Answered Prayers: The Lamb
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While that is a simple answer, the truth is not that simple. The process of creating our feature film projects with these amazing, beautiful souls is both a joy and curse, as there are so many conflicting emotions, needs, hopes, desires and expectations attached to the process. Also, my process—while creative—is chaotic at best. In fact, my team is often surprised to see the final result, even after experiencing the battle it's taken to get there. However, no one is more surprised that myself, since I am often overcome with fear, upset and self-doubt. I find that, more and more, it is this fear and doubt that creates the chaos that often rules our life's work, love, and being. Oddly—or maybe it's the universe's idea of a cruel joke—from this chaos, great things can happen. From breakdowns come breakthroughs. And to that degree this is a necessary evil in my creative process, the theme of Answered Prayers and the inspiration for The Lamb. That said, there has been no greater joy and blessing than having the ability to work with a group of amazing performers who allow me the opportunity to both understand and know them in an effort to create their performances. They give me the gift of trust, and it is that trust I am so truly grateful for, because without them, how I work would not be possible. Please shower them with praise, because for many performers, positive energy and authentic praise is worth more than a bit of silver (And don't we all feel a bit better when saying a kind word rather than a jab). More than ever, I'd like to thank my collaborators in Love and Life, RJ & Benny, for suffering the worst of my chaos, but still loving at the times when I'm blind to that light. And Cilantro Che Guevara—our video editor, the translator of chaos, a champion, and my hero! Thank you for always finding the best in each performance and every clip. Your dedicated effort is appreciated well beyond our editing bay.
While that is a simple answer, the truth is not that simple. The process of creating our feature film projects with these amazing, beautiful souls is both a joy and curse, as there are so many conflicting emotions, needs, hopes, desires and expectations attached to the process. Also, my process—while creative—is chaotic at best. In fact, my team is often surprised to see the final result, even after experiencing the battle it's taken to get there. However, no one is more surprised that myself, since I am often overcome with fear, upset and self-doubt. I find that, more and more, it is this fear and doubt that creates the chaos that often rules our life's work, love, and being. Oddly—or maybe it's the universe's idea of a cruel joke—from this chaos, great things can happen. From breakdowns come breakthroughs. And to that degree this is a necessary evil in my creative process, the theme of Answered Prayers and the inspiration for The Lamb. That said, there has been no greater joy and blessing than having the ability to work with a group of amazing performers who allow me the opportunity to both understand and know them in an effort to create their performances. They give me the gift of trust, and it is that trust I am so truly grateful for, because without them, how I work would not be possible. Please shower them with praise, because for many performers, positive energy and authentic praise is worth more than a bit of silver (And don't we all feel a bit better when saying a kind word rather than a jab). More than ever, I'd like to thank my collaborators in Love and Life, RJ & Benny, for suffering the worst of my chaos, but still loving at the times when I'm blind to that light. And Cilantro Che Guevara—our video editor, the translator of chaos, a champion, and my hero! Thank you for always finding the best in each performance and every clip. Your dedicated effort is appreciated well beyond our editing bay.
Added: 2020-07-03 • Views: 23 • Duration: 35:08
