4.33 The Dream, The Doing, and the Importance of Reading

I’ve been reading Ed Burns book, “Independent Ed,” on indie filmmaking and I was surprised last night to discover a life lesson I’ve been wrestling with for years. Also some Edgar Allan Poe for Halloween. Here are those references:

Edgar Allan Poe: “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

Ed Burns: “I wanted to keep it real. I wanted to look at the dreamers who couldn’t articulate their dreams. They just knew there was more to life than what they were living. They had a burning desire to get out of their hometown but had no idea where to go or what to do. This wasn’t going to be a movie about the ordinary working-class person who dreams of being a painter, a novelist, or a rock star and, halfway through the movie pulls that old typewriter out of the closet, sits down, and writes the masterpiece. The people in my new story were stuck in a rut. Same shit, different day, or Long Time, Nothing New.” From “Independent Ed: What I Learned From My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Best 12 Days of My Life (affiliate link)”