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We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being. Hermann Hesse

 

A few winter days blackened the 10 inches of snow that happened a few days before…

After being mesmerized by The Shape of Water, we slowly made our way out through the storied lobby of The Coolidge taking in the sights and sounds of its well-preserved space. The smell of fresh popcorn punctuated the air, as the excited chatter of film watchers entering the space, added to the unique ambience of the place.

We swung open the etched glass outer door and entered the late afternoon coldness and walked our way down Harvard Street witnessing each storefront presenting its own “theatre” to the outside world.

Leaving any theatre after a good movie sets me in a trance which filters everything I see for a while. And truth be told, I valiantly try to hold onto that mood for as long as possible.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is observed after the fact rather than before. It cannot precede action. It is the chart that remains when an action is through. That is all Plot ever should be. It is human desire let run, running, and reaching a goal. It cannot be mechanical. It can only be dynamic. So, stand aside, forget targets, let the characters, your fingers, body, blood, and heart do.”
― Ray Bradbury