Moving Forward

I got this lovely e-mail from my professor a few days ago and I'm still smiling about it. It's rare to find people that change the way you perceive the world and I feel so fortunate to have been influenced by quite a few admirable minds in the past four years. So this is me moving forward in hopes that I will turn out to be a more exciting 20 something year old with a little help from friends, family and mentors.

" Dear Independent Studio,

During the last few weeks of class I came across these words, by Michael Ondaatje in ‘The Cat’s Table’, that made me think about you moving on from RSID -

‘There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You find in this way the path of your life….’

I wish you well with what comes next and hope you keep in-touch.

It has been an inspiration and pleasure getting to know the way you look at the world.

-CD "

The Future

Miranda July: The Future on Nowness.com.

My brother sent me this link a while ago and I can't seem to get it off my mind. I'm more than excited to see this movie at some point in life. I'm hoping that it is as liberating as the featured deleted scene.

It's such an interesting idea to think of freedom and what it could mean. Perhaps we'll always feel caged and restless no matter what the circumstance for the path to self-improvement is bumpy, meandering and without end. It's our imperfections that keep us locked up. I think that when we realize that perfection is not tangible we can rummage through our denim pockets and miraculously find the key to freedom:

ACCEPTANCE.