DISH-PATCH (012B): Hear My Ears - The Point...

[A continuation of the previous DISH-Patch]

Previously…

The “HEAR My EARS” thing was off and running that day, as RC listened patiently while KATIE talked things out. A point is coming, yes? Let’s listen in… —The Gang

And so it was that as they walked along, former Suit KATIE indeed filled RC the GREMLIN’s ears with… her thoughts… MANY. MANY. THOUGHTS.
Let’s continue, shall we?

FADE IN:

EXT. WEST CLIFF

KATIE
So as I was saying… Wait… Where was I going with… Yikes! I did it again… that DERAIL thing..

RC THE GREMLIN
Just keep going… There’s POINT in there…

He “points” to her head.

Staring at the SEA, Katie thinks hard.

RC THE GREMLIN
But… I’ll help ya… as it seems to me… What you’re saying actually CIRCLES BACK AROUND to what I saw in your OFFICE… On your COMPUTER SCREEN…

She stops and gives him a look.

KATIE
Ah1 Many WINDOWS open, I had…

Closing her eyes to REWIND, he nudges her.

RC THE GREMLIN
FOCUS. FOCUS. The JOURNEY requires DISCIPLINED…

KATIE
Focus! Right! And the discipline NOT to get caught up in the… the RIP TIDE… If you will… the current affairs stuff that can DRAG YOU … OFF-SHORE…

RC THE GREMLIN
Aha!! FO FO not FO MO…!!

He’s cracking himself up. She has a delayed reaction and then joins along.

KATIE
Good one, my Pally Pal… I can always count on you to… WAIT… I just remembered where the TRAIN was going…

RC THE GREMLIN
Train-of-thought??

KATIE
Yup! Did you know…er… hear… I believe it was EINSTEIN who said he didn’t know his own PHONE NUMBER because… it cluttered his brain and … he could look it up if need be in the directory?

RC THE GREMLIN
Uh… Could be an URBAN LEGEND but I get it…

KATIE
‘Cause I know I need to keep my brain free for… CREATING stuff…

RC THE GREMLIN
NO MO FO MO…

KATIE
Has to be… like… ODYSSEUS being TIED TO THE MASK… hearing but not being drawn to the SONG OF THE SIRENs…

RC THE GREMLIN
Impressive reference, Amiga! Dig it!

KATIE
Now we shift to ACTIONABLE…

RC THE GREMLIN
Uh…?

KATIE
What if we… to your POINT with the FISH THING.

RC THE GREMLIN
Oh… TEACH A MAN TO…

From DragonBustR Framework…

KATIE
What if… We help people help themselves 22-minutes at a time...? Could it be…? Encouraging them to Drop off the SOCIAL… Ignore the POLITICAL chatter and OP-ED pieces and only listening to NPR and then… JUST BE!

What if… We help people help themselves 22-minutes at a time?

DBRs Timer…

RC THE GREMLIN
JUST BE…?

KATIE
BE! Be by doing the things we’re BY NATURE wired to do… Since the beginning of time.

At this point, they’ve reached an accessible part of the beach and Katie has located a stick to draw in the sand.

RC THE GREMLIN
LINE IN THE SAND… Really?

She kicks some sand in his direction and continues her FLOW… Thoughts now appearing in the SAND.

KATIE
Think about it… for you HIT THE REWIND to … WAY BACK…

More scribbles appear.

KATIE
Stories unified the people… Stories spoken. Stories sung. Stories danced. Stories drawn.
She does her imitation of the famous CAVE WALL painting of the BUFFALO HUNT.

KATIE
We ALL, deep down, have this innate ability to tell stories using … the means mentioned above… stories that CONNECT… and INSPIRE… and perhaps ENERGIZE as something may just CLICK… and everyone is DANCING … ZUMBA-LIKE and SINGING … KARAOKE-LIKE … and WRITING/DRAWING on walls or…

a Re-Creation…

[NOTE: The STORY discussion has triggered RC to shapeshift into his other persona: RC THE STORYTELLER —the editor]

RC THE STORYTELLER
In JOURNALs or on SLABBY THINGs…

Got Journal ??

The Slabby Thing & Sketches…

KATIE
Yeah… of course… can’t forget the SLABBY THING… Point is… stories should FLOW from WITHIN… At least that’s my thinking… It is … fulfilling for stories to emerge from within ourselves…

RC stops her and looks her in the eye, and transforms to his other persona… THE STORYTELLER…

RC THE STORYTELLER
So… @TheSEA… ?

KATIE
You are definitely INSPIRING folks… The stories you’ve been telling… TRIGGER … stimulate the imagination… People leave happy… they return EAGER to hear… NOT JUST YOU, but what others have been up to…

RC THE STORYTELLER
STORIES…? Really?? That impactful?

KATIE
Come on, now… You know that, my friend AND I have knowledge as MR SQUEEK has been CIRCLING BACK to tell me stories from his adventures and YOUR SESSIONS…

RC THE STORYTELLER
Whoa!

KATIE
My sense is… At the core of us all…

RC THE STORYTELLER
The ability to… respond to and CREATE stories. Gotcha!

KATIE
Yeah… Some storytellers are gifted to… express in a way that… resonates and carries on and on…

RC THE STORYTELLER
Okay… I hear you… Now back to … ME…

[NOTE: See as RC shapeshifts BACk into his other persona–the action-oriented GREMLIN. -the editor]

RC THE GREMLIN
Where is this leading my friend?

KATIE
Trying to gently… nudge our pal, Happy Puppy KEE-RA’s human…

RC THE GREMLIN
Transitioning Suit, MEREDITH?

KATIE
Yes… That it is OKAY to step away from all that OUTSIDE STIMULUS… the quote unquote MATTERS OF CONSEQUENCE… The THINGS WE CANNOT CHANGE… so that we have the energy to…

RC THE GREMLIN
CREATE and…

[Shifts again.–the editor]

RC THE STORYTELLER
Tell STORIES…

It’s okay to…

They walk along some more.

RC THE STORYTELLER
So… Just thinking… Could that JOURNAL be the “recipiente” of the stories?

KATIE
DING! It crossed my mind on a RUN and I raced home to jot that down. As long as the STORIES have a means for expression — it really doesn’t matter WHO hears or WHERE … Just that the prOcess happens… the FLO happens… That’s where my brain is at…

DINGTHING!!

RC THE STORYTELLER
Dang, Amiga… You ARE onto something…

Nearing the end of their walk, RC remarks…

RC THE STORYTELLER
So… What’s next or rather… WHAT.COMES.NEXT. ?

KATIE
Heck if I know… I’ll just keep putting one foot in front of the other and … the NEXT, will … be revealed… at least, that’s how I’ll play it.

A Ponderable…

A ponderable…

[Shifts again to ACTION-ORIENTED RC.–the editor]

RC THE GREMLIN
Cool… I believe we’re at…

KATIE
PENCIL’S DOWN!

RC THE GREMLIN
Figuratively speaking, but yeah…

Thanks for… letting me hear myself … work through this…

KATIE
Thanks for… letting me hear myself … work through this…

RC THE GREMLIN
My pleasure. Now … go grab that husband of yours and …

KATIE
PLAY TIME! Er… CHORIN’ TIME which I promise will be PLAYFUL…

RC THE GREMLIN
Uh-huh… Sure… I believe you.

He laughs and Katie gives him a look.

RC THE GREMLIN
Yeah… Of course! And… I’ve got MY OWN playing to do.

He points in the direction of THE BOARDWALK, bows and disappears. She smiles as she looks in the direction of the boardwalk WHILE in her ears she hears faintly, these words:

WORDS IN THE WIND
KOKO!

Keep On Keepin’ On…

FADE OUT.

That’s a Wrap…

Thanks for coming back for PART TWO. Good ponderables, right? And speaking of PONDERABLES… Please to STEP AWAY and SHIFT GEARs. Let yourself absorb what just… HAPPENED… What you SAW YOUR EYES and HEARD YOUR EARS… your mind’s eyes and ears. Go ENJOY the rest of your day!! -The Gang

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