The End of the Beginning.

When I started this blog about 11 months ago, I was just a boy with big dreams. But I was only that: a boy. Today, I'm still a boy, but I have grown up considerably. Looking back on who I was when I first got to Michigan, I barely recognize him. My thinking was so much more juvenile, so much more locked in one way of thinking. This year, through moving to a completely different part of the country and meeting people completely different in thinking from me, I've been able to form my own opinions and views on life. I'm thankful for going to Ecola last year, as without it, it would have made the process incredibly harder.

This week was the last week of film school, the last of the training I'll need for life. In 2 weeks, I'll be in Los Angeles, CA, starting my hopeful career in Hollywood. With the end of school, my roommate and I watched some of our pre-Compass projects, which of course included Preceding Duty, the project I did my senior year. It was supposed to be a prequel to the 007 film 'Casino Royal'. Watching that, plus with the new trailer for 'Skyfall' just out for the 50th year anniversary of 007, it reminded me of how I got here.

Preceding Duty was the project that really awaked me to the idea that I could actually make movies for a living. It's so much fun, and it's one of the most influential forces on earth right now. But that was back when life was simple. Looking back on high school, it was easy. Obviously in the moment, it felt like everything was crazy, but now it seems so trivial. But it's what got me here. That one project launched me into a world where anything is possible. When I got to film school, we quickly learned that it's not that simple. Films are really hard to get right! That's why there are so few really good movies out there.

I'm excited to see where all this will go. I know that God has plans for me, as my life has been much too directed to this point. I hope to make connections, do jobs, make films, and most of all, have a blast doing it! We have plans to make a few films while we do internships, so we will be busy during the next few months for sure. I hope to be able to make something theater worthy within the next 5 to 10 years, which, unless you're a prodigy, is about the normal timeline for becoming big.

I'm ready. Next week begins the next big chapter of my life. It's probably going to be difficult for a while. But I really want to get going with my life! I've made some amazing friends in the last 2 years, and I'm so excited to hang out with them and work with them.

I just want to glorify God in what I say, do, and make. I'm at a place in my life where I'm tired of Christians sitting in their living rooms and judging everyone else on the outside of the Christian faith. We have to get out there! Live and talk in such a way that God's love couldn't be any clearer! What would Jesus do? Cuz that's what I want to do. That's what I've been called to do.