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Nora Lumiere
http://www.noralumiere.com/
Writing and art
LATEST ARTICLES ( 43 )
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Champagne Reception
Welcome to the party, here have a glass of champagne and the waiters will be along shortly with canapés. As you can see the weather has warmed up nicely and... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Wordpwess Twubble
Why is Wordpress so difficult to use? Why does it have to be so unintuitive and user-unfriendly? WHY? For the past few months I've spent most of my days... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Animation Oscar Nominations 2013
FIVE SHORTS:ADAM and a DOG (The trailer was hand-drawn, the film made in “digital 2D” with “some work on paper”). Written and directed by Minkyu Lee.... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Some Lovely Books Read in 2012
These subjective imressions should not be taken for proper reviews. Like Michelin rated restaurants *** is best in my opinion. Read more
Posted on 04 January 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blog Review 2012
2012 was the worst year of my life. Such terrible things happened in continuous waves of debilitating awfulness that I spent most of the year staring at the... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Misogyny in Animation
For the last decade the “changing” role of women in animation has often been mentioned but not much has changed for women in the industry. Read more
Posted on 30 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
"brave": Beautiful but Blemished
Princess Merida is an unforgettable character, with her willful ways, wild hair and luminous eyes, but the story is a bit of a mess and suffers from too many... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Star Wars and Disney Marketeers
What does Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. mean? It means a new trilogy of the iconic but worn out STAR WARS films and relentless marketing of the brand. Read more
Posted on 02 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Closer to Hand-drawn Animation
Using a new in-house technology called Meander, a small exploratory team at Walt Disney Animation Studios explores new directions in animation in the much... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Catcher in the Rye
This famous best-seller never won the Pulitzer or the National Book Award but still sells 250,00 copies a year sixty-one years after it was first published, it... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Arts and Muses
The Muses started out as nymphs then evolved into the goddess daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus. KALLIOPE (Calliope) – Muse of epic poetry - symbol: an iPad.KLIO... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Choosing an Agent
When soliciting the services of a literary agent, authors are urged to write an exquisitely-wrought query letter that follows strict guidelines and also include... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Good Reads
JOHN LE CARRRE knows how to create ambiance and whole characters with one sentence, sometimes, one word. His characters always writhe with thought and anguish... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Ports of Paris
When my friend Sam (whose real name is Ralph) bought a new boat in the UK, he sailed her back home to Cannes through the beautiful canals of France and on the... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Danny Boyle Show
The logo was a fail, the intestinal Orbit tower was a puzzle, the security was a bit of a mess but the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony was just right: fun,... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Freedom from Mass Shootings
Every time people are mowed down by a young male who thinks he’s living in a movie or a video game, we hear the same words: unthinkable, tragedy, guns don’t kil... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Like a Movie
When people say “It was like a movie” after experiencing a hurricane, a flood, a lottery win, I want to scream. Movies are like life, not the other way around... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Science in Cgi Animation
Not many members of the movie-going audience realise how much science is involved in computer animation. Some animators also don’t know this and even some... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Choosing a Chair
Recently, my old chair just collapsed under me like Buster Keaton’s car. The seat tilted until I slid off, screws fell out, knobs popped off and the back fell... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Writing Click
I really haven’t been procrastinating with the rewrites and queries on my book. The fact is, life rudely interfered with my writerly plans and when I finally sa... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION