on my way back to san francisco from northern nevada... to spend time with my family... there was a snow storm on highway 80... just outside of truckee... cal trans required drivers to install chains... the snow was coming down... just under 30 degrees...
my first impression when the 'chain control' sign was posted was 'oh shit, i don't want to do that...'... but the beauty about the situatiion was that i didn't have a choice if i wanted to get to san francisco... put on the chains or else park your car and watch it snow...
i got out and put my chains on... turned out to be great... the task forced me to go from thinking to doing... a much healthier disposition for a guy who thinks too much already... and while putting on the chains... and feeling the cold against my face.. and my hands starting to go numb... i was awash in physical embodiment... when i was done... and jumped in the car to take off... i felt alive...
i need to be physically engaged with my environment to feel alive... tapping a story's energy is dependent on whether i have tapped my own personal energy... my stories are stale otherwise...
my body's story comes first... the body's aliveness... then i'm excited to get back to the desk and write...
it's a dialectic between the world of motion... the natural world... the body in that world... and the cognizing world... the world of the pen... the world of the computer... this piece of mental before me...
interestingly enough.... independent filmmaking is a physically engaging endeavor... your body has to respond to the natural world.... location scouting... for instance... sometimes you voyage into caves.. basements.... rooftops... you name it.. you go... just to see if the space will work for your scene...
then on set... you make physical-based decisions especially if you are shooting outside... you are dealing with the elements... wind screws up sound... the sun moves... and sometimes... it rains...
i can still remember shooting the rooftop scene in mismo... rachel and jorge... it drizzled the entire shoot... forcing us to deal with issues you wouldn't if it was nice outside... just keeping the lens dry was a test... but heck... we only had the place for one afternoon... either get it done... or it does you...
and that is true of life.. in general... i guess to... either do life... or have it done to you...
so to all the visceral moments in my life... i salute you... for you help me feel the rapture... enough so that i can feel creative...
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