As I enter the fall of my years, I look back at the people who have had a profound influence on my life. It is interesting that the value of their influence is not necessarily evident in the moment, but opens up with reflection. There was my mother and father who worked hard to deliver the opportunities that would forge my adult years. There was my first wife, that showed a strength of love, character, and forgiveness that was lost on me during a very selfish period. There is my present partner who has stuck by me for many years even though I have mismanaged our relationship. And finally, there was Bill Mason.
I never met Bill, nor have I ever conversed with him, in any conventional sense. Bill was a
Canadian, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba who died of cancer in 1988. He loved nature and he loved to canoe. He coupled these loves with a creative side that manifested itself in books, art, and film. For over 20 years he produced a multitude of films, on his own terms, for Canada's iconic National Film Board. I met Bill in his film "Waterwalker"."Anyone who has seen a Mason film can appreciate his ability to convey his great love of nature through his films. You escape the distractions of the city by simply watching one of his films and enjoying the beauty of the wild while being educated at the same time. What a refreshing change from the sterile documentaries of today that barely scratch the surface or seek to shock rather than inform. Mason's films are a celebration of nature devoid of preachy sermons." Albert Ohayon/NFB collections expert
Here is a link to "Waterwalker". Perhaps Bill will have something of importance to say to you.
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