“What’s This ‘We’ Stuff, Filmmaker?”

Dear Filmmaker,

I like your Facebook page and I’ve noticed that sometimes the posts and statuses use the first person singular and sometimes the first person plural. So, what’s this “we” stuff?

DR

Dear DR,

It’s so nice of you to like A Life’s Work on Facebook, thanks.

It’s true, sometimes the first person plural is used. A couple of examples, “You know we’re all over this!” accompanied a link to the latest news about Voyager 1 officially leaving the solar system. “We like Tesla!” accompanied an infographic about Nikola Tesla.

You might also notice that some posts originate “near Roanoke, VA.”

Have I finally cloned myself and one of us relocated to the “Oke”? Or am I just going mad?

I’m afraid it’s nothing quite so spectacular. I am simply not the only person posting stuff on the A Life’s Work FB page. I have inveigled the awesome William Heffner and the awesome Christine Lofgren to help, and they do a wonderful job posting links, photos, and videos pertinent to the film, its subjects, and its themes. In addition to finding all this great stuff that I don’t seem to find, they bring new life and voices to the page, and by extension, to the project.

Though many people have worked on A Life’s Work, and many more will in the future, at times it is a very lonely endeavor. Among other things, William and Christine remind me that I’m not doing this alone, that there is a community interested in this work. And that’s invaluable. And I hope you don’t mind if Iuse this post to thank them.

Thank you. You two are awesome!

And thank you, DR, for the question and for liking. You are awesome, too.

Sincerely,

The Filmmaker

If you’d like to join in the fun, send me an email [ d a v i d at b l o o d o r a n g e f i l m s {dot} com ] and we’ll make it happen. And like I’ve noted before, there are many ways to get involved with the film (including posing a question to the filmmaker), so why not consider becoming part of our little family. We ask next to nothing of you, unlike your real family.