When the stars are within reach, suddenly things feel a little hot.

It's been a good week. On a closer to home front, I sat down with a composer to work on my piece "One of Them." We've worked out a few ideas on how to hint toward a Van Morrisson sound. I'm really excited. Whether the faculty appreciate it or not, I'm at peace with how hard I've worked and how strong I feel about this piece. This feels like the movies I want to make and I needed to make this movie right now and get it out of my system.

The second thing is several e-mails and phone calls have moved the documentary I'm shooting this summer closer and closer to the full vision I had intended for it. I've spent the last year working toward accepting it being something smaller and more intimate. Now, I've got to keep those ideas in mind as it gets more and more attention from bigger and bigger people.

rock on,
j.brown