Kevin Cunningham

Screenwriter, poet, playwright, author, and editor

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@ScreenwritingU #ScreenwritingTwitter Thanks to those who create visual stories with heart.

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

#poetry "It is noteworthy that the great masters of prose have almost always been poets, too – if not publicly then at least secretly, in the 'closet.' Good prose is written only face to face with poetry..." – Nietzsche

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

Always an exciting time! Best to you, Dan

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

Lol, once I knew I wanted to write science fiction, I attended one of the top tech universities in the world to study physics and astronomy. After one semester, I already knew more than I needed to write - and switched to Humanities…

[Margaret Gendreau @MargaretGendre1]

@catjamtoken @SassySuzyC Thought you might get a kick out of this - lots of likes

[Helen Laycock, Writer ✍ @helen_laycock]

'I've lost my little boy!'
I run the beach, frantic.
Faces swivel, bodies too languid to move.
There! A dark head jewelled in the #crest of a wave.
I kick, arms wheeling, eyes salt-chafed.
It's a rock...
And there he is on the sand.
I cling on, too tired to swim back.

#vss365

[Margaret Gendreau @MargaretGendre1]

I’ve spent the last few years cleaning up negative messages from my youth. This one’s been on my mind lately: life is hard and then you die. Remember that one? I’ve replaced with: life can move quickly, celebrate often. Because life is meant to be enjoyed.

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

#poetry
Shaw: "...if a man is a deep writer, all his works are confessions."
Also Shaw: "All Autobigraphies are lies. I do not mean unconscious, unintentional lies: I mean deliberate lies."
So, do all poets really lie when they tell their "deepest truths"...?

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

#poetry The value of an artwork is not in some "timeless essence." Composers were writing Mozart-style symphonies 50 years after Mozart that were technically superior to the master's works, yet we remember Mozart, not ... whoever. Why?

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@BobbySacher The “you” you know is already microseconds or seconds - or in some cases years 😉 - behind who you are now

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

#poetry No one is exactly like you are right now. No, not even you.

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@BobbySacher #ethics 2 thoughts on moral assessments:
1. What’s your reference frame - the individual, or the group (or a gene)? It leads to different conclusions.
2. We balance two survival instincts: competitive dominance and cooperative sociability. Which is “moral”?

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@HalCroasmun Or walk with your beloved: “The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees And they did make no noise, in such a night Troilus mounted the Trojan walls And sighed his soul to Where Cressid lay that night.”

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

In the 19th C, you approached an author’s work by looking at their biography. That often left the work itself behind. In the 20th C, they demonized the “biographical fallacy,” kicking the author out entirely. Wasn’t something else left behind then…?

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@SassySuzyC “Yeah, we’ll be with you. But we may not watch.”

[Sassy S Chan @SassySuzyC]

Happy Friday Night!

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@AcyRunway13 Yeah, I’ve got one like this too.

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@LMPousette People living on? This would take business away from eulogy writers! Think of the unforeseen consequences, people!

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@BobbySacher A dilemma I see everywhere: when is it okay for a coach to push someone "past their limit" so they can excel? We know it can work. We also know some go too far (Béla Károlyi?). What's the line?

[Kevin Cunningham @HalfPoet123]

@memphis_dodson I consider all videos animal videos:
"While Darwinian Man, though well-behav'd,
At best is only a monkey shav'd!"
– Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida