Negative Space

February 18th, 2008Blog0 comments

I saw an odd and interesting movie on Friday: The Band’s Visit.

Story: An Egyptian Police Orchestra spends a night in the Israeli equivalent of Los Banos, California. Everyone’s inherent loneliness is exposed. The end.

Seriously though, this movie was quirky and highly entertaining. Lots of really funny moments. Plus it’s interesting to see how people in other countries live, and how much alike people who live in the middle of nowhere are.

Beyond this I spent all weekend working on rewrites on a project. Each day dealt with one section. Tomorrow I’m going to finish this up by going over the entire thing as a whole.

I would do this now, and I’m raring to do it now, but I’ve found that in cases like this I need to wait. Relax, go do something else. Rest my brain. I’m more effective that way.

Gaining perspective, in every meaning that phrase has, is essential to this business. Time away grants such perspective automatically. Even just twelve hours gives you new eyes. And that’s what I always need more of.