Lady Vescent and I have driven over 3000 miles in just under two weeks. It has been one big wild ride - and I am only half-way through.
The idea came to me on day 2 of my master cleanse back in January. I hadn't done any major traveling for several years and found myself with time on my hands, so I planned to be in LA for less than three weeks for the next three months. You've already experienced my San Francisco, Sedona and Peru adventures.
Now, I'm on my North American Adventure: the great roadtrip. The plan was to drive from LA to Austin, Texas; attend SXSW film and interactive until the 21st and then pop on up to Iowa to spend a week seeing my grandparents (who are getting really old) and my Dad. My ulterior motive was, that I wanted to experience going back to the town where I graduated and see it as an adult. The Hollywood/Silicon Valley success story returning to the place I left screaming. The place that taught me my strong values. The place I learned to love the land.
My goal is to return to LA on April 1st via a meandering route through Colorado, Utah and Nevada.
SX was an interesting experience. Just getting to Austin was an adventure. Ask me about my 1000 miles (Phoenix to Austin) in one day. One long 15 hour day drive where I averaged 70+ miles per hour. But what is really interesting is the events on the day that lead up to driving 1000 miles in one day. Unfortunately dear readers, you will have to wait for the movie. Because that series of true events is going to be my first film.
And that is the first realization I had at SX. It's time to drink the Kool-Aid. Specifically, the Hollywood Kool-Aid. I'm surrendering to become a filmmaker.
I know. I know. Stop laughing.
At Sx I saw two amazing films. The first is one that everyone who is on the Internet and uses new media should see. It is called WE LIVE IN PUBLIC. The second one is for anyone who is interested in the next evolution of media creation, called RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO.
Both of these films blew my mind and helped me get back in tune with the buring passion I have for certain topics. Over and over I kept hearing stories people would tell about how they knew they had to do something. It was a long hard road of course, but that's what they were going to do it and by damn, they did it.
And by damn I will too. I mean, the story practically wrote itself!
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