28 January
1.34pm
“Could I do it?
Could I just give up? Right now? Say goodbye to life?”
29 January
10.40am
“Life is a fragile thing. We are only passing through this life on earth and we all have to face the inevitable. Unfortunately some of us go early.” – Allan Bond
A statement by the Australian tycoon who funded the 1983 Americas Cup in Perth. I read it just now and went back to what I wrote yesterday and how I feel today and realized I was in a definite poor me phase and that even if I die today I have indeed, enjoyed A Fortunate Life! Life is indeed a process, somedays I would be happy to leave, others, I am more than happy to stay :)
So what to do to motivate myself to make the best I can with the time I have? Ah, make a list. I have made lists for years and they have worked, so now I need to dedicate a book, not to journalling because I do that on my computer, a book that is basically a list, day by day, of what I wish to do, what I need to do and a rolling commentary of how they are going.
So there it is, I have started a new exercise book and I have a list of 13 things, events, etc, that I need to work on, a list of 14. Not necessarily in the right order as I need to take health from No. 14 and make it No. 1 :) a work in progress. A process, that is my life today. It’s the best I can do, Amen!
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About kiwicafe
1955 . . . as a teenager in New Zealand, according to friends :) I talked incessantly of photography & philosophy, in my early twenties I hung out with photographers as I began my film editing career in Australia, I bought a variety of cameras, a faux snapper I guess, more interested in film editing, travel and back deck philosophy through which my curiosity took me from Sydney to New York & Venice Beach. For 45 years have I enjoyed working with some truly great creative directors, writers, art directors, film directors, photographers, producers et al . . . hopefully I learned a thing or two! I did win a bunch of awards and went from Editor of the Year in Australia to one of the top commercial film editors in America, not bad for a skinny kid from New Zealand.
2003 . . . newly divorced, I took the pledge, became 'one of many', an American Citizen & went Searching for Zane Grey's America. For two glorious years I filmed, photographed & blogged my way around the American West.
2006 . . . returned to Aotearoa NZ, restoring a small vineyard and continuing to film, photograph and write. I exhibited & sold some images, harvested a great vintage of both red & white, sold the vineyard, edited a movie or two & now, 2013, I have discovered a whole new journey for myself, via motor neurone disease. I continue to practice my love for film | fotography | philosophy as best I can, I am in a good place, there are no mistakes in life!
