Part 5:
Jesus loves You
the Machine before the Presbyterian Church
In the film, Bruce drives Brew Briggs over to a church in La Jolla.
Brew invites Bruce to join him.
He politely declines, because of a picnic date with his girl friend,
Kim.
They shake hands, Brew walks toward the church, Bruce drives toward
the Casa Beach.
A large number of people that surf are Christians.
Why is this?
Does the Sea attract those that believe in a Divine Presence?
Does involvement with the sea make a person more aware of a Divine
Presence.
How does this belief in a Divine Presence, whether it be called Christianity
or
some other name, comport or integrate itself with surfing in an
ocean filled with buoys.
in the conditions that exist. A Buoy is a hazard to himself and others.]
Weren't several of the disciples fishermen before Jesus called them
to his work to become
fishers of men. I don't know the answers for others and so I decided
to conduct some interviews
with two Christian friends who participated in the making of Southern
California Son:
Tim Senneff and Brew Briggs.
I conducted an interview with Tim last, week, and am in the process of
editorializing his words.
I will talk to Brew and Tim, together, in the following days. I will
present our conversation anon.
Brew Briggs, streaking down the line and riding high with Jesus
Tim Senneff, high cutback and riding the sand break, on Fire with the Lord
Brew rides the mexican freight trainBrew Briggs and Chris O"Rourke discuss Life after Death under the Windansea Shack, 1980
Bruce and Kim picnic on top of the breakwall: the seals relegated to their
Rock
Meanwhile, back with the film, Bruce and Kim enjoy their picnic at the
Casa Children's Pool
years before the invasion of the seals and their permanent takeover
of the beach. The lovers
smile and laugh and kiss and carry on as lover's do, Kim planning
her trip to Europe and
Bruce reluctantly agreeing to move to Los Angeles for the summer
to work in her dad's law office.
lips to die for
Italian suit, tie, shoes to replace the t-shirt, jeans and barefeet.
The eyes alter from far-sighted to near-sighted.
The body transforms from hard to pliable.
The drink from beer to martini.
The smoke from mexican to cuban.
The sex from frequent to a distant memory.
The grooming of the future groom.
His initiation into a respected profession:
Ferragamo shoes, not the former Ram quarterback;
Trade the Machine in for a Mercedes;
High income, high body fat.
What? Surf's flat? No matter, I have clients to see.
But don't you worry, I'll be taking my vacation on some
secret island off of the Philippines that nobody, but nobody has ever
seen!
How do I know about it if it's so secret?
My secret spot, shhhhhhhh.
Yeah, so what if I only get to spend two weeks down there.
So what, I say. Wait 'til I'm a junior partner!
Yeah. Wait. . . .
nothing is either Good or Bad, but thinking makes it so . . . .