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How do we find our own Neverland?

I found the movie "Finding Neverland" enjoyable and inspiring on many levels. This is the first movie I've seen that helps me understand what "under currents" means.
Below the level of the main story line, How J M Barrie finds the inspiration for his play, were other ideas from Allan Knee and David Magee.

Writing for this blog has been difficult and finding topic inspiration has been just as difficult. Yet, when I post something I feel good about (usually after hours of painful thinking, editing and re-writing) it can be very rewarding on a personal level. I don't take (or have) the time to work on the right combination of ingredients to build a good story but I do have a better understanding of what others think about inspiration and story telling.

Inspiration, imagination, vision (the kind that helps you see what your eyes can't), perspiration and a few other important ingredients all combine to become something worth while. One scene explains this quite well.
The grandmother is scolding one of the boys with a gold handled umbrella in her hand. As we see the scene it's just that, yet the close-up shows the hook-like umbrella handle touching the boys chest. How many of us would have come out of that scene with an idea for a "Captain Hook" of a story as good as "Peter Pan"?

posted by Kev @ 11/28/2004 08:39:00 PM