This world needs more rich people in it. This world needs more patron of the arts who have money to fund moviemakers' dreams so that worker bees like me have a payoff to look forward to. Pre-pro screenwriters can have amazing dreams and projects, but with out the right pollinator those flowers never bloom, those seeds never get the chance to grow and see what they can become.
And that's the crux of this week's main post: dreamtime pollinators and the dire need for them.
Unlike some dipshits out there I NEVER begrudge rich people. Why? Because rich people make the world go round. I've worked with alot of people in my 45+ years (I'll be 46 in June), and so many of them are down on rich people. They think "the man" is bad, that somehow they're being unfailrly deprived because someone out there has it better than them. From my way of thinking these people are complete idiots who have a very selfish and unmatured view of the world. Rich people are the ones who give poor people like me the jobs that they have, which support themselves. Basically rich people drive the economy and provide the structure for the rest of society. And for that, I am grateful.
Why bring this up? Well-p, because as a pre-pro/undiscovered screenwriter I dream of one day finding my pollenator who can make the projects I've penned come alive. All those scripts I've writter are seeds. Yep, I'm sitting on matchbox filled with seeds. Seeds which I hope someday get planted, and grow and mature into movies that can be seen by the rest of America and beyond.
But what it takes is vision, I can...
But if there is no reciprication on the other side, nothing's going to happen with the seed ideas for the movies I've created.
Which brings me back to MY need for a pollenator. That's right. Ol' E.C. is getting any younger. 46 on June 10th--so don't be lax and procrastinate with that upcoming b-day shopping. Anyway, E.C. Henry needs some help to launch his dreams and entertain America and greater world abroad.
I would LA-OVE to hook-up with a pollenator like Peter Jackson. O yeah, me and Petey boy could do some cool things--if he were ever so moved. Lately I've set my sights on a pollenator who's easy on the eyes. That being Taylor Swift. I've got TONS of seeds that in her exquisite hands could turn into beautiful works of art. Of cource for that day to ever come she'd hafta show a desire and willingness to star in some feature films. BUT I totally think she could pull that off IF she ever set her mind to that. And who knows maybe even that file I've got burried with all those dance moves for thd Diamond Mine: that Christian dance ministry dream I had; could find a use of some sort in the budding career of the music diva that is Taylor Swift.
Is my heart ready to be pollenated? Naw, dude I'm content living in utter obscurity, having no friends, no social life, no girlfiends, no prospect and no onbe but my immediate family who really isn't into story creation and the world that can be with power of good imagination. And drag my sorry heart around like this all the time...
And press on. Hoping against all hope that someday I'll find my pollenato, all-the-while having to cope with a heart that's as empty as Sahara Desert. But that's the trade-off right? Isolate yourself to create great imaginative things for a great payoff later in life... It's WAAAY beter and WAAAY beter to do this journey with friends. Sure their are times as a writer you hafta get alone to "hear the voices" and feel your work come alive, but prolonged states in near complete isolation is not good for man, and with a woman more obvious and inhertant need to be social, I don't know how they can pull that off. Anyway what I'm getting at is I TOTALLY want to break ouf this, and become a more fully-realized person, and experience the benefiut of social interaction with people who are into the same things I am.
Where I go to church CONTSTANTLY talks about the benefit of being in a "life-group", but what they almoast ALWAYS leave out is commonality. Dude, I'm 45 and single, and at least 80% of the church members are MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. I WANT to be part of the process making feature films. See any differences there?!
But what good does it do to complain? And so I press on, empty heart and all. Wanna know why I get drunk more than I should? It's because at some point regaurdless of who disciplined you intend to be you need to relax. Maybe I need a beter release. Yeah, maybe I should turn to execrise. Take my angst and shit that's not going right and try to reapply it make it work in a positive way. Get more flexable. Get stronger. Start practicing my dancing and screwing off so that IF I can ever connect with Taylor Swift or somone who's willing to plant the seed and see what becomes of "Chimpy" I'm in postion to play, and not just be a screenwriter who turns in a draft. "Give It Up for Chimpy" has a zanny side to it. A zanny side with dancing involved! Yeah, maybe I could help Taylor and the rest of the gang to help bring Chimpy to life? Or maybe I could infuse and bless her with some of the dance moves I put down YEARS ago for that Diamond Mine ministry/outreach that was unpollinated, thus is still at the seed level. Maybe even become part of Taylor's enterage.
See with a lot of girls. Where are the guys? It's not boys vs. girls, Taylor. Just think of fun dynamic you could have in the mix IF you brought in some guys to pall around with you and your friends. Doesn't even have to be me girl, though I think I 'd be a great wild-card addition to your posse. And THAT would certainly bring a little joy into my Sahara desert of a heart.
So in closing, dreamtime pollinators needed. If interested checkout my "Script Loglines" sidebar and shoot me a responce e-mail. In the mean time I press on. I dream on. I write on.
- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA
P.S. Sorry for not posting on Sunday. Watched a whole bunch of 2014 movies that were multiple Oscar contenders this last weekend: "Whiplash", "Nightcrawler" and "Foxcatcher". "Whiplash" was pretty good (7 stars out of 10), "Nightcrawler" was good (6 stars), but "Foxcatcher" was downright AWEFUL, (2 stars).
P.S.S. Did go to jury duty today. Spent seven hours at the courthouse, only real action was roll call was taken like 6 times. Then at the end of the whole I was given a number to call. Our legal system is a JOKE, just ridiculous. Now I've been atleast partially on the inside and can attest the infastructure and ways by which things are done is CRAP. Can't talk about the case, but the system... TOTAL different story. If you're ever asked to do jury duty, run away. The only positive to the whole day was I did take some of my novel chapters and was able to get in some good work with the reverse beat sheet, some character work, and coming up with some solutions for problem in some story logic.
P.S.S. Also started work on a song I want to give to Taylor Swift someday. I just want her to succeed and take some of the burden off her shoulders for coming up with new material. Even if she rejects me, I don't reject her, and will always be pulling for her success. She's just a bright star with a bright future. The song I have in mind is playful, upbeat, and would make a good compliment to "Shake It Off." Because with her its all...
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