Archive for May, 2012

The Intelligence Inside

Monday, May 21st, 2012

The Green Mountain Self Advocates annual conference was this past May 14th and 15th.  The theme of the conference was “Get Rid Of The “R” Word.”  That is a very important mission this group has taken on. The word retarded must be rid of and the intelligence in each of us should be shown under a bright light.

I was part of two workshops that covered “I Have The Right to Communicate” and “You Too Can Be In The Movies”.  The team work with my typing self-advocate friends really paid off and it was a great group presentation with each of us sharing our thoughts about our right to communicate and answer questions from the audience which was peppered with intelligent advocates.  The group did a wonderful job and I am very proud of my partners in crime.

I had the wonderful opportunity to present with Mark Utter and Larry Bissonnette about making movies.  Mark is trying to make a movie about his life; the name is “I am in here” and of course Larry and me are movie stars extraordinaire of “Wretches and Jabberers”. To be in the place of mentoring other self-advocates is very rewarding.  Let’s join forces my friends to unveil the intelligence on the inside of us.

You too can be in the movies!

Friday, May 18th, 2012

I am movie star Tracy Thresher moving my thoughts about being in the movie Wretches and Jabberers Stories from the Road.  It was a tremendous experience, to have a camera follow me for hours at a time capturing the real Tracy.  It really can be nerve racking too to have people watch your every move and tell you to stop in the middle of a thought or type something again because the camera ran out of film.

When filming the Phil Scott scene the director, Gerry Wurzburg, made Harvey and me walk up and down the Vermont State Capital steps a bunch of times with her camera man shooting several angles.  Knowing that she was looking for a certain shot helped, but it was a pain in the butt too!

I learned a lot about movie making, traveling, and meeting new people.  I had a great time with my partner-in-crime Larry Bissonnette moving big thoughts and eating great food.  By the way, make sure you get good food when making a movie with that you will have good energy and focus for long days of shooting film in the bright lights.

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