ABOUT MURPHY’S LAW

On the eve of my 35^th birthday, I found myself returning my engagement ring to my newly titled “Ex”-fiance, packing up my small car with all my worldly belongings and moving back to my parents home … back to the support and succour of family.  Except for one disconcerting fact – both my parents are dead.  At 35 I felt lost, broken and ready to surrender.  Until…I found the diary.

I had been my mom’s primary care giver during her battle with cancer until her death in September 2012. Eight years before, I stood by my father’s bed side when he succumbed to the same illness. I was clawing my way out of grief when my five year relationship imploded. The man I thought I’d spend my life with….wasn’t.  Suddenly I found, I could barely breathe.

As life pressed on, I was tasked with clearing out the family home to prepare it for the real estate market.  Tucked in a long ignored box was a diary we’d believed had been lost years before in a house fire.  This journal chronicled my father’s solo bicycle trip through southern Ireland in 1973.  I also found his 1973, 10 speed Peugeot hanging in the rafters of the garage.

The trip represented a coming of age for Dad, Marty. He was only 26 years old at the time. But, it was on this trip that he made his journey into manhood.  He took it all in – the beauty of the country that was his ancestral home, the sacredness of solitude, the sting of loneliness, the joy of laughter and the value of his fellow man. He stopped.  He took a moment to stand on the precipice and just breathe. And, in the end he learned some truths about love and about himself.  And he wrote it all down.  Like a gift. Or perhaps – a guide.

I became obsessed with the idea of re-creating my Dad’s trip.  Maybe if I go backwards and recreate this journey, I can find my own path forward. And as an artist, I hope to create something beautiful out of a tragic time.

So I’m taking the refurbished 40 year old bike, the journal and a film crew to Ireland.  I’m going on a quest to find my lost spark.  To find my whimsy again.  I’m going…because I have to. Murphy’s Law is a documentary about flaming that inner pilot light! 

Please follow my blog and watch me fall off a cliff in real time at

http://murphyslawfilm.net

ABOUT MEGAN

Megan Murphy has had an interesting and varied career in the performing arts for over two decades. Since graduating from York University’s Fine Arts program, she has worked as an actor in both the local and Toronto film, television and theatre scenes. She is currently a morning show co-host on 2 Peterborough radio stations, Star 93.3 and 107.9 The Breeze. In 1998 she was the recipient of the TD Canada Trust $50,000 Scholarship for Outstanding Community Leadership. She is a graduate from the Second City Conservatory Program and from the Documentary Filmmaking Institute at Seneca College. Her short film, Shelf Life, won an audience choice award at the ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival. 

WHY CONTRIBUTE?

I’ve created this campaign to build a community.  Having been through a very dark time in my life, all of you have buoyed me.  The Irish proverb says “some journey’s aren’t meant to be taken alone”.  So here we are, together.

At present I’m financing my film with my parents inheritance.  But I’m looking for help!  Your contributions will help me cover the costs of production in Ireland, including the hiring of an amazing cinematographer, Robin Lupita Bain, and sound recording artist, Susan Downey, and it will help offset some of the initial costs of post production when I get back to Canada. Our initial goal is to raise $25,000, who knew making movies cost so much!!!?!!?!!!

My story is a personal one, but the message is universal; “where’d my ‘happy’ go and who the heck am I now”? If you’ve lost your spark, I hope this inspires you to find the whimsy in your life again. I have an incredible group of people helping me reach my goal, and I’m hoping that you’ll be an integral part of this mission as well! 

PERKS
These are the various perks available when you contribute to this film:

Just click on the one you want on the right side of the screen. 
MURPHY'S LAW IN THE NEWS

http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2014/07/03/retracing-her-fathers-journey

http://www.ptbocanada.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/07/megan-murphy-bike-ride_n_5563338.html

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NO CASH? NO WORRIES!!!

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Please use the Indiegogo tools to share this campaign with your friends!  Because we’re all Irish for at least one day a year!

Check out all the perks and come back regularly as we'll be listing more cool rewards as we go along!

Thanks for joining me and may the luck of the Irish be with you!!!