Stories
The best of times and the worst
of times on the road, shooting Dancing With Gaia...
Production Notes
When I first started looking for funding for Dancing
With Gaia, none of the grant agencies would even
consider it. It was too religious, too spiritual,
too much about sex, too everything! I am thrilled
that now when I bring up Gaia or the Goddess, people know what I am talking
about and want to see the movie. The worst time of the production was when
a taxi driver in the mountains of Crete started telling me he wanted a kiss.
I grabbed my camera, jumped out of the taxi and ran. He didn't follow, so
I got to get shots of the dank mouth of Eiletheya cave, reputed birthplace
of Zeus, before having to trudge the long way back down to town. One of the
best times was being alone in the Temple of Mnaijdra on Malta. I had rented
a moped and slung the camera across my back; it was perfect that when I arrived,
no one else was there. I got to lie down on one of the huge carved stones
inside the temple, with the warm sun pouring down on me. It was one of the
most peaceful times of my life. The temples there are all built in the shape
of the full bodied mother Goddess. Lying there really felt like I had gone
back to rest inside her body.
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