Mark Traphagen | July 9, 2010
In the four part video series below, Ira Glass, host of public radio’s This American Life, shares his personal tips on how to create and tell a good story. Glass is a master of the art of storytelling; I’m so glad for the privilege of sitting at his feet for a bit to learn. [...]
Mark Traphagen | June 13, 2010
If you follow this blog, you know that I’m trying to develop myself as a storyteller (The Bus, the Bench, and the Chamber of Doom text version | audio version). They say if you want to be a writer you should read great writers. So I figure if I want to be a storyteller, I [...]
Mark Traphagen | June 12, 2010
Image via Wikipedia RE: Doc Jensen’s post “LOST: The Island’s Story?” at EW.com. Popular LOST blogger Jeff “Doc” Jensen has posted part one of a two-part epic attempt at a “theory of everything” behind the LOST TV epic. His basic theses can be summed up in these points: The island was alive, conscious, and a [...]
Mark Traphagen | June 12, 2010
It seems there was many a slip ‘twixt Gilligan’s Island and LOST. Image via Wikipedia The success of Gilligan’s Island inevitably led to a slue of castaways-on-an-island imitators over the years, most of which never got beyond their pilot episodes. I actually remember seeing a couple of the ones featured in the video below. Perhaps [...]
Mark Traphagen | May 28, 2010
It’s been a tough week for the ol’ flesh ‘n’ bones. Started my chemo regimen this past Monday, and now I’m trying to get used to feeling sick every day. So I needed to end this week with a reprise of my favorite music video of the year so far. Until the morning comes… (OK [...]
Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of stories that point to a bigger Story. Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and works by day for Virante, an Internet Marketing firm.Proudly Powered by WordPress | Theme by The Cloisters | Entries RSS Comments RSS
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