Where talent meets hard work a higher power intervenes. A story that needs to be told will be told, and only the story teller knows from whence it came, but if he does not tell this story, if he keeps it for himself and does not share, a higher power intervenes.
Today I watched what I would call a grassroots production, so much so that the actors and production staff were afflicted with a distinguishable and distinguished air of humility. Lined up after the movie they were severely interested in having discussions with each of us. The lead actress despite her immeasurable beauty was almost annoyingly shy, the type of person I would have turned away in a job interview. The lead actors eyes were backwards - typically during a Q&A I find the lead actors eyes to be faced only inwards, only on delivering to us the great untold story within him. Yet today our noble knight wished only to comment on my sweater and his other external observations. But today we wanted to know them, not ourselves, they do not yet know how important they are, it hasn't hit them to understand that they have not paid $20 to see us! Perhaps when the movie gets distribution and they see more revenue, this will drive home the point.
But this inspires me. What separates the artist from the super artist? It's quite simple, it is not merely the talent, and not only the hard work. The super artist fixates no longer on what is out there, but rather on what is inside him. He delivers to us what we all paid to see; a glimpse inwards, to that place where a higher power has intervened. That is all I have to do now.
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