The written word and the moving image. It's all about the character being portrayed, or characters existing together, never quite harmoniously at first.
Life. It's all about the people, the creatures, the organisms that toss the dirt, climb or kill the trees and keep the world in any sort of motion.
A man named John Gardner imparted these (paraphrased) words of wisdom on the world:
"Character is the heart and mind of your story - it is what makes it live"
Our story is whatever we make of what we can control on Earth. We can't control natural disasters, but we can recover from them, as we have proven in the past.
The state of terrorism, poverty, abuse and other atrocities occurring in the world surely place our story not even midway.
The point is, we are the characters. Why are some key characters so determined to give our story a bad ending? Perhaps this should be one story where the minor characters play a bigger role in determining the outcome, because, in this story, all people have identities and their own backgrounds, all people have the ability (although some miss the opportunity) to make their own choices and decisions, all people have beliefs and values.
So what is our turning point going to be? Who or what is going to initiate it? Even if it doesn't occur for a few thousand or million years, what is our conclusion going to be?
Some thoughts and questions to ponder.
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