Filmmaker Statement

This film was a long time in the making. When I moved to Nashville in 2015, I made a list of all the people I thought were doing interesting things in town. Mike was at the top of the list. Six years after making that list, we finally set up a time to meet. From our first meeting, I knew I wanted to make a film on Mike. Mike has such a quiet wisdom about him. I knew there was so much I (and an audience) could learn from him. Not just as an artist but as a human. With all of my films, I like to find subjects who are in the middle of their journey, not the end. People who are still trying to figure it out. Figuring out who they are and where they belong. What they want to be known for. In that discovery period, there's wisdom. That's what I wanted to capture with this film. The lessons learned along the way.