Mom and dad named me Jordana Elana - 'tree' in Hebrew - and I love them for it. I take lofi photography, write prose and short fiction, watch film, and walk barefoot as much as possible.
Heartbreak hangs light and naked from the tips of Miranda July’s mossy curls. She’s that young surgeon operating on exposed organs and it’s delightfully frightening how delicate and precise her incisions are.
From award-winning filmmaking, post-modern idiosyncratic performance and visual art, to critically acclaimed short stories, July delivers the romantic simplicity of the human condition to all mediums.
I recently finished July’s book of short fiction, No One Belongs Here More Than You, which heralded mass praise and international awards. Upon turning to its first page, I thought I had a fair idea on what I was getting myself into as I was one who was left breathless after her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know – she basically had me at “poop back and forth …forever.” But once again, after folding down the bright yellow cover and putting a close to the book, I sat startled by the utter charismatic and queer originality of her vision and characters in the written form.
“Miranda July is a beautiful, odd, original voice – seductive, sometimes erotic, and a little creepy, too. – David Byrne
This led me to revisit her filmmaking where I stumbled upon her little known low- budget ($150) short, Are You the Favorite Person of Anyone. Written by July and starring John C. Reily, Favorite Person is a 3 ½ minute black and white humorous acknowledgment of self worth and acceptance.
Inspired, I decided to emulate this one afternoon in my hometown and neighborhood, Lake Eola Park in Orlando, FL.
Check it out to the right:
