Senses working overtime #297

 1 Peanut Butter

I'd be hard pressed to live without it - it has always be that way. Here's the history of peanut butter.

2 Reading

Another thing I can't imagine being without! I have evolved and now read multiple books at once.

This is a fascinating article on the process.

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3 Ed Catmull, cofounder of Pixar, on how they make great movies:

"Initially, the films we put together, they're a mess. It's like everything else in life—the first time you do it, it's a mess. Sometimes it's labeled ... "a failure" ... but that's not even the right word to use. It's just like, you get the first one out, you learn from it, and the only failure is if you don't learn from it, if you don't progress."

4 Writing from Seth Godin: 

It doesn’t have to be perfect, it can simply be the next thing you do.

5 George Lucas A Life

The more I read about him, the more I like him!

Overtime: American Graffiti

After reading the chapter on how it was made, I rewatched this during the week. It's a great film!