The wind whips with the first real winter storm of the season and as I feel the cold burn being let in by the drafty windows, I find myself struggling for something to say. Something to help crown it all. Something to put it all together. Especially for myself.
The last several days we’ve seen the majority of the Myst Movie group post to share their thoughts of California — the experience, the mountains, the college-roadtrip-like moments. It was all of that and more. As the person holding this dream for so long — I think perhaps the longest — it was, well — truly a surrealistic adventure that became my world.
Exactly one week ago today I sat in the little porch area of our hotel in Burbank and held back tears while confiding the re-digestion of one fact to Adrian that I was feeling very deeply: 15 explicative years.
I’ve been warned to not show my hand, to not let the cards fall where they may — groans and jeers to the possibility of allowing the public eye to see signs of weakness, fan-boy-ing, damningly petrifying deafening shrieks of doubt. But, the truth is that just as much as anyone else here I am a person who’s been through hell, given up, lost my faith, stayed on board — and now, finally succeeded. Almost. And I can’t keep quiet about it.
I am the member of a group I helped to build. A group full of people who will completely deliver the moment it’s called for – a group that will completely surprise you the moment you need it. This group has walked through hell these last five years throwing time, cash and perseverance (that probably should have gone elsewhere) on a bet that never promised to pay off. And, then it did — thanks to two people at Cyan Worlds who’ve seemed at times to have more faith in us than we’ve had in ourselves.
A conference call took place yesterday afternoon between Mysteria Film Group, headquartered in Granger, Indiana and Cyan Worlds, headquartered in Mead, Washington. (One of these companies has a much nicer building than the other – can you guess which?) The nature of the call: attaining consensous on what Los Angeles motion picture production company to partner with in order to bring Myst: The Book of Ti’ana to life as an epic, big-budgeted major motion picture. (Ask me anyday when I’m still waking up how the hell I was part of this call and I promise I won’t have an answer.)
Long story short: consenous was attained pretty effortlessly and everything continues to press on. We are thankful for everyone who has followed our process this far and promise that you’ll know more soon.
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) of T’ianna at the cinema and forcing everyone to watch it!
