The dvd’s arrive via UPS in ten boxes mid afternoon. One of the boxes is pretty beat up and a dvd is partially exposed, its cover cracked. But even so – it’s beautiful! After four years, For the Life of Me finally feels real. I cut open the damaged case, slide the dvd into the player and … it works perfectly. Not one skip.

Everyone probably has similar rushes. Weeks and months and years culminate in a moment. It feels, not like an ending, but like a beginning…