking - Jordan Peterson at Cambridge University Nov 2021This might have initially seemed to be a talk tackling the political subject of freedom of speech, but it is in fact a seminal summary of...
John OliverJun 12, 20201 minSilence being my artistic frame... Working with symbols vs signsLoving this book by JF Martel, Co-host of the excellent Weird Studies podcast. P69 speaks to how "the transmutation of signs into symbols...
John OliverJun 11, 20201 minFun time tagging/signifying 45 min of silenceFun time tagging/signifying 45 minutes of silence from a recent shoot. I found I in the end placed lots of tags, with things like...
John OliverJun 1, 20201 minChris Marker and the film Sans Soleil - a generational reference in film makingWith might be seen as an oblique connection to the witnessing filming process, but pointing to a direction I am embarking on to evolve my...
John OliverApr 30, 20201 minDare to call this witnessing work as "sacred"How dare I step into the religious realm or domain to even entertain a notion that this type of witnessing process might be a sacred...
John OliverMar 4, 20201 min"It's like going to a place where suddenly you become god" Fabuloous quote from the Lo-Fi podcast by John Wentz, interviewing Ricardo Santos (https://www.instagram.com/ricardosaga/): "Why do I do...
John OliverFeb 21, 20201 minThe future of narrative landscapes - JR (again!)A game-changer in narratives landscapes, here from a collaboration between JR and Time magazine. https://time.com/guns-in-america/...
John OliverFeb 21, 20201 minWorld's largest participatory art project - JR. Image and social narratives.JR is an absolute inspiration, with his social narratives vision...through photo portraits. I'm hoping to extend the same principles,...
John OliverFeb 17, 20201 minSoul on film...Inspirations from the great photographersYousuf Karsh CC, was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals (from Churchill to Picasso,...
John OliverFeb 15, 20201 minOur amazing capacities of micro perception - is this a photo or someone sitting still?I've at various moments in the editing, wanted to have a long fade of the portrait image between sections of the film. Often I time the...
John OliverFeb 12, 20202 minThe Hidden Order of Art - just finished reading, and wow!Welcome to psycho-analytical aesthetics, with mythology and philosophy woven in! I bought this book around 3 years ago, drawn in by the...
John OliverFeb 7, 20201 minThe "exact moment of your life" - Herb Alpert interviewed by Alec Baldwin, on creative experiences Herb Alpert (founder of A&M Records, sold for $500m in 1989): "There's something about being an artist, a painter, a musician, a...
John OliverFeb 3, 20201 minTim Robbins: "We witness the transformation of human beings...from their involvement in creativity" Great extract here from the David Eagleman documentary "The Creative Brain", where Tim Robbins nails the significance for the human...
John OliverJan 24, 20201 minNow I know why I'm so interested in working with artists... "Narratives" and "signifiers" Since working from 2017 in the organisational development area called "Sensemaking", I've been diving deep with regards narratives in...
John OliverJan 15, 20201 minThe institutional resistance to "truth"Fabulous blog post here from Nic Askew on his recent experiences of where sharing our "truths" (what people are really thinking and...
John OliverDec 23, 20191 min"Searching for music is the same as searching for God"...David Bowie (BBC Verbatim)The most amazing opening quote from David Bowie in this BBC Radio 4 Verbatim show, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06z5pts same "There...
John OliverDec 17, 20191 minThe mystery of the editing processI'm on a huge learning curve in terms of the video editing process, but one thing that strikes me profoundly is the art of distilling the...
John OliverDec 2, 20191 minShy to your friends yet willing to express intimate thoughts with millions online.... This is a fascinating psychological conundrum that Brandon Stanton, the creator of Humans-of-New-York, recounts from his experiences of...
John OliverNov 30, 20191 minAbsolutely loving Humans-of-New-York, a wonderful narratives platform https://www.humansofnewyork.com/ Now extended to Hong Kong : With this extract on an art teacher " I used to think that art was like...