Opened Ground

I have been reading Opened Ground, a book of selected poems by Nobel Prize winning author, Seamus Heaney. Heaney's words are perfectly balanced and strong. I have just been picking through it lately, but I had to share this after I read it.

 Lightenings ii

Roof it again. Batten down. Dig in.
Drink out of tin. Know the scullery cold,
A latch, a door-bar, forged tongs and a grate.

Touch the crossbeam, drive iron in a wall,
Hang a line to verify the plumb
From lintel, coping stone and chimney-breast.

Relocate the bedrock in the threshold.
Take squarings from the recessed gable pane.
Make your study the unregarded floor.

Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure
The bastion of sensation. Do not waver
Into language. Do not waver in it.

    

                                         -Seamus Heaney

Citychurch News Artwork

I usually don't upload graphics that i am working on but I thought this one was interesting. You may know we have been using a new camera for video and the resolution is so high on some of the footage that we have been able to pull still images off of the video with great success. I have done this in the past with other footage but it never was quality enough for print or web. The quality was high enough on this still to even use a filter and put some Photoshop™ magic on it.

http://donnielane.wordpress.com/

I just got this link from my brother Donnie. It is his blog on wordpress. Check it out! You will be pleased.

impromptu flow contest

impromptu flow contest from James Lane on Vimeo.
A battle broke out when I was picking up kids today for the after school ministry. This kid won the flow contest, mainly because I was the judge and he was the only one that kept it clean. Somewhat?

Happy B-Day Mac!

My old 128K... Looks over me as i work in the studio

If you know me you know I am a huge Apple Computer fan. I have been using the Macs all my life starting back in the Mac 128K days. I have had an LC II, LCIII, Proforma, several Power Macs, G3, G4, G5, Mac Pro... I have literally grown up using mac computers. Now I make my living with them. They are amazing machines that inspire the user to create. 

I wanted to share one of my favorite mac sites with you www.folklore.org . There you can find out everything on the history of Mac. Even if you don't care about apple or mac, check it out. You will be pleased.

Dirk vs Power Ranger Dance Off...

This is for Andrew. :)

Night Light

I was out testing some low light settings on the PMW-EX1 and thought I would share the results. Stick around to see the moon shot at the end it was shot in real time (pretty cool). The music is a mix of two cuts I was playing with on the turntables earlier today.