I feel guilty. Not about something I’ve done, but something I have not done. Or rather, some things I have not done. Those things are a trio of creative projects that have either taking too long (a novel that’s been 20 months in the works), or slipped off the desk (a basketball documentary based on a handful of trips to NYC to watch playground ball), or been sidelined by the pandemic (UP events).
The late, great Tom Konchalski is interviewed in the upcoming short doc “The Scout”.
So, while it’s already February, I am going to make a belated New Year’s Resolution. I resolve to finish what I’ve started. That includes the (damn) book. That includes the hoops doc (albeit a short one, not feature length). And that includes… staging another UP event.
The latter will happen this spring. And in keeping with a promise I made to a young player I met last year as I was shooting around on the ‘Pub Town’ court in the west end, it will take place outdoors and pretty much smack-dab in that sweet kid’s front yard.
Here’s to finishing what we start — even if crossing the finish line comes embarrassingly late.
Here’s to a great 2022 for all of us.
-DN