I was a kid in the 80’s. My dad would let me stay up late to watch pulpy sci-fi like Logan’s Run and Doctor Who. It made me feel special because my brothers were fast asleep while I enjoyed the company of my dad who spent most of his time working. One of my earliest, clear memories was watching a VHS copy of David Lynch’s Dune. I can remember seeing Herbert’s paperback version in my dad’s overfilled library, snatching it, and reading it cover-to-cover over the course of two days. At a tender age when my friends were playing in the mud with GI Joes, I was folding space on a Guild Highliner: The sleeper had awakened.
Now, I imagine worlds that I try to bring into reality through writing, sculpture, painting, drawing, teaching, photography, and film. Using fiction in design is a way for me to share my vision of the future with others. The storytellers are the shapers of reality; I try to add my two cents. Storytellers like Lynch, Kubrick, Clarke, Heinlein, Herbert, Dali, and Bucky Fuller are among those who have inspired my work.
The advent of affordable DSLR’s and consumer editing software has allowed me to explore filmmaking in a way that my 10-year-old self would have killed for. The democratization of filmmaking is the best thing that has ever happened to me (maybe second to my marriage to a fantastic human, and the birth of my sons) because it has allowed me to finally bring the stories of my imagination out of pre-production.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Thanks, Frank. You are missed.
