working to complete a puzzle
BY JENIECE TORANZO, MESA, ARIZONA, USA - The other night, I could not sleep. Perhaps I was too nervous or anxious with everything going on. Earlier that evening we had a Zambia meeting. The meeting went well and Cyndi had me laughing like she always does. Even when she is serious or mad, I can't help it but smile because she has those happy eyes that seem to be smiling back at you and you can't help but to smile back at them. As silly as that sounds. I tried to tape most of the meeting, for those who weren't able to make it, but unfortunately my battery died midway through it. I was a little bummed becuase I wasn't able to capture everything. Taking notes just isn't the same as capturing the moment. Every moment comes and goes and we have only our memories to rely on to capture it all. Honestly, my memory could use some backing up sometimes and what better way to back it up with than to have it on tape or in photos!
After I had left the Zambia meeting and took Heath home, I came back to my apartment in a hurry beause my sister was in trouble and needed my help. After dealing with that situation, it was after 11:00 p.m. I couldn't sleep so I decided to go work out at the gym for a while to clear my mind. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Later after 1:30 in the morning, I had a nice long talk with Jabbes. We talked about how he would take care of us when we arrive in Zambia and how much pressure he was on. Toward the end of our conversation, he explained how I still treat him as a regular person and not just as a director. He explained that although there are a few others who still treat him the same, his hopes are that everyone will treat him as any other regular person. At times, we can get caught up in seeing people as the importance of the title of their role and not the importance of the person. In the end, we are all regular people with the same feelings and emothions with a common goal.
I guess you could say that we are like a puzzle. If we have missing pieces, then we cannot complete the puzzle and no one will be able to see the finished piece. So each piece to the puzzle plays an important role. In order to make the picture complete, we need all the pieces. With this in mind, the directors, producers, actors, cinematographers, lighting crew, press crew, editors, the location, the equipment, and so much more are all pieces to the puzzle. A puzzle that we are all working together to complete. I can only imagine it will be a beautiful piece.