As a freelancer, I am often looking for work. Someone offered me a job that would have paid me $5 an hour. Of course, it was framed as something like: edit these 15 pages for $25. I asked my Facebook friends and family if I should take the job, and…
There is a certain subset of critics and pundits that like to bash the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, and Disney’s production of content related to them. These people tend to be “professional” film critics who write from the perspective of potential box office and the value of Disney stock…
“Once Upon a Time” on Disney+ does a good job of reimagining Disney characters and other stories. The complicated and surprising relationships are part of the fun. The writers have a truly difficult task of creating new back stories for beloved and iconic characters. These stories need to remain true…
Themes and Observations from Season 1
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen Disney’s “Once Upon a Time” and plan to, I urge you to bookmark this page and come back after you watch the first season. It’s easy to binge watch as a television show that melds fantasy and reality into a coherent, if complicated, story.
The Evil Queen’s Curse
What Would You Do?
We have a starving tom cat outside of our building on this rainy day. His coat is still healthy, but we can see his hip bones and spine stick out of his fur while his sides near his back legs are sunken. He came running up to us as we…
With Black Lives Matter and all the changes happening in the country, calls for changing Splash Mountain shouldn’t come as a surprise. While die-hard Disney fans will point out that Walt fought to get James Baskett an Oscar and that “Song of the South” was supposed to help preserve southern…
Robert “Bob” Iger took over the Walt Disney Company in 2005 after Michael Eisner forced out of the company. During Iger’s tenure as CEO, the Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and 21st Century Fox. He resigned his role as CEO in Feb. 2020, but returned to the position…
A beginner’s guide
Drawing is a form of expression. Too often people decide they can’t draw because of some traumatic event in their childhood. Usually an art teacher, sometimes a parent, says that the child’s drawing sucks and the child has no talent. Maybe the teacher says, “flowers don’t have faces or smiles.”…
From Bob Ross’ Cliffside: season 20, ep. 6
From 1983 to 1994, Bob Ross taught the world to paint on PBS’ “The Joy of Painting.” In almost 30-minute episodes, Ross would go from a mostly blank canvas to an amazing land- or seascape, and he would take his viewers with him. He gave people the opportunity to explore…
The easiest and most crucial element to any survival plan is water. Without water, people can live for between 3 days and a week depending on other factors. People can survive longer without food, and under the right circumstances, don’t need permanent shelter, though they may need protection from the…
Shad Engkilterra
Earned a Master’s in Creativity and Innovation from Malta U., author of “Disneyland Is Creativity” and other books, other works available at www.penguinate.com.
