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Painting with ADHD

by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 3, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." — Thomas Edison Embracing Your "Limitations" Some of the best artists I know live in a world of chaos called ADHD. They love to play in the mud of ambiguity. I'm not sure if it's because ADHD is more...

Awakening Marsh Demo

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 25, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

Awakening Marsh - Demonstration Sometimes a demo is just what the students (and teacher) needs to get the juices flowing. Awakening Marsh was a demo for students from a photo I've been eying for a while. I don't often take on sun rises but I wanted to just...

Crying in the Face of Beauty

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 23, 2013 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Why Do We Cry? "We cry only in the face of beauty." Alan Langdon, legendary acting coach I'm not sure where Alan got this quote but it has always stuck with me, not only in my career as an actor but also in my career as a human. There is a lot of insight packed into...

Brush with Wine Events

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 17, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

Brush with Wine As an experiment to find out what's up with all those Wine and paint party venues popping up all over the place I asked myself, what if we tweaked this party-paint-along concept to make it more meaningful and not just a drunken brew-ha-ha? I like the...

50 Reasons Why Playing Music Is Good For Your Kids

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 16, 2013 | Art Instruction, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

50 Reasons Why Playing Music Is Good For Your Kids My son Danny asked me for three good reasons why he should continue playing violin. I gave him 52. Teaches discipline. Teaches us how to be free within specific structures. Teaches problem-solving. Breaking down a...

Mary Draws How She Wants to be Like Our President

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 31, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

"Mary when she grows up" I want to be like our President Mary wants to be a hero when she grows up; she wants to be like the President, and do everything she can to stop the bad guys from hurting innocent children, like President Obama wants to do in Syria. We...

50th Anniversary of the March on Washington 2013

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 30, 2013 | Motivational, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

March on Washington 2013 "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Dr. Martin Luther King In response to this famous MLK quote, a friend...

Finding NETI

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 23, 2013 | Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

As a followup to the original NETI intorductory short, this movie explores the man behind the myth, asking the hard questions about existence and whether identity is real or imagined. How can NETI be that he is not? And if he is not, then what is he not?...

Triggering My Abuse – the music video

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 23, 2013 | Motivational, World View | 1 Comment

We had such fun making this music video at a recent Soiree with friends. It's absurd and hilariously ridiculous, an absolutely essential healing and cathartic experience. Don't be turned off by the taboo title. At some point we just have to laugh about these stories...

Jesus Slept