A Project Idea

I am very excited for my first project - the maple syrup party at Leslie and Colin's River Bend Alpaca Farm in Merrickville at the end of the month.

Personal Homework

Last night while doing some personal homework and research, my gut tingled when my mind lit upon the following thought: my personal "stamp" in storytelling is that of spotlighting interesting people. I'm going to make films, and write stories of people doing interesting things. The closest type of docs that I can think of are some of the docs of Errol Morris and Verner Herzog. Or, the book "The Orchid Thief" by Sudan Orlean. Like her, I want to pump my stories with my femine spirit. No one's ever seen documentaries like the ones that I am going to make. And if they don't sell, who gives a shit. I have a day job.

Creativity, Comedy and Womankind

Creativity is the most valuable currency of humankind. Without it, we are doomed. When humans first evolved on the earth there were so few of us and so many resources. As we learned and our brains grew we became adept at harnessing the natural world for our gain and growth. You could see humankind as a plague, the way we have ravished this once-healthy planet. We are now (and have been for some years) at the brink of a precipice. What will save us? The very ingenuity that got us here! And though the task seems daunting, we can always turn back to ourselves for new ways to humour ourselves, new ways to build comraderie, and endlessly brilliant new ideas.

Comedy is a pleasant form of truth. We look at ourselves in the mirror and we shake our heads - "how did we get here?" If we can laugh, we are open to learning, to evolving, to growing and changing and if not continuing on the same path, recognizing that there are others to follow.

Womankind does not forget the importance of the sensual. Touch, sound, taste. Silence, temperature, vibration. The subtle essences of life that often elude men, we women live and breathe. Like ferns and orchids and plakton, we feed oxygen back into the atmosphere. Men and children luxuriate in the blessings of womankind.

Today, let's celebrate CREATIVITY, COMEDY AND WOMANKIND! Three precious human traits of our shared experience.

Taking the Time to Quote Good Ole Mac

"During this time it may dawn on us that although we live in an abundant and peaceful society (Canada) and have more than we can ask for, we still are discontent and restless. What is happening is that our senses are satiated and we have become jaded, misguided and totally separated from who we truly are and what our true spirits are capable of. No amount of money, fame, sex or power can remedy this ailment of the soul. No need to worry about alien invasions since in reality we are the aliens from a far away place. Deep within ourselves we know it and our souls long for that profound connection to the universe.
We see our leaders and celebrities falling apart and we conclude that money fame and power allow no release and no peace of mind at all. This is what is changing in our consciousness. If we want love and peace then we must reach inside to get it. Nowhere else can it be found. When we let go of the material acquisition game and seek peace within and find it, an abundance of love begins to flow. "