better human beings make better anythings :)

i have recently purchased a new iPad, the aps for filmmaking are so cool and it's so much cheaper then buying all these other devices. in one small lightweight device i now have a clapboard, a story-boarding drawing pad, a telepromter and so much more... it's actually pretty amazing. so when i was purchasing the iPad Apple asked would i like to "engrave" something on my iPad? it was free and i thought why not? i thought about many different things to put on it, from practical things like contact info - to goofy stuff, but since this was being bought for filmmaking (a tool for filmmaking) i decided to quote myself.

"better human beings make better films"

it's been an amazing experience and certain decisions about how i have approached this film project have proven to be filled with incredible benefits. i have been discussing some of these benefits with other filmmakers and friends lately. one key decision about this project was that it would be a non-profit project and also that i wouldn't even recover my expenses. this has resulted in an incredible willingness on the part of others to collaborate. perhaps the most significant benefit from a financial perspective. this in turn of course is making a far better film another great benefit - but beyond all this is that i have become a far better human being, much more action in all i do. i have always been fairly aware but now i'm actively engaged in change. the desire to do has always been there just not much real doing.

so this is the biggest benefit - self improvement. i now know that all the films i do going forward will be better then they would have otherwise been because i'm better. it'll effect everything from the topics i chose to make films about to how i handle profits to how i handle the topics themselves - all these things will be better... i hope this won't come off as bragging or pride, it's not that... it's actually humbling because it comes with the recognition that i'm very late to this realization :(

and in a bigger view - better human beings make better anythings :)

better human beings make better vets, better firemen, better bankers, better doctors, better mothers, better anythings!