“A Love By Your Side” is a short, musical film written & performed by Paul Spencer Alexander that examines a seldom talked about but truly cryptic aspect of our society; isolation and living without someone to love. It is so easy for the majority of other people out there not to feel this way or take notice of others who are suffering, especially if it’s the secret broken hearts or indescribable loneliness of close friends remaining silent.
In the film, we witness a multi-layered phenomenon; we can’t tell whether this “frozen woman” is trapped by her own negative thoughts or influenced by a malevolently false friend or entity that tries to function as both forces in her life. It should be noted that this beautiful statue of a young woman posed as the archetypal example of a perfect school teacher in the United State’s very first school house within the oldest city of our country, St. Augustine, FL, possibly serves as the unspoken guide (of ALL guides) to a separate pair of eyes, navigating sadly but bravely into the outside world. The teacher’s face has all the mystery, wisdom, and beauty of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Yet, we don’t know if this journey is that of the teacher herself, though it easily appears this way (the truth is, it rightfully should). As the circumstances change, we see an exact replica of the teacher, but a look of pride, accomplishment, and wisdom appears in her eyes as the story reaches closure, creating a stark contrast to the isolated look we see within her at the beginning of the film. Yet, her facial expression never actually changes any more or less than the Mona Lisa itself. What is she hiding? What does she know? What has she learned?
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As we watch, we witness a simple, revolutionary miracle of an alienated character breaking free from her imprisonment by employing a simple act of human courage; going out and exploring the world while holding on to what her true vision of love can be.
The intention of this project is to encourage people to “look around” and “take notice” of how much misery people go through without their knowledge, particularly when faced with a social mask. When the mask falls off, it really makes a “thud.” But the way this character changes and evolves brings no need for a mask at all.
If only one lesson could be chosen for the purpose of this film, it is this; we are an interconnected species and loneliness can be fatal. Despite our interconnected, natural nature, we often lose people to loneliness, isolation, and broken hearts. Check on and protect your entire family and all of your friends and, whatever else you decide to do, check on and protect your neighbors. This is how we can WIN this battle.
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Paul Spencer Alexander