If the Way Before You is Clear

Field Notes from a motel room in Mission—between film sets, apple boxes, and petting a show pony’s nose.

This week we’re working in Mission, staying at the Best Western between long days on set. I’m just heading to bed, watching A Beautiful Mind. The secret service is definitely up to something, as usual. Russell Crowe gives his students a math problem that will take all semester to solve, then Jennifer Connelly asks him out, then they make out—and I don’t know what happens after that, because I fell asleep.

Running around dressing actors in the wilderness, petting horses, and questioning all my life choices is exhausting. In between, in film life, we hurry up and suntan, half-perched on apple boxes. And somehow, I still find myself loving the adventure of movie-making. The fresh air. The sunshine. The new friends and co-collaborators.

I keep thinking about that Carl Jung quote I posted above my desk at home:

“If the way before you is clear, you’re likely on someone else’s path.”

As my head hits the pillow, a feeling washes over me: maybe it’s okay not to have everything perfectly worked out.

Maybe a little uncertainty is how we know we’re on the right track.

#clarity #Carljung #uncertainty #moviemagic #righttrack #curiosity #unfolding #Bestwestern #abeautifulmind

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