Pen to Paper

I just saw Julie and Julia last night (and I can’t praise it enough), and I’ve only seen bits and pieces but Funny People has been out a while now. Both of these movies are having similar effects on me, though. Both remind me that creative success takes a while. More importantly, they’ve taught me that creative people are often most successful when they’re working with someone – sort of a creative positive feedback loop.

In other words, I miss my theatre Fam.

…Jim Butcher’s Turn Coat. It’s the most recent book in The Dresden Files, a series about another (much more awesome) wizard named Harry. I came across a bit that hit close to home.

“…at the end of the day you obsess about having everything ordered the way you want it.” … She smirked. “The problem is that your bastion of order is sort of tough to coexist with.”

“I have no bastions. I am bastionless.”

“Hah,” Murphy said. “You like the same car, the same apartment, the same restaurant. You like not needing to answer to anyone, and doing the jobs your conscience dictates you should do, without worrying about the broader issues the involve. You hang out, fairly happy without much in the way of material wealth and follow your instincts, and be damned to anyone who tells you otherwise. That’s your order.”

Granted, I am not a wizard private investigator. It still reminds me a bit of myself.