What I've come to really love about this project is the sense of community it provides. In this day and age, it can be so easy to feel alone, when we allow our lives to be tethered by the false methods that technology provides us. We believe that we're connecting, when really we're just plugged in. I'm not an idealist, but I believe the live power of art and performance is a force that should not be forgotten in our modern age. The Planet Helen Project, in a kind of weird way, brings that force to a digital medium. We can collaborate and create in a real shared experience. There's no hierarchy to it. Here we're all equal. Here we're all just trying to build something cool. And then deal with it when someone drops a bomb right into the middle of everything. The end result isn't a product, it's a journey. In Planet Helen, we can see characters live, struggle, and reach, all while witnessing the artists here on Earth do the same. We're just a community of people committed to building something honest. In the words of a director I once assisted for, 'The only authority in the room is the art. Serve that and everything else will turn out ok.'  - J. Gray