I. Today marks the day Anthony Chen wins the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. I am thrilled and bursting with pride this morning. It's not as if I know him, or that I've watched his films before - but winning this gem says a lot about this homegrown director right here: I am proud, because I know he is proud of his country and it resonates in his work! Eek!
It is in the way good filmmaking weaves the most unlikeliest of circumstances to not only address issues that burn and call out for our attention/awareness - but to also remember that at the end of the day, many things boil down to human relationships. That (in reference to Anthony Chen's Ilo Ilo) those who are deemed 'insignificant' and the 'lowest' of social classes have the ability to affect and to even craft our world. That we are all the same and we are connected in so many different ways, even if it seems impossible. And Chen saw that. Many directors and producers see that.
It is, in this way, that makes artists, storytellers, directors and everyone who is obsessed with creating to constantly work towards precision - in both representing and reenacting eras, times and scenarios with a sensitivity that longs to provoke, catalyse and even heal.
II. Storytelling is such an art, and I am still intimidated by it till today. It hasn't been made easier - even though I have supposedly spent two and a half years learning what makes a good story. I am so thankful for internship, because it put me in the centre of learning how to not only write, but how to save. It showed me that I am capable of many skills that others have said I'm not equipped with - heh heh. I still subconsciously nod my head as I remember Boss reminding the production team that the story arc and structure must always remain. Instead of bickering about how the story should flow, I guess the team forgot that it was essentially storytelling that would make the episode work.
III. All this ideating and working with you has helped me to grow closer to you. (Also, I am basically a bum around you.) It makes me see you in a different light and to know that you are so accepting. You are more accepting than half the people I know. I don't see any 'glory' in being the villain and we both know that we are all capable of what they do - and "that's okay." You make working hard look so sexy. Meow. *blush*
IV. Tonight is the first project meeting that my theatrepots and I will be having and hopefully, working on before I fly off. My mind is working like mad and I'm starting to notice I'm getting the crazy eyes. I am so nervous about this, I don't even know why.
V. I end this post with the reminder of the fact that God knew Royal Holloway would be the place for me. It didn't feel right with Kingston, and it has come to my attention that prestige is a factor when it comes to the quality of what I'll be studying, learning and majoring in. To continue doing both Drama and Creative Writing is such an honour. To know that the school has selected incredible books for our textbooks makes me so psyched, that if you looked at me right now, I'd actually take on the physical shape of a lightning bolt. Like, a literal zig zag. MY MIND IS SO ABSORBENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS EXCITED TO LEARN IN A VERY LONG TIME. Sorry for shouting, but I want to delve DEEP, I want to take that PLUNGE, I want to IMMERSE myself in LITERARY GOODNESS. I am so happy to be human, to be taken care of by You.
It is so apt and so satisfying to be at the centre of Your will. I love You Lord. {^_^}
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