Back in 2013, not long after I moved into my Under the Appalachian Sun house, Robin Melanie Leacock contacted me to see if I would help get her film about her mother – Stella is 95! – on the air on PBS stations around the country.
Now THAT is perhaps one of the best, if not THE best storyboard life you have written, or at least among all that I have read, appreciated and enjoyed. Not sure why unless it's the universal appeal of mothers and mothering. I have suggested before that some of your stories would make a good movie and this one qualifies, IMNSHO. Imagine the scenes, the characters and the conversations.
This was one of the harder ones for me — what do I say, what do I not say. In the end, it was cathartic as I had a few little epiphanies while writing and re-writing it, and mulling it over. I’m not sure where the epiphanies came from, but I’m happy they did. I feel more at peace having gotten this out of me.
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Some of our most difficult challenges are also among the most rewarding. Here’s some info from Wiki “Epiphanies can come in many different forms, and are often generated by a complex combination of experience, memory, knowledge, predisposition and context. A contemporary example of an epiphany in education might involve the process by which a student arrives at some form of new insight or clarifying thought. Despite this popular image, epiphany is the result of significant work on the part of the discoverer, and is only the satisfying result of a long process.The surprising and fulfilling feeling of epiphany is so surprising because one cannot predict when one's labor will bear fruit, and our subconscious can play a significant part in delivering the solution; and is fulfilling because it is a reward for a long period of effort.”
Now THAT is perhaps one of the best, if not THE best storyboard life you have written, or at least among all that I have read, appreciated and enjoyed. Not sure why unless it's the universal appeal of mothers and mothering. I have suggested before that some of your stories would make a good movie and this one qualifies, IMNSHO. Imagine the scenes, the characters and the conversations.
Thank you so much, Gary ❤️
This was one of the harder ones for me — what do I say, what do I not say. In the end, it was cathartic as I had a few little epiphanies while writing and re-writing it, and mulling it over. I’m not sure where the epiphanies came from, but I’m happy they did. I feel more at peace having gotten this out of me.
I love your feedback, it means a great deal to me!
Some of our most difficult challenges are also among the most rewarding. Here’s some info from Wiki “Epiphanies can come in many different forms, and are often generated by a complex combination of experience, memory, knowledge, predisposition and context. A contemporary example of an epiphany in education might involve the process by which a student arrives at some form of new insight or clarifying thought. Despite this popular image, epiphany is the result of significant work on the part of the discoverer, and is only the satisfying result of a long process.The surprising and fulfilling feeling of epiphany is so surprising because one cannot predict when one's labor will bear fruit, and our subconscious can play a significant part in delivering the solution; and is fulfilling because it is a reward for a long period of effort.”