Part FiveLife After Film School: A Benediction

The growth of a frail flower in a path up has sometimes shattered and split a rock. A tough will counts. So does desire. So does a soft rich wanting. Without rich wanting nothing arrives.

Carl Sandburg, Harvest Poems

In this book I have done my best to paint an honest portrait of the highs and lows of film school and life as a young filmmaker, based on my short experience thereof.

I want to close with a bit of motivation, a reason why we perhaps go through all of this craziness:

there is no greater pleasure in life than a hard-fought, earned success.

After going through years of disappointment and confusion, to finally make something that connects with people is indescribable; it both ...

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