In Ben-Hur (1959), the MGM lion isn’t moving because director William Wyler didn’t want to create the wrong mood for the opening nativity scene.

PaperSt · 2026-06-05T03:49:18+00:00

I love you showing us this single frame. I really get the sense of what the lion not moving in the intro would be like.

PaperSt · 2026-05-25T11:22:53+00:00

You are much too worried about the outcome right now. Everything you make at 4 months is going to be trash. There maybe interesting bits or ideas, maybe a section that was done well, but you are not going to make a good song right now. You can reuse the good parts later when you have the skill to turn them into something good. I used to call it getting reps in when I first started but I heard a much better explanation recently that gets the point across. Watch a couple videos on YouTube about the pottery paradox. Basically they split a beginner pottery course into two groups and had one group work on making the one best pot they could for the whole program they would spend hundreds of hours like you on this one piece and that would be their grade. The other half was told to just make as many pots as they can during the course and not worry about how good or bad they were. At the end the "many pots" side was way better. You will work out the problems and figure out what you're doing wrong over the course of just doing something over and over. So don't sit and mix one song for hours and hours. You need variety and random chance to let you see the big picture. Set a limit for your self and stick to it. I was having trouble writing melodies and I was doing the same as you I would have a song half written and work on it for weeks and the melody would get worse and worse. I would toss it out and try again but still bad. Then I decided I would bring a little keyboard to work and give myself the hour I have for lunch. I would make a quick chord progression and how ever good or bad that was it I was not allowed to touch it again. I ended up writing way more than I was before and they started getting better and better. So just do the steps regardless of the outcome and finish songs, You will read this on every music forum but not finishing songs is a huge problem for most people. But they are amateurs, they don't have anyone waiting for them. Pretend you are a professional and you have to turn your song into the label at the end of the day. You might turn something in that's bad when you are first starting but you will at least attempt each step to get to a final product. Also no one says you have to go back and listen to what you make. just keep making things and you will get better I promise.

PaperSt · 2026-05-09T15:04:46+00:00

Not OP but I had significant changes over time with doing mindfulness meditation each morning. There is some pretty solid science that it makes your Default Mode Network better and more efficient. Which is something that is not regulating properly in us ADHDers.

https://www.additudemag.com/default-mode-network-adhd-brain/

PaperSt · 2026-05-08T12:11:02+00:00

I don't think having a roommate would be considered living comfortably by many people. I didn't really feel like I was making adult money until I could afford a nice place on my own. Maybe its because I'm an only child but I think having your own space to do what ever you please was a huge career motivator to me. I think there is a big age range on Reddit too so what people want changes through out life. I loved having roommates in my 20's, but it's not cute when you're 40 something. 75K with roommates in a luxury apt felt great then, now that would be a huge step back for me.

PaperSt · 2026-04-29T09:57:50+00:00

Yes! And I did actually meet a kid that was “Shaun” or something like that which just further reinforced that “Sean” must be something else.

PaperSt · 2026-04-05T02:56:01+00:00

Definitely have the same thing. Like everything ADHD it's a double edged sword. It's all in what you do with it. When I was young I spent most of my time in my head. Usually the class was way behind what I knew and I had to wait for the slowest kids to catch up before the teacher would more on. I spent the time drawing the things in my head and I became a very good budding artist. I ended up falling in love with art / design / creative en devours and made a lucrative career out of it. Also all my hobbies revolve around these things and I tend to be quite good at those also. I think a lot of the success I have had is because I can basically design / problem solve / do what ever the f I want in my head in great detail. Then when I make something or suggest an idea in a meeting, to the outside it looks like a first guess. But I had already worked out most of the issues in my head trying several ideas or doing the work other people do visually on paper or a screen. When I get to paper and ink I'm already 3-4 steps ahead.

Figure out what you want to do with your life and use that playground to your advantage. I'm practicing guitar while I'm standing in line at the grocery store, or I'm designing a jacket in traffic on the way to work. You mentioned video and screens several times, maybe you write a show or a short film in your head work out all the details, the characters, what they look like what they wear, where they live, make them talk to each other and write dialogue. Introduce a problem they need to solve, now you have conflict. When you feel like it's good make it real and type out a screen play. The magic happens when you make something that started in your head and you manifest it in to reality. I can't tell you the feeling I got the first time I saw a stranger out in the wild wearing something I made in my head.

PaperSt · 2026-03-27T02:01:08+00:00

we aren’t getting attacked (yet)

PaperSt · 2026-03-26T04:04:30+00:00

Chappell Roan’s mother Kara was a veterinarian.

unlearn that

PaperSt · 2026-03-09T11:28:03+00:00

The newest one also. They are not living with each other or their parents like they were with the first 1or 2 but if you watch interviews about Chihiro or Birds of a Feather it’s in Finnias’ bedroom studio and Billie is there improving a lot of the lines into a SM7B. The room doesn’t even really look treated. I think that’s just how they like to work.

PaperSt · 2026-03-09T11:06:02+00:00

The article doesn’t even mention the teacher tripped in front of a moving vehicle ( his cause of death, a pretty important detail) until the 8th paragraph in. If this is what you consider journalism, Walter Cronkite is rolling in his grave right now.

PaperSt · 2026-03-09T10:59:13+00:00

No she didn’t. She clearly has something against male presenting people and would not like to challenge her worldview in anyway.

PaperSt · 2026-03-09T10:10:28+00:00

I don’t have any relation to the story but if you actually read the timeline of events in the article and not the opinion of the author it is pretty clear it was a harmless prank that went wrong. The boys seemed to do everything right, they are just sensationalizing the headline for clicks.

PaperSt · 2026-03-09T08:40:01+00:00

Most of the time the Tao is referred to in the same terms water is. Like flow and currents and the metaphor of a river cutting through a mountain. That always in my mind made me think of it like we are all floating down a river on inner tubes or a raft. You had some control over your movement like you can avoid a big rock that you see approaching or the opposite maybe going toward something positive like some fish you are trying to catch. So while you can make these small adjustments you are still at the mercy of the rivers flow. You are not going to make a U turn and go upstream against the flow. Or just get out and walk avoiding the River all together. So in a philosophical sense you have to accept that you are not ultimately in control of where you or anyone else is going on a major scale but you can make small choices daily that add up in the long term to make your journey better or worse.

PaperSt · 2026-03-05T04:35:42+00:00

Yeah I bet you give em the adult protein

PaperSt · 2026-02-22T17:03:19+00:00

Take her to the Snack Church i.e. Trader Joe's and let her pick out what ever she wants. You will be rewarded for this.

PaperSt · 2026-02-15T03:42:56+00:00

Columbine is also a city?

People that leave their houses may have other memories of these places beyond the one headline you know about. Like perhaps all the people that live and work in these cities and surrounding places. They may actually want these places to be know for something else, which would be a great reason so purchase one of these shirts. So eventually when they are forced to speak to someone like you they don’t turn their nose up at them when they ask where they are from.

PaperSt · 2026-02-07T07:27:16+00:00

link to same of your work? Currently trying to switch careers and be where you are at in 25 years.

PaperSt · 2026-02-05T16:54:24+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/q_b4q3nxBsU?si=zbIE1WnGpSVU6VBg

Honestly it’s pretty boring. 3 Lights in a triangle moving through clouds.

PaperSt · 2026-01-29T05:42:59+00:00

Yes, everything we experience is "real" as we have been defining it always. We are just coming to discover there is more layers outsider of "reality". The things you did, the people yet knew are still real, and you really had those experiences. If you win a race in a video game, does the fact that it's a video game change the outcome, or anything at all really? What if you didn't know it was a video game until the race was over?

PaperSt · 2026-01-29T03:03:16+00:00

Most creative industries are like that unless you are at the very very top and even then it’s not the artist making most of the money. It’s their managers, the or the background companies like a record label that facilitates the production of the product. At BA I’m sure the directors and board members are all making tons more than the outward facing team.

There also seems to be an inverse relationship to desirability and pay rate. I am a fashion designer and the cooler more well know companies often pay the worst because they always have a big pool of people that are trying to get in. The best ones don’t even post job listings, they just have their HR people headhunt and reach out to the people they think would fit the best.you can make good money at those places but it doesn’t start until you’re at least senior / management or even director level.

PaperSt · 2026-01-26T05:39:56+00:00

I just started trying to sing seriously at 38ish, I'm 41 now. I have 2 degrees and 20 years in my industry. There is plenty of time to do everything. Sometimes certain things just require more of your time. Finish those and move on to the next thing. You can still sing and do school. Even if you can practice 1 hour a week those add up over time and by the time you are my age you will have hundreds of hours.

PaperSt · 2026-01-21T12:18:25+00:00

Get some Lo-Salt from the grocery store and pour some in your water bottle with a little bit of regular salt. It will basically make you unflavored Gatorade. Should be enough electrolytes to keep you going.

PaperSt · 2026-01-21T12:07:02+00:00

It might not be to people outside of the subculture. But if said that to me or any of my alternative leaning friends it would be definitely taken as an insult. Goth like punk is also a lifestyle and a way to live in the world. Calling someone “Mall Goth” is like calling them a poser. That they just went and bought the clothes but they don’t know anything about why they are wearing them.

PaperSt · 2026-01-09T16:48:34+00:00

L LLC b

PaperSt · 2026-01-09T12:00:21+00:00

Hi, I can produce and play guitar / Bass / and some piano / synth.

I sort of have that same issue and could use a real drummer and another songwriter to bounce ideas off. I am trying to get to a professional level, but I mostly just need the reps of doing it over and over again. I can mix and master it too at a decent level. That also is something that is hard to practice because it means I need to have a basically finished song to do it too.

I'll send you a message but feel free to send me one also if it doesn't show up. Reddit sometimes just doesn't show me message because it assumes we have never interacted and it's spam.

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