Contemplations

<p>This book is a collection of transcripts from my international award-winning short films called <em>Contemplations.</em></p><p></p><p>The work was born out of a simple daily practice: writing three pages longhand each morning a discipline suggested in the book <em>The Artist's Way.</em> Over time these pages became a place to capture fragments of thought insight and observation. Some of these ideas found their way into my notes and I would return to them whenever I had a quiet moment often over a cup of coffee or after meditation.</p><p></p><p>When COVID arrived like so many others I suddenly had the time and space to develop these reflections more fully. What began as one short film grew into a creative project that now spans five years with seventeen completed <em>Contemplations</em> and several others quietly waiting in the wings.</p><p></p><p>The intent behind this work has always been to start a conversation both with ourselves and with each other about what we all share as human beings. I had grown weary of the polarization that seemed to define so much of our world and I wanted to remind people that beneath our differences we are far more alike than not. We all live love grieve and die...and through it all the common thread is love.</p><p></p><p>I hope these <em>Contemplations</em> serve as a springboard for your own reflections and journaling and that they inspire you to pause look inward and connect with the deeper rhythm that moves us all.</p>