Written by: Katherine “Ringleader” Imp I’m so close I can taste it. I remember waking up in Maine, two years ago, my body completely worn, but my mind rushing with excitement. So close to finishing. So close to summiting Katahdin. So close to wrapping up production of my first feature film. So close I could [...]

Written by: Katherine “Ringleader” Imp I’m a goal person.  I like having goals, making goals, and scoring goals.  But even the most goal-oriented people need reminders to keep on track. I had mine today. I was sitting in the office of one of the partners at my firm, and she asked about the film.  The [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp You turn a corner and see it – the end.  Your body automatically winds down and you have to run to the end point before you collapse in a mixture of happiness and exhaustion.  That’s what you feel at the end of a day of hiking, right?  That’s what I [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp One of the most common questions I am asked is, “Will you thru-hike the AT again?” For those of you that read the blog in 2010, you may recall my “one and done” phrase.  I hiked the AT once, and now I am done.  At that time, the phrase came [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp When I first moved to San Francisco, I was broke, homeless, and without friends.  Nevertheless, I arrived confident and determined to succeed.  Little by little I built a life for myself – found an apartment, made friends, got jobs, and survived financially.  I worked 60+ hours every week between two [...]

Written by: Katherine “Ringleader” Imp When you take on a project that takes over three years to complete, you have to continually remind yourself why you’re doing it.  This is especially important when self-financing a film because money is constantly moving out of the bank account rather than in. And statistics show that most films [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp One of my favorite documentaries is “A Map for Saturday” by Brook Silva-Braga.  The film is a simple travel documentary about Brook embarking on a year-long trip around the world.  The movie’s appeal is the honesty – what Brook and other travelers feel and partake in during different legs of [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp Things are about to change in a big way. Am I ready for this? Probably not, but that reason has never stopped me before. Let’s start from the beginning. I graduated from Cornell University in December 2009, confronted with the mind-shattering reality of non-academic life. I started with something I [...]

Written by: Katherine “Ringleader” Imp I have a love-hate relationship with this question.  On the one hand, this question brings me more gratification than a double-stuffed oreo—knowing that there are people in the world that want to see something I’ve created is one of the most rewarding gifts I’ve ever received.  On the other hand, [...]