This short narrative was an enormous opportunity for me that I took to heart. It was actually used as a final project for a film course I took last quarter (fall '14), with the assignment being "a day In The life" of you. I took the theme and ran with it, attempting to create an almost therapeutic remedy for painful or haunting memories. I struggle with ptsd and grief from my multiple tours to Afghanistan while In the military. This piece highlights specifically the trauma and grief dealt with on a daily basis for myself, in regards to the loss of one of my close friends, in a 25 minute battle for life and limb. The emotional weight associated with that single isolated moment in time has haunted me since that day, but after the completion of this project, I can see an enormous difference in my general mental health and state of being. I had to do an extreme amount of self exploration and recognizance to truly understand how I felt about it and what I would change. I imagine it can be incredibly helpful for others to do as well with memories or feelings that are unpleasant, painful, or re-occurring. Deconstruction of your most painful or haunting memories piece by piece, and creating a visual representation of them for the world to see, to really boil yourself down to the core and understand what is going on inside you, is priceless. I was honored to be a part of my friends life, and would have taken his place any day.
Cheers, Logan
