On Jealousy and Red Rocks

Both of 'em got a little magic.

Hi again!

Here are some basic updates since we chatted last week:

1. We hit our stretch goal of $10,000 within 3 days of launching our crowdfunding campaign!!!!!

2. Our stretch goal has since been surpassed and we are now near $11,000 *jaw drops*

3. When we hit 250 “followers” on Seed&Spark we unlock new filmmaker rewards including certain products/services and even festival waivers. We currently have 117 followers so we need 133 more (I used a calculator) in the next 22 days! If you haven’t already, please head to our Seed&Spark page and click “Follow” on the right-hand side.

4. tysm, ilysm <3

Okay, housekeeping is done!

Last week, I saw Polo & Pan at Red Rocks in sub-freezing temps. It was wonderful, as only sleety shows surrounded by 9,000 others dancing beneath the towering red rocks can be.

pre-freezing makeshift tailgate

Red Rocks IS magical and I don’t care what you have to say otherwise (jk, I do - lmk what you think about it in the comments). Sometimes while I’m sitting in post-work traffic on a Thursday evening to get across town to the venue for a show I forget about the magic. But once I’m there, particularly once the music starts, I’m in it. And it’s never failed. Granted, I’ve only lived in Denver for 4 years so maybe after the 5th year, or the 10th, the shine will wear off. We’ll see. But for now, I’m content with continuing to be captured by it’s essence.

In past years, I have watched some of my most favorite artists (hi, maggie and jack) grace the stage and, in turn, be graced by THE ROX. I watch them with this mixture of admiration and jealousy. They are up there in front of thousands doing what they love. They are creating art and putting it out there for anyone to see. And I’ve wanted that, too. But as I grooved along to Ani Kuni I realized that, for the first time, I don’t have to be jealous anymore.

Julia Cameron says in The Artist’s Way, “My jealousy had actually been a mask for my fear of doing something I really wanted to do but was not yet brave enough to take action toward.” Yeah, I can relate.

What was different during this show was that I am now on the same stage as my favorites that came before me. FINALLY!! We’re playing the same game. I am creating art and putting it out there for anyone to see. I am an artist and I am being brave. I’m so wildly grateful because all of your love and support makes it feel that much more real. And goddamn, if that ain’t magic then I don’t know what is.

Tell me: What’s your dream? What’s something you’ve really wanted to do but just haven’t yet? I’m listening.

Yours til the cookie crumbles,

Maya