Robyn L Coburn
@iggyjingles.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Production Designer of indie film and theater.
When not making art, I help creative professionals in entertainment production with resumes, cover letters and job coaching.
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When not making art, I help creative professionals in entertainment production with resumes, cover letters and job coaching.
Www.WorkinProduction.com
Www.iggyjingles.com
Www.DervishDust.com
Sophia Loren on Creativity.
https://link.content360.io/IJList
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December 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sophia Loren on Creativity.
https://link.content360.io/IJList
https://link.content360.io/IJList
Want to win a €1m Picasso? Buy a €100 raffle ticket in painting prize drawThe raffle, raising money for a French Alzheimer’s charity, will be drawn on 14 April
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/want-to-win-a-1m-picasso-buy-a-100-raffle-ticket-in-painting-prize-draw
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/want-to-win-a-1m-picasso-buy-a-100-raffle-ticket-in-painting-prize-draw
Want to win a €1m Picasso? Buy a €100 raffle ticket in painting prize draw
The raffle, raising money for a French Alzheimer’s charity, will be drawn on 14 April
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Want to win a €1m Picasso? Buy a €100 raffle ticket in painting prize drawThe raffle, raising money for a French Alzheimer’s charity, will be drawn on 14 April
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/want-to-win-a-1m-picasso-buy-a-100-raffle-ticket-in-painting-prize-draw
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/27/want-to-win-a-1m-picasso-buy-a-100-raffle-ticket-in-painting-prize-draw
Mexico's Maya Train expansion raises alarm over ecological and archaeological harmAuthorities plan to extend the $28bn rail project and relocate Maya structures
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/mexicos-maya-train-expansion-raises-alarm-over-ecological-and-archaeological-harm
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/mexicos-maya-train-expansion-raises-alarm-over-ecological-and-archaeological-harm
Mexico's Maya Train expansion raises alarm over ecological and archaeological harm
Authorities plan to extend the $28bn rail project and relocate Maya structures
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mexico's Maya Train expansion raises alarm over ecological and archaeological harmAuthorities plan to extend the $28bn rail project and relocate Maya structures
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/mexicos-maya-train-expansion-raises-alarm-over-ecological-and-archaeological-harm
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/26/mexicos-maya-train-expansion-raises-alarm-over-ecological-and-archaeological-harm
Very best wishes for serenity.
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Very best wishes for serenity.
Gratitude is a creativity jumpstart! Looking around with new eyes in search of gratitude, spills over into seeing other things with new eyes. Especially if you make a list, finding gratitude gets the creative brain working and primed. Happy Holidays!
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December 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Gratitude is a creativity jumpstart! Looking around with new eyes in search of gratitude, spills over into seeing other things with new eyes. Especially if you make a list, finding gratitude gets the creative brain working and primed. Happy Holidays!
https://link.content360.io/MermaidLakeList
https://link.content360.io/MermaidLakeList
Puzzled presidents bring festive cheer—Merry Christmas!Lego-style puzzle portraits of Donald Trump and George Washington are part of the White House Christmas decorations
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/25/puzzled-presidents-bring-festive-cheermerry-christmas
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/25/puzzled-presidents-bring-festive-cheermerry-christmas
Puzzled presidents bring festive cheer—Merry Christmas!
Lego-style puzzle portraits of Donald Trump and George Washington are part of the White House Christmas decorations
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December 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Puzzled presidents bring festive cheer—Merry Christmas!Lego-style puzzle portraits of Donald Trump and George Washington are part of the White House Christmas decorations
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/25/puzzled-presidents-bring-festive-cheermerry-christmas
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/25/puzzled-presidents-bring-festive-cheermerry-christmas
Here's a vintage Christmas issue TV Times from 1978 with a nice color spread of THE DAIN CURSE. Apparently CHARADE was also showing that week. Here's an article: https://link.content360.io/wmh9dmh
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Here's a vintage Christmas issue TV Times from 1978 with a nice color spread of THE DAIN CURSE. Apparently CHARADE was also showing that week. Here's an article: https://link.content360.io/wmh9dmh
Here's another offering from my publisher, IFWG Publishing - "Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse" by Lee Murray. She has a prodigious number of awards for her work. https://books2read.com/dawn-zombie-apocalypse
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here's another offering from my publisher, IFWG Publishing - "Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse" by Lee Murray. She has a prodigious number of awards for her work. https://books2read.com/dawn-zombie-apocalypse
Mexico City's giant Modernist mosaics face uncertain futurePublic murals, sculptures and reliefs from the 1950s that adorned an earthquake-damaged building are now in storage
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/mexico-citys-giant-modernist-mosaics-face-uncertain-future
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/mexico-citys-giant-modernist-mosaics-face-uncertain-future
Mexico City's giant Modernist mosaics face uncertain future
Public murals, sculptures and reliefs from the 1950s that adorned an earthquake-damaged building are now in storage
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Mexico City's giant Modernist mosaics face uncertain futurePublic murals, sculptures and reliefs from the 1950s that adorned an earthquake-damaged building are now in storage
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/mexico-citys-giant-modernist-mosaics-face-uncertain-future
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/24/mexico-citys-giant-modernist-mosaics-face-uncertain-future
Grant writing tip of the week: The closer you align your project description to the guidelines, with specifics, the better. I treat the guidelines like a job listing and count words and dissect the sentences to fully grasp the requirements. A word cloud generator helps.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Grant writing tip of the week: The closer you align your project description to the guidelines, with specifics, the better. I treat the guidelines like a job listing and count words and dissect the sentences to fully grasp the requirements. A word cloud generator helps.
"I asked him, “What’s Charade?” He said, “It’s a film with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.” My pants about fell off." ~ Jim Coburn, 2002. Many stories in the book.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"I asked him, “What’s Charade?” He said, “It’s a film with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.” My pants about fell off." ~ Jim Coburn, 2002. Many stories in the book.
www.DervishDust.com
www.DervishDust.com
Try it Tuesday: In thinking about the Emphatic Dramatic Values - read some poetry. Try reading aloud the song lyrics from a favorite band. How are they different without the music?
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Try it Tuesday: In thinking about the Emphatic Dramatic Values - read some poetry. Try reading aloud the song lyrics from a favorite band. How are they different without the music?
A new short article on LinkedIn, about Aristotle's thinking on art from his Poetics. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emphatic-dramatic-values-inspiration-robyn-coburn-rkxac
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A new short article on LinkedIn, about Aristotle's thinking on art from his Poetics. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emphatic-dramatic-values-inspiration-robyn-coburn-rkxac
I've started Stacie Bloomfield's book, "The Artist's Side Hustle". So far so good. But it might take a while because it's very dense with ideas and value.
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've started Stacie Bloomfield's book, "The Artist's Side Hustle". So far so good. But it might take a while because it's very dense with ideas and value.
Late UK artist Sarah Cunningham honoured with Nottingham Contemporary showExhibition next autumn marks return of the artist’s work to the city where she was born
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/late-uk-artist-sarah-cunningham-honoured-with-nottingham-contemporary-show
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/late-uk-artist-sarah-cunningham-honoured-with-nottingham-contemporary-show
Late UK artist Sarah Cunningham honoured with Nottingham Contemporary show
Exhibition next autumn marks return of the artist’s work to the city where she was born
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Late UK artist Sarah Cunningham honoured with Nottingham Contemporary showExhibition next autumn marks return of the artist’s work to the city where she was born
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/late-uk-artist-sarah-cunningham-honoured-with-nottingham-contemporary-show
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/late-uk-artist-sarah-cunningham-honoured-with-nottingham-contemporary-show
A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desertNukus Museum’s vast cache of Russian avant-garde and national folk art is driving cultural tourism
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/a-museum-packed-with-once-banned-art-is-flourishing-in-the-uzbek-desert
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/a-museum-packed-with-once-banned-art-is-flourishing-in-the-uzbek-desert
A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desert
Nukus Museum’s vast cache of Russian avant-garde and national folk art is driving cultural tourism
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desertNukus Museum’s vast cache of Russian avant-garde and national folk art is driving cultural tourism
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/a-museum-packed-with-once-banned-art-is-flourishing-in-the-uzbek-desert
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/22/a-museum-packed-with-once-banned-art-is-flourishing-in-the-uzbek-desert
Comment | Dave the Potter finally becomes a complete artistSpending most of his life in slavery, David Drake was denied the right to benefit from his own creativity and so to be an artist in every sense—until now
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/19/leaders-david-drake-mfa-boston-restitution
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/19/leaders-david-drake-mfa-boston-restitution
Comment | Dave the Potter finally becomes a complete artist
Spending most of his life in slavery, David Drake was denied the right to benefit from his own creativity and so to be an artist in every sense—until now
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Comment | Dave the Potter finally becomes a complete artistSpending most of his life in slavery, David Drake was denied the right to benefit from his own creativity and so to be an artist in every sense—until now
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/19/leaders-david-drake-mfa-boston-restitution
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/19/leaders-david-drake-mfa-boston-restitution
Mermaid Sandcastle Art in Galveston, TX
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December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Mermaid Sandcastle Art in Galveston, TX
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Embrace randomness: Write four kindly encouraging words on a pretty card and mail it to someone totally at random.
https://link.content360.io/IJList
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December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Embrace randomness: Write four kindly encouraging words on a pretty card and mail it to someone totally at random.
https://link.content360.io/IJList
https://link.content360.io/IJList
Updated Creativity Blast on Linked IN. Embrace Randomness.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embrace-randomness-your-arts-practice-robyn-coburn-yxdac
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embrace-randomness-your-arts-practice-robyn-coburn-yxdac
Embrace Randomness in your Arts Practice
Randomness doesnât replace Design - which is an intentional process to solve a specific problem. But it can be a great creativity jumpstarter, and a component of your design process.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Updated Creativity Blast on Linked IN. Embrace Randomness.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embrace-randomness-your-arts-practice-robyn-coburn-yxdac
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embrace-randomness-your-arts-practice-robyn-coburn-yxdac
My favorite books as a kid - I have some books that were my mothers' when she was young. One of them is THE DOMINANT FIFTH by Jessie McAlpine. My copy pretty beaten up after all thee years. An example of the venerable "English Schoolgirl" genre.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My favorite books as a kid - I have some books that were my mothers' when she was young. One of them is THE DOMINANT FIFTH by Jessie McAlpine. My copy pretty beaten up after all thee years. An example of the venerable "English Schoolgirl" genre.
https://link.content360.io/MermaidLakeList
https://link.content360.io/MermaidLakeList
I wish I had a good lead for finding work in production right now, but all I can say is to enjoy the festive season, reach out with love, and be ready to hit the ground running in the New Year.
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I wish I had a good lead for finding work in production right now, but all I can say is to enjoy the festive season, reach out with love, and be ready to hit the ground running in the New Year.
Many people are familiar with the idea of opening a book at random to find an "answer" to a problem. It is really a way of resetting your old thought pattern - the answer actually comes from within, from making mental connections.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Many people are familiar with the idea of opening a book at random to find an "answer" to a problem. It is really a way of resetting your old thought pattern - the answer actually comes from within, from making mental connections.
Film Jobs - The AD Department - the organizational lynchpin of the entire production process. It is the AD department that ensures anything actually gets shot.
https://workinproduction.com/2021/05/18/film-jobs-the-ad-department/
https://workinproduction.com/2021/05/18/film-jobs-the-ad-department/
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Film Jobs - The AD Department - the organizational lynchpin of the entire production process. It is the AD department that ensures anything actually gets shot.
https://workinproduction.com/2021/05/18/film-jobs-the-ad-department/
https://workinproduction.com/2021/05/18/film-jobs-the-ad-department/