recollection part 1

so, leading up to the day i was to arrive in dublin to begin our 'quest', i was handed a book by a theatare colleague of mine, julian knab of germany. he simply said "you have to read this"so i did. it was 'conference of the birds - the story of peter brook in africa'

a little ways into the book, i come across the reference to a persian fable of the same name; a sufi story about all the birds in the world gathering for a conference because they want to meet their god. along their journey, they encounter 7 valleys. i had to find this story. it took the whole day, but i found the only copy in dublin, i think. here was the framework we were looking for. i applied the essence of the valleys to our world today, and a few days later, we had a film treatment.