At one point, artists and the alleged tastemakers of society scoffed at the notion of motion pictures.

However, generations of innovative film directors have rendered fools of those early dissenters of cinema. So too will history one day be unkind to those who belittle the artistic merits of my PowerPoint journeys. My slides are arranged with a careful eye to typography and design two well trusted guardians of the Modern Arts. !estof"jacket"final"pr"a"copy !est of McSweeney#s signed $ personali%ed& 'he transitions ( select from the pre)determined palette are individually chosen with consideration for both aesthetics and narrative lubrication. As Alfred Hitchcock once furthered the cinematic transition of the radial wipe, so do ( pioneer with the provocative primacy of the PowerPoint *ire 'ransition. +o two of my PowerPoints are the same. ,hile ( have yet to craft my -iti%en .ane, ( consider the PowerPoint ( gave at the conference in Atlanta last year to be my 'a/i 0river. 'he regional sales meeting in 0enver was my (shtar. And right now (#m e/perimenting with 10 technology to create a visually immersive PowerPoint e/perience that will rival the cinematic wi%ardry of 2ames -ameron#s Avatar. ( don#t use PowerPoint in the same manner as my peers. ( am a PowerPoint iconoclast. A PowerPoint auteur. !reathing the spirit of +ouvelle 3ague into inspired template tweaked slides. ( don#t use PowerPoint to spew hollow facts and meaningless statistics. ( aim to deliver revolutionary corporate poetry into the hearts and minds of marketing vice presidents across this country. ( believe that sometimes a PowerPoint demands five consecutive pages of full bleed abstract images. 2ust to make people feel. 'o get mid)level managers to loosen their ties and take off their name card necklaces. 'oo much logic is the death knell of any PowerPoint pursuit. ,hen (#m faced with a new PowerPoint, ( don#t think about what my manager is e/pecting. ( think about Shakespeare. ( think about that feather at the beginning of *orrest 4ump. ( think about Marlon !rando#s monologue in Apocalypse +ow. ( wonder how Scorsese would judge my section dividers. ( think about how Homer would break the 5dyssey down into slides. (#m trying to figure out how can ( use this ubi6uitous PowerPoint program as a vehicle to build my legend. 'o hone my craft. 'o start the ne/t revolution, not in business, but in art. How can ( use this

oft)overlooked format to get me into the 'ate Modern7 Such is the stuff of my PowerPointing dreams.