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Nothing Is Lost...

Nothing is lost. All is gain. That goes beyond encouragement to me. It means what is created lives on. 

This morning my Mother was flabbergasted when someone sent her a link to a song she and my Father recorded in 1972. A little plastic forty-five was found and downloaded onto a music fan website. A French librarian who enjoyed the song tracked Mom down and sent it to her. 

I told Heidi the story and she pointed out that the same thing has happened with this film. People and connections that are totally disparate are magnetized and pulled together by this project.

We all have those moments when the calm doesn't seem serene. Life seems to lull. "Why am I still doing this?" In those moments whether you call it karma or manna from heaven, what we've done returns to us and makes it all make a little more sense. 

I've copied the link to this echo from forty-two years ago "Stars and Trees" if you would like to hear my parents at seventeen years old in their first recording session. http://www.dorkervibes.blogspot.fr/?view=flipcard#!http://dorkervibes.blogspot.com/2013/08/soul-purpose-stars-and-trees-purpose.html

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Knock and the Door Opens...

Teaser: Just heard some fantastic news and will share soon! Doors are opening and we want to include you in the exciting discoveries.

Thank you for sharing our vision seedandspark, Sean Mannion, Patrick Elliott, Mark Phillips, Emily Best, and Rich Lounello.

P.S. This is a still from...can you name the movie?? But look a little closer and you'll see your very own This is Nowhere Director. A little photoshopping fun.

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Traveling Somewhere to Greenlightland with This is Nowhere

It's been five months since we began our journey toward the production of THIS IS NOWHERE... and we have five months until production.  Half-way point. Typically, the halfway point in the best stories' journeys have some insurmountable obstacles that our hero and heroine must overcome in order to make it to their destination. (I, personally, love to think of 'Lord of the Rings' as an example). Time is almost always the component that compounds the stakes of the game and makes it all the more interestingly dramatic -- and rewarding. And thus, for us, your characters of THIS IS NOWHERE, it is no different. We've been "on the road" with our journey together, working together in collaborative and artistic growth against all odds, pushing ourselves to make the film that we see in our heads and bringing on partners who believe in this film's story just as much (if not more) than we do. As you, our readers, have witnessed, we've come far and established a basic team of talented and qualified believers... our Executive Producer, Kathryn McDermott, our composer, Dan Lazarescou, our small producing and creative lead team, Niko, Jon, Tracy and I. And, now, it's on to the second half of our story - our producing journey toward the destination of production, which I like to call, "Greenlightland."  Honestly, friends, I don't have a set ending for you. I wish I had. I wish I could say that we already had the money for shooting and theatrical distribution set up, or that we have our full ensemble of actors cast. But we don't.  We have come so far and have far to go. Still, I have faith in our artistic process, work ethic, passion for this film, and the God of creative karma who dictates that what you put out into the world will come back to you.  The odds are stacked, but so is our joint determined will to succeed. Stay with us as we continue our journey. The plot is surely going to thicken and get bumpy as we near the climax, but never fear -- I have faith that we'll take you to a happy and solid ending. Yours, Heidi Elizabeth Philipsen-Meissner Producer, Co-Director, Actress THIS IS NOWHERE