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| Apropos of nothing, the view from our dining room these days |
The lovely and supremely talented Catherine Jackson wrote a recap post about Blissdom Canada '11, answering four questions that Catherine Connors asked at the beginning of her opening keynote. I've been meaning to do the same, and here's my stab at it:
What don't people know about you?
In the late nineties I was briefly the chick singer in a funk/r&b cover band made up of Vancouver film crew folk. We played a few industry parties, and fourteen year old me almost died of the squee once when Rob Lowe danced in the crowd as I sang "Chain of Fools".
What are some things about which you are knowledgeable?
Film/scripted television production
Baking pies, especially apple and lemon meringue, but I can't stand and won't make pumpkin.
Grammar
Formula One auto racing
What are some things about which you are not at all knowledgeable?
Coding/programming
Photography - although I take thousands of pictures, I still don't know how to work my very basic SLR
Modern art
What are some things that you believe?
I believe that friends are the family you choose for yourself. I believe that no one can silence me unless I let them. I believe that every person I meet has a story to tell, and experience I can learn from. I believe that it's important to engage with people with whom I don't agree and have my own assumptions challenged regularly. I believe that if you don't vote, you don't get to complain. I believe that dancing with a small child in my arms is the best possible use of five minutes in any given day. I believe that good food and good stories with good friends is the best kind of party. I believe that the act of making something, anything, connects me to basic truths about myself in a way that consumerism never will.
And I believe that connecting with others over shared experience - whether face to face or simply here in my little corner of the internet - keeps me more than five minutes away from being naked in a bell tower with a sniper rifle.
Thank you for being here.
(And it's possible one or two law enforcement agencies would thank you too, if they knew.)
All of this is a delight to read Alexis. And -wow- thank you for your very kind words.
ReplyDeleteThis part right here: "I believe that the act of making something, anything, connects me to basic truths about myself in a way that consumerism never will." was the nugget that shone most brightly out at me. It is indeed one of the things that are truest for me as well - and which I have never articulated in quite this way - whether it is a pie, a finger painting with my child, or a piece of writing. Thank you, what a gift.