Tonight, first things first : Elizabeth, I saw your post on FB Stories, and I've gotta give you a High Five after seeing Solomon's video clip of "Elemental" playing on the StandardVision screen in DTLA.
That is totally awesome, SB. It rocks, and I am super happy for you!
Once again, just take a minute to reflect upon the time that has passed since "Autre Temps" in 2012, and the chain of events, direct and indirect, that have led to your own film being shown to the public at large on a gigantic screen on the side of a high rise hotel in Los Angeles.
You certainly have done all the work that led to it, and all of the studying at art school, and beside that, you just plain have a ton of talent, both creatively and technically.
But what I want you to think about is the intangible ingredient we have long talked about : Intent.
Remember how I used to say that Life Is Magic? There was always a reason I said that. It was never said as just some feel-good phrase. I always meant it in the very real sense that you can envision and then design and project your own life into the world, if you believe you can.
That is Intent, and it is very, very powerful. Intent is between you and God, and it is a connection that must be maintained at all times. It doesn't have to be religious, but it must be spiritual, and it must be projected, quietly, but with great and wholesome desire.
It is about carrying the Quiet Confidence within yourself that I used to talk about. It is about knowing your own spirit.
I could go on, but you know what I am talking about.
As an aside, I am reading this very technical book "Energy From The Vacuum", in which is described the processes that bring about an effect called "broken symmetry" in the electromagnetic intake in any electrical system. Broken symmetry happens when an organised, mechanical system (like any man made machine), starts to pull in more of one charge than another. This happens because of the mechanical action of machines, because of spin and torsion, and the extra charges come from the "vacuum" of localised space. A small hole is torn open, and extra electrons come through.
I mention this because the mind is, in part, an electrical circuit, and an incredibly complex one. Even the most powerful computers can't do a fraction of what the mind can do.
And then, even beside the Mind, there is the Spirit. The Spirit is, in the case of Intent, the go-between.
The Mind projects and the Spirit delivers the projection.
Perhaps electrons are involved, and a transfer through the so-called "vacuum" of space. I feel that there is a physical process involved, though it is light; ethereal.
But it is very real, and you are now seeing it for yourself, with the reality of your film being shown here.
So again, a big High Five, and I will go see it for myself, hopefully in August. I was glad to see that it plays during daylight hours, cause I was worried it would only be at night, when it would be hard for me to go. So hooray for day! And thanks to Solomon for making the video clip.
Big success in the future for all of you guys, Aaron too. ////
I did watch a movie tonight, a Western I had never before heard of called "Along Came Jones" (1945), starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young, with crusty old William Demarest riding shotgun for comic relief. According to the restoration company (ClassicFlix, never heard of 'em before), the existing celluloid elements, the original negative or remaining prints or whatever, were in such poor condition that a 4K restoration was in order, and whatever they did, it looked great.
The main thing for me was that the movie was shot in black and white, and at Iverson Ranch, which was where Rocky Peak trail is now, and Garden Of The Gods, and all of the area that is just half a mile north of Santa Susana. Iverson Ranch was a huge Western movie lot, and for this movie Gary Cooper - who also produced - paid for an Old West Town to be built, and the town was used in many productions thereafter.
As the movie began, I just knew "they've gotta be out there near Santa Su". :)
The plot is based on mistaken identity. Gary Cooper has the same initials as Dan Duryea, a killer who just robbed a Wells Fargo stage. Cooper has his monogram stamped onto his horse saddle ("M.J."), and so everybody in the small town he enters into assumes he is Duryea, who is on Wanted posters that are posted all over the joint. Enter the beautiful Loretta Young, who has reason to promote the deception of Cooper as the Wanted Man. She is Duryea's girlfriend, and wants to help him escape.
Except that this is a romantic Western, and Dan Duryea always played crazy remorseless bad guys, whereas Gary Cooper - though taciturn - parlayed that "Aww Shucks" persona to great success, which made him appealing to women while retaining his stoicism that appealed to men.
So, as the movie plays out, and as you enjoy the restoration of the b&w photography of the Iverson Ranch sets and the awesome sandstone rocks, you can kind of anticipate what is going to eventually happen between Cooper and Young, though a lot of turmoil will take place in the meantime.
I love it when I find a Western that I haven't seen, but to have it be one that I had never heard of was a bonus, and then to discover that it was filmed at Iverson Ranch and presented on dvd in an excellent restoration was supremely cool as well.
That is all for tonight. See you in the morning. xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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