My hundredth post!

The ASIFA Showcase is Saturday, and it's going to be really good- I'm so impressed with the level of submissions, and the show is going to be very strong. And it's FREE, so please come- Saturday at 11am at Cinema 21.
I think we've done everything we can do for BeTween- now we just need to hope people show up and bring their participation hats. There will be coffee, and bagels, and maybe some swag, and we've left ourselves some room to be flexible depending on how many people show up. I so sincerely hope that people benefit from it- David and I were talking about how hard it can be to get people to come if they don't think there's anything "in it" for them. I wonder why the tech community doesn't seem to have that problem- they benefit personally when the group benefits collectively, so they don't need to be persuaded of the value of collaboration. I wish we had more of that spirit in the creative community. Baby steps, Rebekah- baby steps.

And, as always, let's close with a poem- I've been reading a lot of Jane Hirshfield lately.

THREE FOXES BY THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AT TWILIGHT

One ran,
her nose to the ground,
a rusty shadow
neither hunting nor playing.

One stood; sat; lay down; stood again.

One never moved,
except to turn her head a little as we walked.

Finally we drew too close,
and they vanished.
The woods took them back as if they had never been.

I wish I had thought to put my face to the grass.

We kept on walking,
speaking as strangers do when becoming friends.

There is more and more I tell no one,
strangers nor loves.
This slips into the heart
without hurry, as if it had never been.

And yet, among the trees, something has changed.

Something looks back from the trees,
and knows me for who I am.