My family always told me to shoot for the stars. I decided to take that literally for my most recent One Man Film. Part 1: One Small Step Part 2: One Giant Fall Part 3: The Final One
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Moving to the Moon Trilogy: Complete
October 6th, 2011 
Ryan Simmons 
Posted in Home, Portfolio 
Tags: amigo, moving to the moon, one giant fall, one man film, one small step, the final one 
4 Comments »Poem: “Thump Thump 323″
August 26th, 2011 Ryan Simmons Writing my own heartfelt poetry has come with one major obstacle: avoid emulating Shel Silverstein. His work, as silly as it may be, was my first brush with poetry. As I attempted to embrace more mature subject matter, my imagination was still in the attic. Recently I’ve crossed paths with two slam poets and had [...]
Artist Statement: Idea #5/WC 20
July 22nd, 2011 Ryan Simmons Shrouded in secrecy to this point, I can now expand on the details of Idea #5. First and foremost, I prefer it’s original title: WC20. WC20 is a celebration of World Cafe’s 20th year! In an effort to show just how much has changed in that 20 year span, I’ve team with WXPN to create [...]
Tell Us What You Love @ DMB Caravan in AC
July 20th, 2011 Ryan Simmons Almost 1 year ago now, I tore a piece of cardboard off a box and inadvertently created one of my signature pieces of work. With one simple request, Tell Us What You Love, I approached hundred of fans at the XPoNential Music Festival in 2010. Since then, Michael Franti and his fans have helped me [...]
What Can I Do: Video Journalism in Ocean City, NJ
May 16th, 2011 Ryan Simmons Courtesy of Flickr User: stevendepoloAs I struggle to write my About Me section, I’m faced with one question: ‘What do I do?’ When the question arises in everyday conversation, it’s easy for me to toss out dozens of sentence fragments until one sparks a person’s interest. To write it in a coherent paragraph is far [...]
One Giant Fall: My First Choose-Your-Own Adventure Film
July 9th, 2010 Ryan Simmons Posted in Home, Portfolio, Projects Tags: crowd sourcee, crowdsource, crowdsourced, one giant fall, one man film, one small step, the final one 1 Comment »
