INT. GREECE – CHURCH – LITURGY – DAY
SCARLETT, 33, a computer analyst and a screenwriter and ANGELA, her best friend have come to the liturgy. Snapshots from the eagle-like statues, the mesmerizing atmosphere and the passion of the cantors performing Byzantine music. After a while, preaching begins. Moments of reading the gospel before the initiative of the PRIEST.
The priest paraphrases the parable of the transfiguration of Jesus that was supposed to have dinner with a woman, only to be kicked out three times.
PRIEST
Jesus was supposed to have dinner with a woman, at her house. She was expecting him. It was winter and it was cold. The following day, a poor and devastated woman of old age came knocking on her door, asking for a blanket. She threw her out, telling her she was expecting guests. After a while, another man came asking for food. ‘Go away, I have nothing to give you, I didn’t cook for you’, she said to him throwing him out of her house. After a few hours, a poor and fatigued man came knocking on her door asking for money. ‘This wealth is not yours’, she said and slammed the door in his face. Jesus had not come yet. The next morning, she met Jesus. ‘I’ve been waiting for you, where have you been?’ she asked him. ‘I came three times to you and you kicked me out’. ‘What do you mean?’ she continued surprised. ‘Three poor people, a woman and two men, came at your house asking you to give them warmth, food and money. It was me; I was transformed!’ The woman was shocked and asked for forgiveness…
As he explains the main message of the parable, there’s a glimpse of the Gothic art-like decoration of the Church and the full of passion audience that is being taught.
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LATER…
EXT. GREECE – CHURCH YARD – DAY
The liturgy is over and people have been given the holy bread to eat. The belfry is being heard as an act of triumph and people already chit-chat with one another.
SCARLETT
Transfigurations are all around us but we barely notice…
ANGELA
Not sure you completely mean what you say.
SCARLETT
I see what others cannot see…
ANGELA
You need an emphasis on your creative mediums.
SCARLETT
Are you referring to my work as a computer analyst and a screenwriter?
ANGELA
Art and Science. Period.
SCARLETT
Creativity originates from our subconscious…
ANGELA
You shall firstly bring it on the conscious level and only later shall you worry about subconscious motifs.
INT. GREECE – COMPUTER STUDIO – ESSAY WRITING – DAY
Scarlett has brought Angela to her computer studio. As the girls get excited with the multiple computers and the work that Scarlett is in the middle of, they start to discuss her recent piece of writing, in between the writing of it.
ANGELA
You’re so open to ideas and abstract logic, Scarlett. You can become a great writer, talking about unproven concepts and theories. You always see patterns and connections not obvious to others…
Scarlett feels excited writing while listening to her best friend. She now searches for quotable language in the internet.
SCARLETT
Are we still figuring out our limits? Some lines were never meant to be crossed however good your cause may seem.
ANGELA
I’m just suggesting to bring things forth.
Scarlett is ready to bounce over her chair with excitement when she discovers a fascinating quote.
SCARLETT
Hey, watch this how it goes, by Robert Frost. Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
ANGELA
Meaning?
SCARLETT
That the less accessible paths may hide rough grounds known to very few of us.
Scarlett is in the middle of completing her piece of writing. Giggling with excitement, there are computer snapshots of her creativity at hand as a computer analyst and a writer.
INT. CALIFORNIA – THEATER PERFORMANCE – NIGHT
Scarlett and Angela have gone to the theater to see a remake of Finding Neverland. Several snapshots of the actor portraying J. Barrie, his platonic affair with Sylvia and the relation with her sons that inspired him of writing the story with Peter Pan. They feel moved and excited.
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LATER…
THEATER BREAK – OUTER SPACE – NIGHT
Angela and Scarlett are having a cigarette while eating pop-corn.
ANGELA
Did it ever cross your mind by now we should all feel responsible of acknowledging our own feelings?
SCARLETT
Emotion is, what tunes matter. The way I got it from J. Barrie.
ANGELA
Do you feel vindicated for the choices you made along your creative and personal life?
SCARLETT
I can only say vindicated for my knowledge and experience of learning to interpret the world… As well as providing myself with excellent opportunities to develop. But… you never know.
ANGELA
I believe, you have something of the sparkle of Christopher Nolan, who put epistemological foundations in writing.
The audience has started leaving the yard of the theater for the second part of Finding Neverland. As the story is highly exciting, there have been paparazzi coming from all over America to interview actors after the premiere. They push and bully each other to be the first.
SCARLET
You never know.
ANGELA
So, may I know what is the meaning of Neverland in your own life? What does it mean to find this elusive and far-reaching place of yours you call a dream?
SCARLET
I should remind you of the liturgy, that we never know or better say most of the times we don’t know the forms through which goodness or Jesus try to visit us…
ANGELA
We should only believe that everything happens for a purpose, right?
SCARLETT
There you go, girl!
Angela and Scarlett are getting prepared to go back to theater to watch the second part of the play.
Photo Credits: Menelaos Gkikas
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