Intro for Train Tribe

The Train Tribe (Intro) from Sara Sebastian on Vimeo.

This is (most likely with a few more edits) the first 4:08 of my expected 45 minute, 60 minute, and 90 minute documentary. (I am creating three versions). Let me know what you think!

-This has been edited a bit more!

Pride Overdose

What happens when pride rules over your gut feeling:
You confuse your self-worth with pride and think you deserve rainbows every morning.
"I am right," is a little anthem thumping through your brain.
You ask for advice from other people who don't exactly know the situation and you blindly follow their thoughts; as their thoughts empower you to numbness and easiness.

What happens when you have just enough pride:
A little bit of sacrifice happens, followed by a whole lotta rest.

Call Me a Duck - getting in the school spirit

My documentary, The Train Tribe, in fourth month of editing process

Hello beloved friends, acquaintances, and strangers,
I suppose I should start getting people excited to see my film. The anticipation plays a big part, right?
Here are some photos of my train trip, and some stills. In my next post, I will have a link to my vimeo page so you can see a possible trailer-esque vid.
Realistically, this film will never be completed. There are just so many ways to edit it! But hopefully this will be up and ready to go by February 25th 2011. My other goal is December 31st 2010.

F words

I was just writing a fairytale story in Spanish - it is about a seahorse who conquers his fears about the deep dark sea and also about love - he gets his seahorse-girl in the end. Anyway, all of this linguistic studying had me think "All of really good and really bad words begin with 'F':
Negatives:
Fuck (in the negative sense)
Failure
Fears
Fake

Positive:
Friends
Family
Food
Faith (in whatever, people, animals, or a deity)

I suppose the more constructive part of this post is letting the public know that my 'Train Tribe' documentary is getting closer and closer! I am on final cut pro now, (sorry I took so long, I thought imovie was good enough - turns out it is definitely not). I am super pumped for the continuation of the editing process, albeit intimidated. Hurra!

FishGoddess

Sara Sebastian
CRWR 230
Fish Goddess (Edited)

Once winter consumes trees’ greenness,
Miniature crimson berries burst
The white origin.

Out of the freshly blanketed leaves
Brings a sparrow and her voyage,
To gather the winter berries for her
Hungry, desperate offspring.

Below the Fir, there is a pond - a playground now.
Amelia gracefully glides over
Fallen berries on her new pair of skates,
This missed dinner now stuck to her sharp blade.

In the cold winter noon sun, the birds remain
Unfed, and the tree feeling ungenerous.
Meanwhile, Amelia prances and carves out
Her new ice castle territory.

The blusterous wind breathes through its gills,
But needs an outlet for all of its strength.
The wind’s intuition tells it to exhale its power
On the human, never the bird or the tree.

Peace

So last night, I made a wish. I could wish for anything in the entire world. If I wanted a trip to the Seychelles on a private boat, I could wish for that. If I wanted doughnuts for the rest of my life, that too was a possibility. Or, the ability to live forever, fly, read people's minds, become the first woman President were all great contenders.
Instead, I only wished for one word. I guess it was pretty vague, and I suppose it was kind of designated for my personal use (and for people who I interact with, and for ...)
But I wished for peace. Hmmm, way to be original, yeah peace, love happiness, etc, etc..
What does peace mean for you?
Last night, it meant being content with myself, so incredibly content, that my mind could not wander even if it tried to, in another place already seen or somewhere unseen. It meant allowing whatever feelings that arose to come in, it allowed any unsettling sentiments to leave if they wanted to; without force, only by freewill. It meant being independent while also permitting myself to enjoy one's company, to be okay with the chance of missing them when they've gone.
To feel full to the very brim of peace when they've gone.

Clearly, I can't get enough

More pictures..and yes, that family sippin' some champagne in NOLA is at 10:03am..