Extras in my Movie
Do you ever look around you and notice something?
At dinner, other people you don't know are eating.
While driving, other people you don't know are going down the same road.
While walking down the street, other people you don't know are strolling along beside you.
I realized something the other day -- I've ALWAYS seen these people as "extras" in my personal movie! To the point where I have thought, "Wow! That's a creative back-story!" when I hear another table's conversation.
You can only cast so many main people in your movie...
Anyways-- that was just a thought. Take away from it what you would like. :)
At dinner, other people you don't know are eating.
While driving, other people you don't know are going down the same road.
While walking down the street, other people you don't know are strolling along beside you.
I realized something the other day -- I've ALWAYS seen these people as "extras" in my personal movie! To the point where I have thought, "Wow! That's a creative back-story!" when I hear another table's conversation.
You can only cast so many main people in your movie...
Anyways-- that was just a thought. Take away from it what you would like. :)
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One of my favorite things when I'm at the mall or airport or even just Walmart is to look at the people around me and think about/guess the stories that brought us to intersect at that particular point in space. I love wondering what myriad teeny tiny decisions shaped their day and their life so that we'd both be there, right then.
ReplyDeleteI'm also the type that worries about the extras in action movies and the collateral damage. For every car blown up or front window smashed I'm thinking, "But the guy who lives there is just a garbage worker! How in hades is he supposed to just go and buy a new car when he's been saving for YEARS for that one?!" That's been something that bothers me for a long, long time.