I found this article extremely interesting and it reminded me of a poem I wrote last summer. When I re-read the poem I was stunned by the fact that it reads on this article. I hope you enjoy.
Sit beside yourself and contemplate
Hear your truthful soul pontificate
About an ancient civil war within
Between two images oft' viewed as twin
The first, a kindred film projection
Directed by neighborly perception
An interpretative tale of your biography
Still-life objective lens photography
The second, akin to an indie film short
Disclosing secrets you could not retort
Diaries honestly guide this documentary
Your story told when life and film marry
You'd be stranded on the Isle of Paradox
Where waves of truth crash upon the rocks
Where life's lived on your terms alone
Uninfluenced by opinions not your own
The moral of this little story I'm selling
Is that life is more than perpetual dwelling
On what a neighbor thinks you should do
Because he really hasn't got a material clue
About the needs of she who lingers nearby
Beneath your porcelain skin and azure sky
But it's your job as the film's producer
Enlighten the intermeddling seducer
But don't let them define who you are
Keep an eye on your motion picture's star
It's a burden to choose which self to cast
The one perceived or the star that's rising fast.
On May 28, 2007 Alicia wrote :