Meet The Filmmaker: A Fascinating Documentary On David Hoffman!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Some of my subscribers have asked me to talk about my own history, and about creativity, and how they can use their creativity more successfully. I hope this video is of interest to my subscribers and helps viewers to get over whatever humps are holding back their self expression.
This was made by a documentary filmmaker who made this for PBS it was called The Creative Person and it explored creativity.
This video shows me and some of my collections. I use my collections to help me create ideas. And I do, I admit, love collecting. I think that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who love collecting those who hate it. My wife can't stand the clutter. I love the clutter, obviously shown in this video.
Thinking creatively involves stepping outside your conventional thought patterns and exploring new ideas and possibilities.
Some Techniques for Enhancing Creativity
Freewriting: Set a timer for 10-15 minutes and write continuously about a topic without worrying about grammar or coherence.
Mind Mapping: Start with a central idea and draw branches to related concepts, allowing for free association and visual connections.
Role-Playing: Imagine yourself in different roles or viewpoints. How would someone else approach the problem, issue, opportunity?
Reverse Thinking: Instead of thinking about how to solve a problem, consider how you could cause the problem.
Change Your Environment: Work in different locations or rearrange your workspace to stimulate new thoughts.
Incorporate Routine Breaks: Regular breaks and walks will refresh your mind and lead to creative insights.
Random Word Association: Pick random words from a dictionary and try to connect them to your problem or project.
Brainstorm with Others: Collaborating with people from different backgrounds introduces diverse perspectives and ideas.
Currently I have had a stroke, and I continue to solicit support for my creations on RUclips. Please support me at: patreon.com/allinaday and ko-fi.com/alli...
As a student filmmaker--thank you so much David for proving that it's possible to capture history in the making!
Thanks for sharing the best stuff in your life. I can see the kid in you that still exists.
Could listen to your stories from this Special Room day after day after day. Endless priceless stories of endless priceless lives.
Thank you for sharing your story and your collection with us. ❤
David no matter how many times I have watch this I never get tired of seeing it. I love the way you look at something and see sentimental value rather them monetary value regardless of condition it's in. Thanks for inviting us into your keepsake room David. 😊🧡✌
What an amazing perspective you have.
Been subscribed to you since you arrived on RUclips Mr Hoffman, never heard an unoptamistic opinion or dreary outlook towards anyone or anything.. You have inspired me to do better. To be better.. Thank You,
Thank you, that means a lot.
I feel the same way! Thank you David
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Love your lifelong contributions!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I would love to see the world through your eyes. Actually I mean ❤
You got what you got and make what you can out of what you got and sometimes that’s the way to go.
Thanks for the quote David!
….this was great David ! Touchstones and talismans…i share your spirit of collecting…i have a room, now impossible to enter, called “the swamp”, which has followed me from city to city, full of the ephemera of my life, which for several decades now i have not had the room to put out on shelves and walls and tables…🇨🇦
I'm glad you relate to the spirit of collecting.
The awards you have received are mind blowing but then when you talk to us or show us a video, we know just why you received them. You've been curious, a collector and an inspiration to thousands. Like you, I love old photos and postcards-- they speak volumes if only you observe. The Tuck postcards are the top to me. You appreciate things of the past-- material and nonmaterial and for that I applaud you. Sentiment is real and wonderful. I am as well as things that belonged to my family members are very special to me. Your dad would be so proud.❤
I Love watching this! Thanks David! It's also is a great video to have around, especially when I want to show people who you are❤✌
@JWF99... Afternoon/evening Jim I too enjoy when David open up his vault of mementos. It's been raining all day here so keeping myself indoor today. hope you are keeping warm my friend. 😊🧡✌
@drewpall2598 Hello Drew!🖑 Hope you're doing good today my friend! It's 6:30pm (evening here)👍 our temps have finally been coming up over in the east,🌡😁 though it's been a light rain here also all day in the Ohio River Valley, was almost 🌡60° today, and most of our last storm's snow leftover on the ground has pretty much melted away, it's almost all gone, (at least it's to the edges of my driveway!) Thankfully!!😁❄👍 And all that's left of the grandkids' snowman is just a lil nub⛄out in my front yard!😂❄⛄ It's only the size of a basketball now! Lol😂⛄❄🏀😂😂☮✌
@@JWF99 As the story goes Frosty will return next year. ⛄😃It been in the high 30's and low 40's here, with rain. until next time my friend take care Jim 😊
@@drewpall2598 Likewise Drew☮✌
Really enjoyed the documentary on you David. Your awards and documentaries will be your great legacy. It was a shame about the fire, but it seems like you lost those things, but you gain the time with your sons when you started working from home after that I guess it’s all a trade-off. I have a neighbor who’s a collector like you and I told her she’d have to live three lifetimes in order to get done what she wanted to do.😅
This is Great, David 😊 Personal, Priceless thoughts & memories - what an Incredible Gift. Thanks for sharing with us 👍
Now I know the end of the debate. Should a photographer center the subject? Definitely!
Great video. I feel good inside after watching you work.
I read through your description of this video and the tips you give on how to get started thinking creatively about a topic or just to write. I had teachers in school that used all of your suggestions. I missed those days of learning. We had such fun coming up with different ways of thinking creatively.
Of course, over the years, I've forgotten some of those techniques, until I read your description.
After a childhood of abuse of blunt force trauma to my head, I've been in physical therapy for speech to relearn how to communicate both written and orally.
I'm thrilled you posted these techniques, which I could certainly use now.
Your life is fascinating. I love seeing your process of documenting, writing and reporting.
I love hearing your stories about your collections and your life. I feel like you are talking to me, not like its a video, but like I'm there with you. Thank you.
*You did say something very interesting in this video that applies today,
"If you think about your own life, and the tragedies, and turn them into positive things there are very great moments for creative results"
They are YOUR words of wisdom to live by.
Oh thank you for sharing your experience with us. Priceless memories too ❤
Thank you for sharing this, David. You are an ageless man with the curiosity and excitement of youth...so beautiful. You will overcome any limitation you experience at present. And in that future time where God dwells, you will understand His purpose for all of this journey on earth. Never forget that God loves you!
I can't wait to see this film on David Hoffman!! He really let us look inside the industry by this channel I think it's great. I admire him for that.
I had a scrapbook of postcards, too. I was a poor kid. I'd say, it was a favorite toy. We could not have a puppy or even a stuffed one,, so I saved pics of puppies. My mantra is: that was then, this is now. In life, ive made millions and lost it all. That was then, and this is now. I finally know exactly where is my alcoholic, cheating, gambling husband. He's under the brass plate proved by the Marine Corps. This is now. And I'm happy. There are no pictures of me. I wonder what that means.
I hope you got to have a pet after you grew up. 😻💛🐶
Isn't it sad how short their lives are? I expect to see them all some day.
This comment is intense! Thank you for sharing.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this video, David. Reminds me of myself and the things I keep and why I keep them, even when most people just say “throw it out!” “You don’t need it!” I love the feelings my “things” invoke as well as the memories they give. I could spend days in your special room, just appreciating each and every single thing. How cool! I love this! It’s even better than I imagined it was, when you have talked about your collection. 😊
Every one of these things is beautiful in its own way. I think you have a great love of beauty. It may not be the greatest love of all, but its pretty darn close. Its your father in you--thr artist's love of beauty.
You earned those awards through your excellence. The most informative for me and which caused me to subcribe was on the Appalachian people. Loved it.
An absolutely amazing life lived
#PreciousMemories
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Some of those postcards are just delightful images ☺️. I always feel privileged when people share their collections. Yours is a particularly varied and lovely one. Thank you for your contributions Mr. Hoffman ✨
@MGMG-lc2fe... I could spend hours on end looking David collection, I hope your day is going well MG. 😊🧡✌
@drewpall2598 I agree, and he is very gracious to open his doors and let us all take a peek at his treasures. It has been going well, I hope the same is true for you Mr. Drew 💖🌞✨
@@MGMG-lc2fe Keeping myself busy indoor and out of the rain. thanks MG 😊💛✌
@drewpall2598 is it a nice rain at least? One enjoyable to relax and listen to? ✨
@@MGMG-lc2fe No thunder, lightning or flooding so you could call it a nice raining day. 😊🧡✌
Wow...what a lovely life with purpose. Enjoy your incredible memories. Thank you so much for sharing. What was your favorite film? Please share...❤
This is awesome. Thank you so much for your work, especially with PBS, I learned so much from those channels and the programs mentioned, still do! Truly working for the betterment of all of us❤
This is wonderful, and I totally get the pencil toppers and kitsch too! It’s treasure! The real kind. ❤
How I would LOVE a chance to peruse your room of photos and other collections!!!!
Very charming💙
The walls are covered, floor to ceiling, but I’d love to have you over!
Get well sweet David!!❤🙏
Sir, you never cease to amaze me.
I'm not one to watch videos over 10 to 15 min long. It's probably an attention span thing. Since your stroke, I've tried to watch more, and then this popped up this afternoon. This was the time to get to know you better. And, what better video to watch than a documentary by a film documentorist (if that's a word. Lol).
It's seems, no matter what the cause of loss of a lifetime of saving, collecting, and remembering, the loss is painful. Like you, I find joy in what I have left, but the importance of things is far less to me than it was. After all, we can't take it with us. Yes, leaving it for our loved ones can be important to me, but for me, it wasn't all the loss of physical things, I also lost a family. No one to leave anything to. Since I discovered I was an artist, I've many things I'll leave behind, both with those who've purchased my art or those things that I've given to others. I guess I can say that now and then I still pick up things that intrigue me, but only for my time on earth. It's refreshing to know that you've shared this video. It makes me feel a brotherhood with you, even though we may never meet. But, I do know I'm not the only one to feel the way I do. In so many ways, we are NOT alone. 😊
My wishes and hopes are still in effect for your improving health.
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a lot of this stuff is really impressive, but I am scratching my head over the little tacky things like the pencil tops
It's the American-ness, I get it!
Didn't realize he was in the bay area.
👍 ☆☆☆☆☆
Who else would love to see those pre-presidential Regan interviews? 🤔
*also go watch “Iz” Israel’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” 🌈 He was an amazing singer.
Please get in touch with the American Visionary Art Museum In Baltimore, Maryland… You are a most exquisite exemplar of an “American Visionary.”
(& your optimism is infectious!)
I would love you to do that for me
Everyone should collect something and have a passion for it instead of just staring at an iPhone.
Santa Cruz California I love you
one thing that ive come to admire about you is your absolute stubborn practical optimism. i mean, yeah what could a family man of 2 sons have done in such a moment? sit on the pavement and cry and end your life because "my lifes work is gone up in flames"? true, no use in that. but still, even now with your health sh*tuation....i think youre a big fool, david. and this i mean in the most positive way, its really kinda admirable. it IS a better way to live ones life surely to just go with the blows and say "OK, whats next from here" not pondering long on any consequences.
Absolutely!