‘Finding Leonardo’ is about a girl – woman – whose dreams had come true and she had a sense of magic, what if she dreamed up something else, could she have that too?
The dream was the relationship, but no one had shown up for her yet. Ever since she was in high school she had been dreaming about her ‘Leonardo’. No not DiCaprio, but her own Leonardo. And many times she thought she had found him. When they were traveling the world together, when they kissed, or made love. But something always came up: troubled parents, broken relationships or mental illness. Just, life.
So at some point, she looked back on all the men that ever crossed her path and thought to herself: my ‘Leonardo’ is not one man forever and ever, but a mosaic man made up out of all the men that ever touched my heart. My college sweetheart, the rebound that followed, the one I used to go snowboarding with, even the ones that got away.
See, she grew up in a world where she was taught life could be made. So she went off, chasing her dreams. But at the end of her search she realized, ‘Leonardo’ cannot be found, because life is given to you. In order for ‘Leonardo’ to find you, you have to create space for coincidence and let people come to you. And with that in mind she could finally stop chasing and start living.
The Surf of Life 