Unsatisfied

“Love seeks with fury, through the medium of the
beloved, something beyond, and since it finds it not, it
despairs.”

Miguel de Unamuno

Failed to summit

Annie and I failed to summit Mt. Everest yesterday. The first trip to the mall with Silvi. We thought we were prepared. We had all the gear: Diapers? Check. Wipes? Check. Little hat? Check. Emergency flask of Jack Daniels for dad? Check.

We had trained for this day. Last week, we climbed El…

Spring fever

Wicked busy day. Everyone in a foul mood. TV commercials are late. Radio spots are missing. CD training project is two weeks behind schedule.

I just want to go for a walk around the lake.

Reality tv

I find that one of the hardest things for me to do when I’m creating a video is to leave my ego and own way of doing things behind. This short historical program that I’ve been editing has created some tension between my boss and me. I’ve been trying to make a real dramatic piece, and he is always asking me…

Chained to the desk

The perfect storm. Projects all due on the same day. Enjoy your hamburgers and your bratwursts. Remember me as I sit in the cave of editing Inferno. Save me a hot dog.

The verdict is…

Right now the client is in with my boss, watching the video I spent all weekend editing. I rarely watch the finished product with the client; some kind of client relationship thing.

So I’m sitting here, blogging and biting my nails, listening to the program next door. And the verdict is……

Addicted

I’ve got yet another addiction. Silvi has really been responding to my voice the last two weeks, giving me huge smiles when she hears me call her name.

I’m addicted to those smiles. More powerful than a line of coke or slice of strawberry cheesecake. Now I understand why parents will humiliate themselves to no…

Saturday at work

Saturday morning. I’m editing a historical documentary for one company and another video for a trade show. A little overwhelmed. Pablo P. said that boundaries are the playground of creativity. I don’t think he ever worked in the corporate world.

Back to it.

Whisper

“Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them,” says Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno.

A whisper is intimate.

It requires that your mouth be next to the ear of the other. Close enough to smell the other, to see the beautiful imperfections that make her human. A whisper requires one person to…