Notes to Heaven

It is quite rare but a very joyous occasion when you have moments in your life when you feel everything pulls together physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. The filming of Notes to Heaven was one such beautiful moment for me. I could see my vision of The Florence Film School and the Infinite Human Production company coming together and touching both myself in a deeply personal way, my students, the international community of Florence and through the electronic media eventually the world. It is also wonderful because we will be able to show it to the community as a special edition at The Florence International Film Festival.

I have already received several comments and blogs about the event but I would like to talk about it personally. As I wrote my final note to Peter I thought it would be much easier but I was so filled with emotion and found it so hard to say good bye. Francesca the Director had wanted to film one final balloon after the mass rush of balloons to follow with the camera so I told her it could be mind. But I really wanted to hang on as long as possible. After the amazing flurry of balloons whooshed through the city, I let mine go. I was amazed at the speed it pick up, my note acting like a propeller. It was gone! Out of my sight so fast we didn't even get it on camera! I guess I had been needing to let go of that note for quite some time.

That night I kept thinking about my note and where it had ended up. I hoped not on the windshield of some tourist driving through Tuscany but in the arms of Peter's great Soul!