Drew English

Mindset of the day

Social media has broken our brains.

🎥 In filmmaking you see:
– $100K rigs
– Big sets
– Constant upgrades

You think:
“I need that too.”

No, you don’t.
What you need is to stop watching and start doing.

Raised By Wolves was a Gem!

Digging into my @readwise.bsky.social vault of saved quotes. This is a good one.

Been really sitting with this one lately

You’re my spirit animal.

YouTube People: Input Needed…

Do I continue to maintain a separate profile for my podcast or integrate it into my personal page so I can build out an ecosystem in one place?

Thanks in advance.

Find the thing that’s going to move the needle the fastest and focus on that.

Shed the rest

“We know that empires always fall, so we must think about why—and why they seem to always collapse from within.” - Ryan Holiday

There you go @margogontar.bsky.social !!!

I love these so much - as much as someone can love something born out of tragedy 😂

Weekend thought: Creating when the world feels broken isn't denial-it's resistance.

It's saying: "Despite everything, beauty still matters.

Connection still matters. Expression still matters."

That's not naive. That's courage.

What creative act of courage are you working on this weekend?

"Art is the highest form of hope" - Gerhard Richter

This quote has changed how I think about creating during difficult times. When everything feels uncertain, making art becomes an act of faith in the future.

What creative work gives you hope right now?

I can't post as if everything's normal when it doesn't feel that way.

I've been trying to draft the same newsletter for months, scrapping it over and over until I realized: authenticity means acknowledging the struggle.

Sometimes naming the difficulty is the first step toward moving through it.

Boom. Mic drop.

My OG Pocket 4k still works on set all the time!

Have a few friends that work on that show. Some pretty good stories!

Visited many years ago. Such a beauty of a city.

So so dumb

In the words of Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park: “Hold onto your butts”

That pretty much sums up America right now, no?

So true.

I think a lot of outsiders think the area is far more condensed than it actually is. I know I used to.

@wintertone.bsky.social welcome to the “blue side”??

Mission accomplished?

Really hungry for more and authentic engagement here.

Let’s dig in creative people. What are you working on?

It’s still the Gulf Of Mexico by the way

Given the times in the US, I’ve been feeling like telling stories and making pretty pictures is unimportant…

I was so wrong. It’s everything right now. I just had to be reminded.

ART is important. Expression is important. INSPIRATION is important!

I don’t know what any of that is but you’re a real person I know here…so here I am!

Ok trying to find my people here.

#filmmakers #cinematograhers #directors

It’s my daily (just about)