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Stewardship
Trash collected in the Pattee Canyon picnic area (Lolo National Forest) before our day of filming began. This fall, I found myself...
Sara Bruya
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Scouting
I really enjoy the act of seeing. A setting, the light, the colors cause scenes and stories to pop to mind, complete. Look at those...
Sara Bruya
Aug 27, 20251 min read


Thank you, Mystic!
It's an honor to be recognized by the Mystic Film Festival as a finalist in their Short Narrative Screenplay competition with my project...
Sara Bruya
Aug 8, 20251 min read


Delaying Life
Moving from one place to another is disruptive. Wrapping up, clearing out, closing down, leaving finally. Traveling. Physical arriving....
Sara Bruya
Jul 9, 20251 min read


pop. 577
I've been spending some time in a small Montana town. A place where history is alive in memory, where the word 'townsfolk' springs to...
Sara Bruya
Jun 4, 20251 min read


Go Fund Us!
I'm working this summer with Ashley Maria Productions to bring this film production to the Missoula area. "Nearly Departed" is a short...
Sara Bruya
May 25, 20251 min read


Limits
Yesterday, five small deer crossed in front of my car in a suburban neighborhood. They cut a diagonal path from a marshy park, across a...
Sara Bruya
May 23, 20251 min read


A New Page
As I move back to Montana, I am reminded that I relish new beginnings. 24 years after this road-trip reflection, I haven't changed all...
Sara Bruya
May 20, 20251 min read


Light
Does light just make your heart leap? If it doesn't, there is more you could be seeing. I don't mean to admonish, but all the same. The...
Sara Bruya
May 18, 20251 min read


Trees
When the neighbors cut two beautiful old trees, I noticed the distressed calls of the birds. And the insect population in my garden...
Sara Bruya
May 17, 20251 min read


Egret Visitation
This Egret stopped its hunting to walk slowly toward me with its sticklike rubbry feet. I walked away. It pursued. I turned around, wondering if this white goddess had a message. She was hunting the lizard of uncertainty, to ease my passage.
Sara Bruya
May 17, 20251 min read


Reflecting
I capture something in a photo because I want you to see it, too. Light and composition strike my eye like pure joy. Then I need to trap...
Sara Bruya
May 17, 20251 min read
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