If you look at the center of a loom, the colors of a new design will show themselves to you and each design will come only once. She said that the yellow poles that hold up a loom must be strong or the loom will sag and the rug will be crooked. Art of the Navajo , by Lois Essary Jacka and Jerry Jacka. We Filmmakers are also modern Shaman inheriting a long and respectful history, the art of interpreting human nature and the mysteries of our existence. As a consequence, in such a spiritually powerful medium, I believe it is both a privilege and a responsibility when we create.
Artists are curious and pained with the gift of inner sight.
The daily grind of making a movie is like a military campaign. Filmmaking is trench warfare. To ask so much of one's fellow artists, to spend so much time, money and creativity to make a film one must have a vital cause that moves you. A message that is compassionate and worthy. We may even be responsible for finally changing homo sapiens to viewing ourselves as one global tribe.