Comments on: In Spite of Money

By: Alan Weinkrantz

Alan Weinkrantz — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:32:37 +0000

Money just gives you options you may not have when you don’t have money.

By: Rachel Boatright DeVault

Rachel Boatright DeVault — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:18:08 +0000

Money comes and goes–in big amounts or small amounts, it comes and goes. It is fleeting. But this is a creative triumph and the fact that you did it will not go away.

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:08:29 +0000

I’m with Dawn – I think completing the movie in of itself is success. Down the road, when you look back at this amazing part of your journey, you’re not going to think about how much money you made (or didn’t make) from it.

You’re going to smile at the interviews that were secretly your favorites; you’re going to laugh at the times you tripped over the mic cord; you’re going to cry at the interviews that moved you the most.

You’re going to look back at the success that was the experience. Money is just one way to measure success – it isn’t THE way.

By: Dawn @GirlfriendCeleb

Dawn @GirlfriendCeleb — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:36:12 +0000

Yeah, what about art for the sake of art? I think completing the movie is a success story regardless of whether it is a commercial success or “makes money”. So you go right ahead and use your story to inspire the rest of us, missy!

By: Melody

Melody — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:20:49 +0000

I think my issue with money is resentment.

re·sent·ment (r?-z?nt’m?nt)
n. Indignation or ill will felt as a result of a real or imagined grievance.

I resent the fact that I need it. I resent that I’ve had to keep working at jobs that I hate in order to have enough money to keep a roof over my kids heads and food on the table. I resent that what I truly am passionate about seems to carry no monetary value and I can’t figure out how to make a living doing it. I think I may be scared of money as well – scared that is may cause me to rot in hell. You see, my Mennonite upbringing taught me that it was a sin to want money or to be rich, we could only pray for God to provide for our needs and wanting anything more was WRONG.