Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.
I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.
My exposure to visual art all my life was intensive.
Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.
For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.
There is a satire that exists in 'My Arm,' but there is also an honoring of some of the stronger ideas that I've raided from visual art.
Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.
You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.
One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change.
Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.
Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction.
I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen.
I have been drawing and creating visual works my entire life, as long as I can remember.
Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important.
I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop.
Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation.
The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.
To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
