Bendy With Obstacles
Trying to sort out a bunch of thoughts today, nothing is coming clear to the forefront. There are the fires in Hawaii, which are so horrible. Then a deal with Iran is a bright spot in our relations with that country. Jack Smith has asked that January 2nd be the date for the Trump election subversion trial. That is hopeful if it can be done then.
Since I am confused as to what to write about, you get a cartoon.
Sometimes I go into my vast store of drawings and randomly pull out one to show you that remarkable ends up being about what I am thinking… speaks to what is going on in my mind. This one above is one such example, sort of. I am at a crossroads with my documentary and another project, and last night I was listening to a clip of a couple of directors chatting, among them Greta Gerwig and Antonio Banderas, and they said something that I found so helpful. One of them said that “obstacles often provide the clarity to help you see the correct path.”
Projects can be bendy and have obstacles.
I was invited to speak at Medium Day on Saturday this week. Stop by if you want to ask me a question and hear my talk. Here is the link. My talk is a half hour at 10am EST. There are a lot of interesting speakers. When you register, you have access to the whole day, and its all free!
Happy Thursday!
It’s January, 2001 and I’m in a snowy parking lot in Blaine, MN walking to my rental car after giving a workshop to the USA Cup folks on how to publish photos and scores in real time to youth soccer tournament websites with a man named Said who taught me how to say “Iran” properly and ever since that conversation, I’ve wanted to visit Tehran and hang with him and his friends, maybe kick a soccer ball around a little. Whenever Iran comes up in the news, I’m in that parking lot and my head says “Iran” properly. I hope both America and Iran gets their sh*t together soon because I really want to see Tehran before I shuffle off this mortal coil...
We can all relate to that cartoon I think. What’s great are those moments of clarity when we take an unexpected turn.