Month / June 2016

Opening Sequences

We now live in the era of streaming tv shows. Shows we often binge watch, several episodes at a time. In this era, are opening credits or opening sequences even required?

No matter how good they are simply something we have to watch or rewatch at the start of every episode. The longer they are the more of our time they waste.

There are still good ones, Game of Thrones comes to mind. Others, such as the opening sequence for Jessica Jones, don’t change from episode to episode and do little but annoy when watching several episodes back to back. Breaking Bad‘s eight second sequence is the best solution I’ve seen so far.

Netflix allows us to skip the end credits but forces us to watch the opening sequence. Shouldn’t we at least have the choice?

by Colin Brosnan

The World Is Not Broken

The world is not broken. It only appears to be.

We only see those who commit the crime. We only hear those who shout the loudest. Love does not need to shout. Hate always does.

Hate seems to get amplified.

It is only the few. It is not the many.

The few who hate are getting fewer. But they are also getting louder.

The world is not broken. It is only the few.

by Colin Brosnan

Fight the Blank

Starting from scratch is difficult. Anything is possible. Too much is possible.

With so many possibilities there’s no clear direction to take. There’s a blank space you have to fill. That’s daunting. The blank is a problem that’s possible to have when starting almost anything.

How to beat it? Just start. Put something down. Put anything down. Just start.

Fight the blank.

by Colin Brosnan

Content of the Wrong

The likelihood is that you read books, watch movies and tv, and listen to music. At the very least you do one of those things. The people who provide us with those things are famous and rich from their creations. To a greater or lesser degree depending on how successful what they create becomes.

And that’s all fine.

But here is my question – what should we do when one of these celebrities does something wrong? Wrong is a broad term. It covers actions that are illegal but also other kinds of wrongs.

Chris Brown beat Rihanna. He still has a music career.

The US has been trying to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski in relation to a sexual abuse case from the late 1970s. Polanski has continued to make movies and audiences have continued to see them.

Woody Allen has been accused of sexual assault by his daughter, Dylan. He still makes a movie a year and actors continue to clamor to work with him.

There are many, many more examples.

As consumers of content what is our responsibility? Should we actively avoid the books, movies, music created by wrong doers? What about when it is an allegation? If we should avoid the content, how long should we do so for?

I don’t have the answer. Do you?

by Colin Brosnan

Victim of a Moment

You’re meant to be working. You’re meant to be writing. You’re meant to be exercising. You’re meant to be doing.

But you’re vulnerable. You’re being stalked by a moment. It’s waiting for you, it’s watching you. It’s ready to strike, it’s ready to pounce. You’re vulnerable, you’re exposed.

When that moment arrives you need to be ready. Don’t let your good intentions can become undone. Don’t allow a lack of will power to defeat you.

Defend yourself with rules. With decisions already made. Such as only allowing yourself sugary food on certain days. Or working on that project before you watch tv.

When armed you can face down a moment. You can beat a moment if it attacks.

To avoid being the victim of a moment you must be the law.

by Colin Brosnan