tesseracting my brain

Figured out a few years back that, by throwing myself so completely into filmmaking, I changed the way my brain works. Instead of thinking in words, my creative thoughts and urges came in the form of pure images. Great for when I have the time and energy to shoot movies.

Lately though I’ve had neither time nor energy. So I’ve decided to write instead. No need to coordinate people’s schedules, track down locations, set up lights, or any of the dozen other tasks required when everything is just in my head.

However, my brain keeps throwing images at me instead of words. Even words to describe those images are proving elusive. So for the past few days I’ve begun a concerted effort to rediscover words.

I can feel the folds of my brain shifting and the old reservoirs of ink slowly dripping down the rusted sluices that lead to my fingers.

Right now I have two stories I’m rolling around. One, a science fiction film idea, started life as a film concept so I’m eking it out as a comic script instead. The other could go prose or comic, it’s a little more developed, but I still don’t have a firm grasp on it.

So, that’s what I’m up to these days. That and Batman: Arkham Aslyum.