Sunday 21 October 2007

The Mist of Avalon...

This isn't really about Avalon or anything King Arthur-ish, just thought the title painted a really nice visual image. These last few days have been filled with running around, paperwork, filming final shots and then cutting them into my film; which I have to say is coming along really nicely. I think this is the first film I have made that I am actually proud of but whether it pleases the powers that be is a totally different story. Sometimes when you are in school, you somehow lose your "voice" in the work you make. You somehow run the risk of making something to please someone else, thus is the "evils" that affect the arts. And this is always the thing I am always the most afraid of. Some how this has been something that has plagued me all my life and I hope this time, I can really say "This is the film I wanted to make."

In between all this rushing, I've been packing up my life in Brisbane as well. Saying goodbye after almost 3 and a half years is not going to be easy but then, nothing ever is. Especially when it comes to having to change your life again. But I think this is something that I've had too much familiarity with. Changing schools, changing countries; all part and parcel of the life I have chosen for myself.

So now, as I stand once more on the brink of a new tomorrow, I sit down and remember the road that has lead me here and this time, I allow myself to smile knowing I have done what I wanted to do when I started my journey here. Perhaps one day life will lead my past this road I once trod but until then, they will remain quiet memories for another day.

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