Saturday, August 31, 2024



'Going Home  captivates with a vivid blend of poetry, photographs, and illustrations exploring the spectrum of adult disillusionment while celebrating the beauty of family, love and dreams through a reflective and colorful lens."  https://www.newinbooks.com/ 

'Going Home' continues the journey I started in my first poetry collection, 'Something About Going Home' with illustrations by Christina Qualiana. 'Going Home' is a colorful collection of thoughts, poetry, photographs, and illustrations on growing up and learning about family, friendship, love, sex, dreams, fantasies, drugs, war and god.  100% of revenue will be shared with the artists from Pixabay and FreePik who contributed/provided photographs and illustrations. Dennis Jay Gelbaum was the Art Director/Book Designer with Abdul Rehman (@abdulrehman17)

The e-book, paperback and hardcover editions are availabler NOW at amazon.com Order your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDJ7KDLC 
See the book trailer here: https://youtu.be/H96UsuHpIwA


The world is full of natural and artificial wonders that are beautiful and colorful.  Every color people see is actually inside their heads… and the stimulus of color, of course, is light. As light pours down on us from the sun, or from a light source in our home, objects and surfaces absorb some wavelengths of light and reflect others.

Let's face it: being an adult can feel like a bit of a disappointment compared to what we pictured the future would be like when we were kids. The burden of adult responsibilities and the restrictions imposed by our realities can make being a grown-up downright unappealing compared to the freedom we imagined we'd have.


It''s not easy writing a new love song. I'm so excited about 'A Different Kind of Wonderful' The poem is in 'Going Home' and I am presently working with an international award winning music artist/songwriter and musicians to turn this into a pop ballad with a roaring chorus. It's going to be a different kind of wonderful! See the Lyric Video here: 


Dennis Gelbaum is an international award-winning Creative Director, Producer, Director, Copywriter, Author, and Inventor. He has worked at the world's biggest advertising agencies and has founded and managed international multimedia companies. He currently consults on major mergers and acquisitions and venture capital investments in the multimedia space.

Dennis has produced hundreds of interactive and immersive events (concerts, tours, festivals, fairs, new product launches, fashion, auto, sports, political...) in more than 35 countries. He has produced and directed over 200 national commercials winning many awards including the Cannes Lion and has worked with the biggest music artists (and venues) on the planet.  


Other career highlights include inventing the Buddy Lite Illuminated Safety Leash (the top selling pet product at Sharper Image) and publishing a novel, 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt' Dennis was featured in '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading', by Danielle Hampson & Don McCauley. In 1984, Dennis received the Distinguished Alumni Award from American University and established the NAVARAC Scholarship, providing students services and resources to complete multimedia projects.


Dennis has held the position (s) of Chief Executive Officer / Executive Creative Director of ramp it up entertainment; Co- Founder and Co-Managing Partner of WENDEE, a music artist development company; Chief Operating Officer / Chief Marketing Officer at Septien Entertainment Group; Chief Operating Officer / Executive Creative Director of Input Group NA; Creative Director, Producer, Director and Managing Director of Tribe Pictures; Managing Partner/Executive Producer at Beaucoup Chapeaux and Talent Solutions and Chief Operating Officer / Executive Creative Director of Tourdesign (a division of Live Nation). Dennis was also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the NAVARAC Film Group and Film Realite.


"My favorite projects include co-writing/producing a visually stunning commercial for Alize Bleu, creating/selling/producing/directing 'Get Fit With Alyson' - supporting the launch of the Nintendo Wii/Wii Fit, creating a mobile campaign for a jeans company - looking for the "best ass", introducing a cosmetics company by creating a credit card that looked like a mirror - looking for the "most beautiful face", inventing "FaceLift" - a cleansing pad for men, producing a multimedia campaign introducing Jesse Jeans - "they fit so good they oughta be outlawed", writing, producing fundraising films for Worldfund, directing a multimedia campaign for Texas Special Olympics to help erase the 'R 'word, directing a multimedia campaign for Bazooka Bubble Gum, (co-directed the music video that has millions of views) and directing TV commercial campaigns for Black and Decker, Dodge Cars, Firestone, Ford, Jeep, Chrysler, Pepsi, P&G, Mattel, Marvel, Toy Biz, Saban/Power Rangers and hundreds more.  


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' Going Home  captivates with a vivid blend of poetry, photographs, and illustrations exploring the spectrum of adult disillusionment wh...