The momentum Builds

The local turmoil over roadside memorials and it they should have a time limit, take down and replaced with some thing called a "Halo" seems to have fizzled out. The woman who initiated the firestorm with a letter to local council has withdrawn here letter and is contemplating legal actions against the City of Kelowna for having her letter altered the having it published.The issue is a sensitive one.

I managed to get a little more footage connected to the incident and well as a little publicity for the project. Steve McGinnis who will be providing some of the music for the soundtrack has told me that the disc is in the mail. I will be focusing on the editing of the project through the month of December and HOPE to have it in the can by the end of January. I will be shopping the finished product to a local cable company for getting it to air. My aspirations about a wider distribution got a dose of reality not too long ago. Guess I have to start modest and work from there. This topic is serious and needs discussion no matter what medium it takes. It is good to be back at it.

The last great act of deiance.

Personal issues have left my documentary in park at the moment but a move by our local government to take down the roadside memorials and replace them with a "halo" a metal band with the deceased's name and date of death has infuriated me so and has started the ball rolling again. These people just can not seem to accept that their idea of memorializing a loved one doesn't work for everyone. Some people can not bare to think that someone might think outside the box. No pun intended.

It will get done. Again as a result of a letter to our city council asking for these "Eye soars" to be removed, I find myself to have come off the fence and can not be objective in this film's message.

Initially my film was purely to examine the topic and issues around roadside memorials but now I have chosen to direct the film into a pro memorial stance. These are important messages which need to be heeded.

Society seems so afraid when we do something that does not conform and memorials are the most important act of non conformist behavior. The grief and the mourning is about the family, the loved ones and the friends.