Tony Robbins
I am sorry about my picture. It, combined with my blog title, may convey a rather Tony Robbins-esque image. I can assure you that I am not a motivational speaker. However, I wouldn't mind owning an island in Fiji as Tony Robbins does...
I do tend to speak a lot, though. Tonight at a family gathering, where all of us tend to be over-speakers, the air was filled with loud words. I loved it. They were wonderful words. But I am going to try to listen, and be quiet, and consider my words, more than I do currently.
Wait a minute, it sounds like I'm making a self-improvement list...rather motivational speaker-esque, no? Sorry.
Tonight was the last night of Uncle Bob and Aunt Anne's visit. Bob and his brilliant wife Anne are in Texas as guests of the Kennedy museum in Dallas, where there is a showing of one of his films of JFK and a speaking engagement. Bob is a world-famous documentary film producer. He has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (and others), an Emmy, first prize at Cannes, Nice, Venice, Toronto, and others. He is hailed in college textbooks as the 'father of American Cinema Verite,' which literally means "cinema of truth," and combined motion picture with live sound in a candid scenario for the first time in the 1960'. He is a H
arvard Neiman fellow who did not finish high school. He didn't finish high school because he joined the Army Air Corps to fly fighter planes in WWII at the age of 17, was shot down and lived in the mountains of Italy for two months behind enemy lines before escape. He became a Life correspondent and editor prior to making films. http://www.drewassociates.net/index.html
His films broke ground with intimate portraits of world figures such as John Kennedy, Indira Gandhi, and Fidel Castro. His latest film, made at age 80, is about his family's life during WWII. It is called "From Two Men and a War," debuted at Tribecca, and is being hailed around the globe.
I write the paragraph above not to brag about my uncle (well, maybe a little bit), but because I am proud and grateful. The truth is, I am proud and grateful for all of my family members.
Bob and Anne are listeners. They have made a life out of helping other's tell their stories in their own words...not just for the sake of story telling, but for the sake of making a journalistic impact on the way others see the world.
Yet, while Bob and Anne are master listeners, and thoughtful speakers, I will always love the boisterous level of sincere loquaciousness that emanates from my sisters, mother, and myself (note I left my dad out…he has a slightly more calculated, but perfectly warm delivery). We may be trigger-happy talkers, but we rarely leave a topic untouched! Somewhere in-between is probably the best place to be for me, so I will try to get there.
I am sorry about my picture. It, combined with my blog title, may convey a rather Tony Robbins-esque image. I can assure you that I am not a motivational speaker. However, I wouldn't mind owning an island in Fiji as Tony Robbins does...
I do tend to speak a lot, though. Tonight at a family gathering, where all of us tend to be over-speakers, the air was filled with loud words. I loved it. They were wonderful words. But I am going to try to listen, and be quiet, and consider my words, more than I do currently.
Wait a minute, it sounds like I'm making a self-improvement list...rather motivational speaker-esque, no? Sorry.
Tonight was the last night of Uncle Bob and Aunt Anne's visit. Bob and his brilliant wife Anne are in Texas as guests of the Kennedy museum in Dallas, where there is a showing of one of his films of JFK and a speaking engagement. Bob is a world-famous documentary film producer. He has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (and others), an Emmy, first prize at Cannes, Nice, Venice, Toronto, and others. He is hailed in college textbooks as the 'father of American Cinema Verite,' which literally means "cinema of truth," and combined motion picture with live sound in a candid scenario for the first time in the 1960'. He is a H
arvard Neiman fellow who did not finish high school. He didn't finish high school because he joined the Army Air Corps to fly fighter planes in WWII at the age of 17, was shot down and lived in the mountains of Italy for two months behind enemy lines before escape. He became a Life correspondent and editor prior to making films. http://www.drewassociates.net/index.htmlHis films broke ground with intimate portraits of world figures such as John Kennedy, Indira Gandhi, and Fidel Castro. His latest film, made at age 80, is about his family's life during WWII. It is called "From Two Men and a War," debuted at Tribecca, and is being hailed around the globe.
I write the paragraph above not to brag about my uncle (well, maybe a little bit), but because I am proud and grateful. The truth is, I am proud and grateful for all of my family members.
Bob and Anne are listeners. They have made a life out of helping other's tell their stories in their own words...not just for the sake of story telling, but for the sake of making a journalistic impact on the way others see the world.
Yet, while Bob and Anne are master listeners, and thoughtful speakers, I will always love the boisterous level of sincere loquaciousness that emanates from my sisters, mother, and myself (note I left my dad out…he has a slightly more calculated, but perfectly warm delivery). We may be trigger-happy talkers, but we rarely leave a topic untouched! Somewhere in-between is probably the best place to be for me, so I will try to get there.
posted by Frank at 9:23 PM
1 Comments:
Neice is spelled Nice actually and is a fabulous city. Kudos to your uncle.
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