During my six days off at Thanksgiving break this past year, I realized how stressed out I was at the administrative job (I had already given my notice, but it really hit home that I'd made the right decision). One of the things that happened during that time was that I started writing furiously, again. Then I happened to find a competition at a local church called "Poetry Alive Word, Art and Film Festival," so I had a brain wave to make a short film meditation. Mind you, I haven't made anything remotely like a film in a very long time. The Korea Dreambus! project stalled (no pun intended) a few years ago, but maybe after I've proven to myself that I can still make a film, I can get back to that with renewed vision and get 'er done.
Anyway, so the short film meditation is called "Desire of the Everlasting Hills" (or "Desire" for short on my hard drive in which the current rough cut is called "Ruff Ruff Desire"). I've lifted this moniker from the litany of the Sacred Heart, but I've written essentially my own version of the litany. The images are from nature, and the sound effects, too. My good friend and professional filmmaker-guy P.J. shot this on his camera (with me present to boss him around), and he will be fine-tuning my edit and mixing down the sound (because I have no knowledge of anything past putting together a ruff cut.)
After I've entered the film, I will put up the final poem/litany, since it's still transmogrifying itself as I edit. I feel like I've got my groove back, y'all. Praised be Jesus Christ!
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