My mission: a six credit independent learning contract: To learn instructional technologies of Visual Literacy; To learn how creative collaboration can be healing; To learn how to combine visual and expressive arts, and artistic expression. I chose to collaborate with local artists in film, music, photography, whatever I could get myself into. I processed and expressed my experiences with visual arts, an art journal and writings via my internet blog.
In early to mid June, I made contact through Craig’s list with several local artists and musicians. I took a train trip to my old stomping grounds in Eugene, and began the process of looking at life and my expression of life with the eye of an artist again. I contacted people I already knew, had never met at all, or known once a long, long time ago. While some contacts were lost leads and dead ends, the ones that panned out adhered together my seemingly separate experiences in a complimentary ways, that created a synergy to my entire summer experience.
The Cast of Characters:
Mike The Guitar player
Mark The Photographer
Luna The sustainable agriculture student
Don/Leslie The Transgendered Film Student
Kevin The Priest, Web designer and Friend
Robin The Art Tech. from SPSCC, and Glass Artist
Devon My Kid, and a published Web Artist
Dave Cramton, Teacher for 30fps (30 frames per second)
Crew Film class guys: Jordan, Maxwell, Patrick, Rolly, Chris, Travis,
Sean, Jeremiah, Matias, Lee
The Collaboration Projects:
1 day of gardening
2 10-hour days of Modeling Shoots
3 photography, location scouting Adventures
5 Student films (multiple days for each)
6 3-hour music Nights, and 8 songs
Adventures, Field trips and Locations:
Train Ride to Eugene
Salsa Dancing
Fort Lewis Car show
OFF (Olympic film Society)
Homes around Olympia
Forests around TESC
Capitol Lake
Tumwater Falls
Olympia Artesian Wells
Reading, Writing, Preperations & Research:
1 blog account to track the projects and progress
1 new job teaching Tai Chi basics at the CRC
3 books and chapter responses
2 films and film responses
3 new Friends and contacts
The Student Films I was in this summer (links provided in link list):
The Hunted
Book Of Secrets
Smith Co.
Forever and a Day
The Kite Project
What have I learned with all this experiential activity? How is collaboration healing?
Living an artistic and creative life is very experiential. Having a tightly controlled plan and following the status quo can be a death knell to effective creative process and expression. There must be a certain freedom of mind and action to allow room for creativity to unfold at its own pace, in a space that allows one to easily dance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, creativity, emotion and logic. And Yet a certain structure must remain without taking charge; a frame work for the activities and inspiring side-trips, as well as dedicated time for doing the work itself. The tricky bit is keeping the balance in ones self and life style. There must be room for spontaneous changes in course, or elaborate missions of exploration to discover new roads, tools, partners and ideas.
Collaboration with others complicates this process only slightly while adding an element of accountability and providing a sounding board for filtering ideas and responses to stimuli. I found this helpful to the expression of creativity by removing the project from the limited perspective of my own mind, where I might have ground it to dust by the turning of my own mental wheels, and bringing it out into the open of a fresh perspective. Collaboration with other artists helped to increase my productivity by accelerating the process, refreshing ideas before I had over analyzed them in the fields of my own mind, and giving an avenue of shared expression that helped keep the ball rolling when a person acting alone might have faltered, lost interest, or hit a creative block, and shelved a project indefinitely.
I learned to utilize a variety of media, such as Craigslist, and sound recording equipment, stepping outside of my personal comfort zone with technology. I took the initiative to meet people, and to share my opinions and insights on how to tackle or improve a variety of creative projects. I learned that my opinions can be helpful and valuable to others process as well as my own, and that no man is an island - perhaps in the creative life more then anywhere else. We are all connected, and each of us has an important role to play, a perspective that may be uniquely useful to the larger picture. This helped to heal some old self esteem issues for me, and helped me get a much needed job on campus teaching Tai Chi basics through the CRC.
With Mark, I learned to follow my instincts and ask for feedback as to how the shoot was going, and to offer my insight when he did the same. Our finished photos, and extra long shoots are the proof that this was successful. Our photos are beautiful. Working with Mike, I learned to accept the gift of other peoples patience and willingness to work with me even if I am a beginner or feel they are carrying me in a project. If I do my best and keep showing up on the page, keep making the effort and show at least some improvement, the project can still unfold. I have learned that collaboration invites growth on many fronts both internally in ones inner perspective and in the creative results of achieving the goal. The rewards for breaking ones past habitual way of interacting are many.
The film class taught me to push through and get things done even if the product seems less then perfect. Set a schedule, do the shots and then work with what you get, rather then waiting forever, or failing to complete the work because perfection has yet to be achieved or attained. Working with a variety of directors and styles was interesting as well, and helped me to grow in confidence about presenting myself as an actress. This is something I have the talent, knowledge and ability to continue pursuing as a hobby and education. And that was a delicious experiential activity I hope to continue exploring. It raised long lost projects to the surface of my individual creative goals, and gave me the confidence to pursue them as part of my future studies.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Response to Reading
Chi and Creativity, Vital Energy and your Inner Artist
by Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching
Chapter IV: Exploring Chi and Creativity
“The capacity to create is part of being human -whether that means making art, writing, teaching, cooking for friends, gardening, giving a massage, nurturing relationships or following a spiritual path. Nourishing and maximizing your vital energy, or Chi, is an essential part of fulfilling your human potential.” - from book jacket
The authors of this book spend a lot of time introducing meditation and self exploration techniques like guided imagery, keeping various types of journals, and practicing exercises for sensing Chi. Chapter 4 pulls these techniques together as it explores the correlation between Chi and the creative process, for the purpose of making the secular activity of creative process sacred.
The chapter sections are dived as follows:
Sacred Time and Space
Chi and Creativity Altar
Your Personal Place in Nature and Circle of Chi
Sources of Chi
Chi Awareness to Stimulate Creativity
Creativity and Ancestral Wisdom
Each section explores its stated concept through example, then pulls the guided imagery and journaling into exercises to be done separately. I found the imagery helpful to record into a digital recorder and play back later. The journaling explored written and art journaling techniques, which I've been combining in my summer art journal, and the later activities suggest creating costuming or talismans to wear as part of further chi rituals, particularly the ancestral wisdom or altars to help guide and focus the creative process.
I enjoyed the activities, particularly how the authors crossed the boundaries of many cultures with their work, bringing ideas of
Tai Chi, Hawaiian surfing culture, artistic endeavor and Native American values into one set of activities. This appealed to my own multi-cultural sensibilities, and brought together a variety of trainings I have experienced in my life, including Tai Chi, Shamanism, work with the Artist's Way, and growing up in southern Californian surf culture. Little did I know when I picked up the book that it provide such a bridge that paralleled my own experiences and serve as more of a reminder then instruction into ideas I had previously explored.
by Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching
Chapter IV: Exploring Chi and Creativity
“The capacity to create is part of being human -whether that means making art, writing, teaching, cooking for friends, gardening, giving a massage, nurturing relationships or following a spiritual path. Nourishing and maximizing your vital energy, or Chi, is an essential part of fulfilling your human potential.” - from book jacket
The authors of this book spend a lot of time introducing meditation and self exploration techniques like guided imagery, keeping various types of journals, and practicing exercises for sensing Chi. Chapter 4 pulls these techniques together as it explores the correlation between Chi and the creative process, for the purpose of making the secular activity of creative process sacred.
The chapter sections are dived as follows:
Sacred Time and Space
Chi and Creativity Altar
Your Personal Place in Nature and Circle of Chi
Sources of Chi
Chi Awareness to Stimulate Creativity
Creativity and Ancestral Wisdom
Each section explores its stated concept through example, then pulls the guided imagery and journaling into exercises to be done separately. I found the imagery helpful to record into a digital recorder and play back later. The journaling explored written and art journaling techniques, which I've been combining in my summer art journal, and the later activities suggest creating costuming or talismans to wear as part of further chi rituals, particularly the ancestral wisdom or altars to help guide and focus the creative process.
I enjoyed the activities, particularly how the authors crossed the boundaries of many cultures with their work, bringing ideas of
Tai Chi, Hawaiian surfing culture, artistic endeavor and Native American values into one set of activities. This appealed to my own multi-cultural sensibilities, and brought together a variety of trainings I have experienced in my life, including Tai Chi, Shamanism, work with the Artist's Way, and growing up in southern Californian surf culture. Little did I know when I picked up the book that it provide such a bridge that paralleled my own experiences and serve as more of a reminder then instruction into ideas I had previously explored.
life of a filmstar
Busy times. A week ago Wednesday, I missed most of the Zombie movie shoot. I walked in as Jordan was finishing the takeover of the local news station to become Zombie brain watch. I got a photo. Maxwell asked if I could help on Friday and sent me a script.
Then I was the Star. I ran through the forest chased by the monster, screaming, taking refuge in an old deserted shack. Slowly going mad. That was last Friday. During the week I followed the crew to several locations and did what I could to help out. Sometimes character work, sometimes just staying out of the way while trying to absorb more experience and familiarity with the lighting and sound technologies etc.
Saturday after work, I tried to round up extras for zombies part2, but by the time I had it handled the shoot was done. We put my friends off till the next week.
Monday I was an off duty cop flirting with my coworkers in the background of an old bar, while two, crusty, older cops tried to solve an impossible case at a nearby table. That was a full day of lighting and working on finding replacements and stand-ins for missing or absent actors. We had the use of Eagles club till 4 pm. Yet a different director and directing style.
Tuesday all day on campus. Resnet was down all week at the dorms, so internet access was severely constrained to the library building only, and usually to library hours as well. I put several more layers onto the paper mache helmet I was making for next weeks project. That took nearly 10 days in all to complete, and once it dried, about 3 more days to cut, shape, paint, and apply rub and buff so it looks like metal. Thank heavens I didn't have to do that! The paper and flour water was more then tedious enough. I also finally caught up with Andrew to finish my hire paperwork for the Tai Chi Class.
Wednesday, I taught my campus Tai chi class. It went much better then the previous one where they put us in a basketball court. This time they let me use a dance studio, and we worked on the first 9 moves of 24 form Tai Chi Chaun. It was nice. I had about 8 people show up.
Thursday we crammed into someones tiny apartment to shoot a scene about a young girl trying to put her life together after rehab, and not doing to good a job. I was the voice of her MOM, who called her cell phone at an inopportune moment. Multiple takes running up and down the stairs so I could hear my cue, but not be heard in the echo of the stairwell. I have no idea how many minutes that used on my cell phone bill. ouch.
Late Thursday, we were in another Bar. A different bar. The royal. Where The young girl falls off the wagon in a dream sequence. Once again I mostly helped by staying out of the way. Although I did run interference with people trying to enter the set and found the extra set of bar lights for the guys, and helped keep the talent happy.
Friday Morning found us on the West side, at a small used clothing store. This was the job the young girl gets fired from for using at work. We all did some browsing, and, made good contacts with the store owners for future projects, and possible costuming resources. By now my character work was done, so I was just support.
Saturday I worked and then got to play production manager. I rounded up cast and craft services for the big shoot on Sunday.
Sunday. A long day indeed. "Book of Secrets" movie trailer. 5 locations. Only one of Don's classmates showed up, but the entire cast descended upon his dorm room. I cooked all day for cast and crew. Breakfasts, coffee, vegetable pasta salad, I ran props, helped with make up and got the talent to the locations. I helped look after the kid someone brought and gave her jobs to keep her busy, and ran the clap board. In the afternoon I provided costumes, props, suggestions and transportation to alternate locations. Then once the 8 or 9 other cast members had done their parts and been released, it was my turn. Sunday night. lights, make up, black screen in the living room. I was a stone goddess, who comes to life, sees the wrong being done, and goes to war! Thus, at last, the helmet.
Don't worry! Once the post production is finished the films will be posted to You tube, and I will post links! Its a good thing Mike couldn't meet for music recently! who has the time? I start working nights now.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Film response: Metropolis by Fritz Lang
What an incredible film!
I was mesmerized by this pieced together footage from Germany in the 1920's. The symbolism of nearly every shot, the amazing pieces of imagery, and industry, the foreshadowing to Hitler, An amazing work of art recovered and mostly restored.
I am in a rapture beyond words. This was a very old film, a true silent movie, dramatically black and white, complete with restored orchestral accompaniment. We perused it to find some good shots of industry, and the symbolism of the industrial revolution. It was a strange combination of George Orwell's 1984 meets Frankenstein in the magical land of OZ.
How to summarize it with out giving it away... I am at a loss. Robots, mad science, partial nudity, workers rebelling, the prodigal prince redeeming his inheritance... were there flying monkeys? I cant be sure! If you have not seen this film, you simply must. Surely the great masters Orson Wells, and Alfred Hitchcock drew from the richness of this film. A true film, not just a movie.
I was mesmerized by this pieced together footage from Germany in the 1920's. The symbolism of nearly every shot, the amazing pieces of imagery, and industry, the foreshadowing to Hitler, An amazing work of art recovered and mostly restored.
I am in a rapture beyond words. This was a very old film, a true silent movie, dramatically black and white, complete with restored orchestral accompaniment. We perused it to find some good shots of industry, and the symbolism of the industrial revolution. It was a strange combination of George Orwell's 1984 meets Frankenstein in the magical land of OZ.
How to summarize it with out giving it away... I am at a loss. Robots, mad science, partial nudity, workers rebelling, the prodigal prince redeeming his inheritance... were there flying monkeys? I cant be sure! If you have not seen this film, you simply must. Surely the great masters Orson Wells, and Alfred Hitchcock drew from the richness of this film. A true film, not just a movie.
WOW. What a week!
When it rains it pours.
This week I got some of the power point started, and checked in the with the film class 30 Frames Per Second. (30fps, taught by Dave Cramton.) Jordan, my very kind costar from the coffee girl film, sent an email to all the guys for me and Maxwell has cast me in his short horror movie. So I will be filming all day on Friday again! maybe even Saturday.
I am thrilled. Who knew I had to wait 20 years and move to Washington for my acting career to take off?! Now I am gonna be in a horror flick: The Hunted. Everyone knows what that means... I am about to become a Superstar!! Sigourny Weaver, Courtney Cox, Meryl Streep, etc. I absolutely told Maxwell I must have Perrier and my own trailer... kidding. (but paying for summer school would be a bonus).
Meanwhile, I have spent numerous hours the past few days doing production work to create a paper mache' helmet (hours layering and overnight drying) and helping scout locations for the film trailer that Don is working on: Book of Secrets. Tuesday we spent a couple hours in the woods filming one of the scenes and I got to run the sound. Not a Foley artist yet, but on the right track! I hope to post pictures of that soon. I have been cast in that film as a Celtic war goddess. The helmet will be for me. Very exciting. That should begin shooting in the next week or two.
This week I got some of the power point started, and checked in the with the film class 30 Frames Per Second. (30fps, taught by Dave Cramton.) Jordan, my very kind costar from the coffee girl film, sent an email to all the guys for me and Maxwell has cast me in his short horror movie. So I will be filming all day on Friday again! maybe even Saturday.
I am thrilled. Who knew I had to wait 20 years and move to Washington for my acting career to take off?! Now I am gonna be in a horror flick: The Hunted. Everyone knows what that means... I am about to become a Superstar!! Sigourny Weaver, Courtney Cox, Meryl Streep, etc. I absolutely told Maxwell I must have Perrier and my own trailer... kidding. (but paying for summer school would be a bonus).
Meanwhile, I have spent numerous hours the past few days doing production work to create a paper mache' helmet (hours layering and overnight drying) and helping scout locations for the film trailer that Don is working on: Book of Secrets. Tuesday we spent a couple hours in the woods filming one of the scenes and I got to run the sound. Not a Foley artist yet, but on the right track! I hope to post pictures of that soon. I have been cast in that film as a Celtic war goddess. The helmet will be for me. Very exciting. That should begin shooting in the next week or two.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Coffee Girl Directs!
What a fun day! It had been a long time since I'd been on a film set. I had a great time. I was the coffee girl, who objects to a famous directors treatment of her CEO, during a company promo, and ends up stealing his job. It was a short film, with just a few shots, but we managed to get everything in about 6 hours. That included equipment set up, dialog, and scene shots. Here are a few photos. A film about a film production. Gotta love it.
The guy on the floor with the lap top was the tele-prompter. The massage therapist in me was at odds with his positioning, but the actor in me ate it all up, the cold coffee, the bright lights, the stale cigarettes, and AV guys. I miss that old familiar geeky humor, I am such a geek at heart. I hope to help out the film class all next week as well, doing whatever is needed; acting, set building, etc. The story I heard is that when all the short films are done, they will be tied together, and shown in the back ground of a live performance broadcast over public television at the end of the quarter. Woo hoo! I will post the dates when I know more.
Hirsh, this might be what you get from me for a film.... lots of photos of film sets, and a air date.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
prouduction planning, and Progress!
I visited the TV studio today and was present for the planning meeting for tomorrow's shoot. I was recruited to play "coffee girl". That shoot starts at 8 am so I do need my beauty rest. I am very excited.
I spent several hours in the computer lab trying to arrange my photos for one page montage of my different looks for Dave, the instructor at the CAM to keep on file. I hope to get more parts in his students productions that way. The time was long and I forgot how to operate Iphoto. ugh. I had to re-choose the photos twice, and the computer crashed. Yes! -from the 700 photos. ugh. I ended up saving the ones I want to use, but Photoland is to expensive in the summer so I have to come up with an alternate plan.
I then spent a great evening with Mike, and we made some fabulous progress on our songs. We now have more then we can cover in a single evening, but we nailed the Key change in the Aretha song, and I even got the fast second verse in Seen it coming, the Nickel back number we recorded last week. Mike was impressed with my progress on the Eva Cassidy tune and thinks we should record again soon to show Hirsh my improvement. Yay!
All in all a very productive day with almost 9 work hours. That sure makes up for the past week! Ok 8 am on site will come early, so I will post the results over the weekend. Thanks to all my supportive readers!
I spent several hours in the computer lab trying to arrange my photos for one page montage of my different looks for Dave, the instructor at the CAM to keep on file. I hope to get more parts in his students productions that way. The time was long and I forgot how to operate Iphoto. ugh. I had to re-choose the photos twice, and the computer crashed. Yes! -from the 700 photos. ugh. I ended up saving the ones I want to use, but Photoland is to expensive in the summer so I have to come up with an alternate plan.
I then spent a great evening with Mike, and we made some fabulous progress on our songs. We now have more then we can cover in a single evening, but we nailed the Key change in the Aretha song, and I even got the fast second verse in Seen it coming, the Nickel back number we recorded last week. Mike was impressed with my progress on the Eva Cassidy tune and thinks we should record again soon to show Hirsh my improvement. Yay!
All in all a very productive day with almost 9 work hours. That sure makes up for the past week! Ok 8 am on site will come early, so I will post the results over the weekend. Thanks to all my supportive readers!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
production is time consuming
After everything I explored in the last post, this was a quieter week with a busy work schedule. Yay. Rent is paid!
I spoke to "Kevin" a professional web site designer, for about 2 hours last week, to learn about his work, but we ended up talking about our current mutual art classes and various mediums of design, so I will have to get more on that later. Still it inspired me to continue exploring "painting" with different mediums.
I then spent about 2 and a half hours watching "Don" use CorelDraw9 to create mock product labels. These were part of the "production" work needed for the Commercial his film class was shooting the next day. He used a Wacom drawing pad and stylus for most of the work. I hoped to learn some technology, or editing tips. But in the end it wasn't very directly useful to me at this time.
Still, I learned to allow plenty of time, since creating the mock labels took him hours before I arrived, and then there was about an hour of trying to work out the problems of sending them via email with high resolution. There were multiple IM's back and forth about progress. The files had to be compressed, and resent several times which was tedious.
In the end there were about five mock labels which were all very humorous, and the commercial shoot went well.
I was given an open invitation to visit the studio during class and help with production work as soon as my schedule opens up. I have no idea if I will end up in front of the camera or behind it, but I will be ready for either tomorrow.
meanwhile, its time to visit the OFS and see if there are anymore films to screen, and then meet up with Mike for another round of music and more recording... woot! that is always an evening well spent.
I spoke to "Kevin" a professional web site designer, for about 2 hours last week, to learn about his work, but we ended up talking about our current mutual art classes and various mediums of design, so I will have to get more on that later. Still it inspired me to continue exploring "painting" with different mediums.
I then spent about 2 and a half hours watching "Don" use CorelDraw9 to create mock product labels. These were part of the "production" work needed for the Commercial his film class was shooting the next day. He used a Wacom drawing pad and stylus for most of the work. I hoped to learn some technology, or editing tips. But in the end it wasn't very directly useful to me at this time.
Still, I learned to allow plenty of time, since creating the mock labels took him hours before I arrived, and then there was about an hour of trying to work out the problems of sending them via email with high resolution. There were multiple IM's back and forth about progress. The files had to be compressed, and resent several times which was tedious.
In the end there were about five mock labels which were all very humorous, and the commercial shoot went well.
I was given an open invitation to visit the studio during class and help with production work as soon as my schedule opens up. I have no idea if I will end up in front of the camera or behind it, but I will be ready for either tomorrow.
meanwhile, its time to visit the OFS and see if there are anymore films to screen, and then meet up with Mike for another round of music and more recording... woot! that is always an evening well spent.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
to class or not to class...
update:
Tamia hits overload:
Recently watched a fabulous Mini series: THE IMPRESSIONISTS, staring Julian Glover. It focused mostly on Monet, but brought the history of all the impressionists alive.(Renoir, Bazille, Degas, Manet...) I think it must also be where we get the cultural "starving artist" archetype from. It was extremely inspiring paint wise, to see him with 5 canvases painting haystacks as the light changed! Yay!
More to come later about my thoughts on that! ART saves lives, and makes life worthwhile. Really.
My new psychology of dreams class started last night. I went to the first class to discuss with the instructor if I should bother to stay. It seems fascinating, but I had decided not to do it. Then I got sucked into it all. But I can't afford it right now. I have to drop it no matter how enticing it is.
I have never had such a hard time finding work! And I FEEL like its not anybody else's problem, to solve. Job hunting eats into my inspiration, painting and collaborative art projects a lot. I spend 30 hours a week at that, and figuring out how to afford to drive to the one job I still work 10 hours at. aarrggggh.
Sorry. Don't mean to whine. But it is a very prominent part of my current progress. I am somehow not inspired to paint, or do much else, but to keep searching and applying for even the most ludicrous jobs. I think STRESSED OUT is a drastic understatement. But hey! At least I can still write from life Hirsh! ;) how about that?
PROJECTS: NEXT UP: A few selections from The Artists Way, by Julia Cameron, seem timely to this point of my creative recovery. I need to do more art photos for the film and power point. I am also still trying to get just one of those pesky, flaky, noncommittal film students to let me help with something, anything, so I can learn more about what they are doing and film process. I may have to tank the power point so I can focus on the film stuff instead. I've spent a lot of time spinning my wheels trying to connect with those flaky film students.
Tamia hits overload:
Recently watched a fabulous Mini series: THE IMPRESSIONISTS, staring Julian Glover. It focused mostly on Monet, but brought the history of all the impressionists alive.(Renoir, Bazille, Degas, Manet...) I think it must also be where we get the cultural "starving artist" archetype from. It was extremely inspiring paint wise, to see him with 5 canvases painting haystacks as the light changed! Yay!
More to come later about my thoughts on that! ART saves lives, and makes life worthwhile. Really.
My new psychology of dreams class started last night. I went to the first class to discuss with the instructor if I should bother to stay. It seems fascinating, but I had decided not to do it. Then I got sucked into it all. But I can't afford it right now. I have to drop it no matter how enticing it is.
I have never had such a hard time finding work! And I FEEL like its not anybody else's problem, to solve. Job hunting eats into my inspiration, painting and collaborative art projects a lot. I spend 30 hours a week at that, and figuring out how to afford to drive to the one job I still work 10 hours at. aarrggggh.
Sorry. Don't mean to whine. But it is a very prominent part of my current progress. I am somehow not inspired to paint, or do much else, but to keep searching and applying for even the most ludicrous jobs. I think STRESSED OUT is a drastic understatement. But hey! At least I can still write from life Hirsh! ;) how about that?
PROJECTS: NEXT UP: A few selections from The Artists Way, by Julia Cameron, seem timely to this point of my creative recovery. I need to do more art photos for the film and power point. I am also still trying to get just one of those pesky, flaky, noncommittal film students to let me help with something, anything, so I can learn more about what they are doing and film process. I may have to tank the power point so I can focus on the film stuff instead. I've spent a lot of time spinning my wheels trying to connect with those flaky film students.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Mayhem with music and film!
Ok, I met with Mike for music this week, but the traffic and other things cut our time short. Still it was good to touch base, and see where we are at after missing a couple weeks of connections. which is all we really had time for since he had other plans. the good news: Mike had a way to record a couple of tracks of our progress especially for HIrsh, so I hope to provide a link to that soon, Yay!
I feel so blessed that he is so talented, resourceful and patient with me and my super sucky timing issues. He has never let any frustration show, though it must lurk there, He usually laughs at me, and is very encouraging to help count me in, when I start to early or late. I am blessed to have such a great and patient conspirator. His lovely wife Teresa is very kind to letting me invade their home once a week and monopolize his time and assistance with this creative learning project. I always have a fabulous time, and am very grateful. I want to do more of it. I need to make it more of a priority.
practice, practice, practice.
Olympia film society: I went to another meeting last week, and checked out 3 Japanese art films to screen. They are so far mostly boring drivel. The film meetings are every other week, and were all setup on the first week. I have never received an email about them,I just show up. So far the one gal tends to monopolize the direction of the conversation, and the ear of this years directing coordinator, dropping band names and obscure films from other festivals, but I always learn a lot, so It doesn't bother me. It does make the meetings run long and a bit under productive to my way of thinking, but that's collaboration for you.
My own photos have not been particularly inspired, so I have a lot to plan out this weekend. I haven't gotten a straight answer from any of the filming students I've tried to connect with, so it looks like I am on my own. Even Don has speculated three different ways I could assist, but not pinned down a single one yet. And works on with out me. I have to make a power point, do more reading, and figure out how my film will best document my progress...
I feel so blessed that he is so talented, resourceful and patient with me and my super sucky timing issues. He has never let any frustration show, though it must lurk there, He usually laughs at me, and is very encouraging to help count me in, when I start to early or late. I am blessed to have such a great and patient conspirator. His lovely wife Teresa is very kind to letting me invade their home once a week and monopolize his time and assistance with this creative learning project. I always have a fabulous time, and am very grateful. I want to do more of it. I need to make it more of a priority.
practice, practice, practice.
Olympia film society: I went to another meeting last week, and checked out 3 Japanese art films to screen. They are so far mostly boring drivel. The film meetings are every other week, and were all setup on the first week. I have never received an email about them,I just show up. So far the one gal tends to monopolize the direction of the conversation, and the ear of this years directing coordinator, dropping band names and obscure films from other festivals, but I always learn a lot, so It doesn't bother me. It does make the meetings run long and a bit under productive to my way of thinking, but that's collaboration for you.
My own photos have not been particularly inspired, so I have a lot to plan out this weekend. I haven't gotten a straight answer from any of the filming students I've tried to connect with, so it looks like I am on my own. Even Don has speculated three different ways I could assist, but not pinned down a single one yet. And works on with out me. I have to make a power point, do more reading, and figure out how my film will best document my progress...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
So many projects so little time!
I had another 10+ hour photo shoot with Mark. Here are a few samples of yesterdays work. Obviously I do not post the best ones online, and Mark and I share ownership of them, so you can see more on his site. Check the link.
We conspire well together with great ideas for costumes, locations, and moods. We meant to keep it breezy this time, with only three looks, and three locations, but the time still got away from us. By the time I left his place with my copies, we still had over 700 photos! And that was after the initial sorting where I trash the obviously ugly ones.
Honestly, it usually takes going through them several times over several days to look past the art value of form and content, expressions on my face from sun in my eyes, and any blurriness. It can make a long day into a very long day, since we have to dump and preview each batch between locations. No complaints though, I always enjoy our work. We worked for over 10 hours yesterday, and it took another 4.5 hours today to do a second sort of my copies into keepers for projects, and re-size them to upload here. It will add even more time when I crop or edit the ones I plan to use for my next project.
I am learning a lot by working with Mark: such as how to work with a photographer that only occasionally gives suggestions, and very little actual direction once he's behind the camera. It is truly collaborative to have more freedom as well as responsibility in the shoot. It was really fun when his girl friend went with us to the beach and helped direct me a bit.
Sometimes I wish we worked over several days, instead of all at once, so I could process what I learn from each shoot and bring it to the next. When there is to much time between shoots I don't remember subtle body angles I want to change, or make up and expression tricks for harsh sunlight. When there is not enough time, such as back to back shoots, I don't get a chance to visually and mentally evaluate my own performance and contribution to the project, past initial facial expressions.
Other photographers I have worked with were very constant and commanding in their direction for body positions, and head angles, expressions, etc. Which I usually appreciate, since there is so much to distract one on location shots. Weather in the face, passersby and onlookers, balancing at weird angles, combating vertigo while trying to look comfortable, watching for wildlife or bird bombs, and showing just enough skin without overdoing it... But I am learning more this way. ;)
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Response to Reading #2
Chapter 10, Clear Water:
Nourishing the Creative Life
from
Women Who Run with The Wolves
by Clarrissa Pinkola Estes
“Creativity” says Ms. Estes, “ is a shape changer. One moment it takes this form, the next, that.”
and she goes on to point out how creativity exists in both the ideas and the doing, the follow through of those ideas, pursuing them into shape, and following where they lead. She tells the story of , La Larona, the woman of the river. A woman who lost her creativity, her children, her creations.
Some practical tips for identifying the loss, and the destructive animus, as well as taking stock of the situation, and beginning the healing process dominate this chapter of the text. But steps to take in regaining ones creative soul fire, after illness, stagnation, or injured instincts have starved one for “freshness and fertility” are listed through this chapter:
1)Receive nurturance,
2)Respond in the moment to what you perceive now,
3)Be wild: be willing to seem stupid, or inept to others,
4)Begin, just where you are,
5)Protect your time: set boundaries and
6)Stay with it: keep at it,
7)Protect your creative Life,
8)Craft your real work,
9)Lay out Nourishment for the Creative life
Next, Ms. Estes tells the story of the Little Match Girl, a story that has haunted me all my life with its sad, hopeless destruction and despair. The tale is dissected to give us its lessons and an additional message, with this very sound advice:
“To avoid being the Little Match Girl, there is one major action you must take. Anyone who does not support your art, your life, is not worth your time. Harsh but true.”
Finally, the author winds through yet another tale to point the way and ends with the advice that to just sit and rock with an idea, is the way to find your focus when it has been lost. However long it takes, it will come, and renew itself. “You need do no more.”
I am on this journey and it is good to have the road ahead laid out, the next steps clearly marked. I know what to do from here! The rent and bills be blessed and given to a higher power. The time has come to paint! To blend essential oils, to visit old friends and old flames and walk amongst the roses to hear their sighs. To Love the people in my life right now like I have never been hurt and wear my heart on my sleeve because life is short.
tg
Nourishing the Creative Life
from
Women Who Run with The Wolves
by Clarrissa Pinkola Estes
“Creativity” says Ms. Estes, “ is a shape changer. One moment it takes this form, the next, that.”
and she goes on to point out how creativity exists in both the ideas and the doing, the follow through of those ideas, pursuing them into shape, and following where they lead. She tells the story of , La Larona, the woman of the river. A woman who lost her creativity, her children, her creations.
Some practical tips for identifying the loss, and the destructive animus, as well as taking stock of the situation, and beginning the healing process dominate this chapter of the text. But steps to take in regaining ones creative soul fire, after illness, stagnation, or injured instincts have starved one for “freshness and fertility” are listed through this chapter:
1)Receive nurturance,
2)Respond in the moment to what you perceive now,
3)Be wild: be willing to seem stupid, or inept to others,
4)Begin, just where you are,
5)Protect your time: set boundaries and
6)Stay with it: keep at it,
7)Protect your creative Life,
8)Craft your real work,
9)Lay out Nourishment for the Creative life
Next, Ms. Estes tells the story of the Little Match Girl, a story that has haunted me all my life with its sad, hopeless destruction and despair. The tale is dissected to give us its lessons and an additional message, with this very sound advice:
“To avoid being the Little Match Girl, there is one major action you must take. Anyone who does not support your art, your life, is not worth your time. Harsh but true.”
Finally, the author winds through yet another tale to point the way and ends with the advice that to just sit and rock with an idea, is the way to find your focus when it has been lost. However long it takes, it will come, and renew itself. “You need do no more.”
I am on this journey and it is good to have the road ahead laid out, the next steps clearly marked. I know what to do from here! The rent and bills be blessed and given to a higher power. The time has come to paint! To blend essential oils, to visit old friends and old flames and walk amongst the roses to hear their sighs. To Love the people in my life right now like I have never been hurt and wear my heart on my sleeve because life is short.
tg
Friday, July 16, 2010
heat exhaustion, dead ends & fruitless endevours
Well. It seems I missed a week. I managed to have adventures but they mostly fell flat of my learning intentions, and left me frustrated and feeling very unsuccessful.
Last week, I visited an old car show on the big weekend and tried to glean film and camera tips from Don. Then, following the big weekend of the 4th, our temperatures jumped from the mid 60's to the mid 90's overnight. It was fabulous! -but us Lilly white north westerners are just not used to a weeks worth of that kind of weather. I actually got heat exhaustion on Thursday, and couldn't even keep water down. I was lucky someone thought to try adding electrolytes and have me sip that for 3 days. All in all, it took about four days to recover and feel somewhat normal. whew! I don't think I realized how bad off I was until a few days later, so that was a big scare.
Meanwhile, I worked on the music, and plunged back into creating new collaborations. Mike and I agreed to take a break again, and find new songs, change the day, and we now plan to set up and try recording some stuff. We meet up again next week on Friday night. So big plans, but no current work on that front, except practice, practice, practice my timing. Ti-ahh-ming-ing
I did start on the arranged photos for the power point I hope to create, and find I am struggling more then last time, not having classmates to bounce ideas off of. I learn a lot from Don about the technical aspects, but creatively he sometimes seems to steal my thunder a bit, (not my ideas, just the oomph or enthusiasm to do them somehow) so I have learned that I must keep my fledgling ideas close to the vest. I learned a bit more about collaborative boundaries, and self discipline.
Don's class had a field trip to Seattle this week, that was going to learn about filming equipment! I tried to get in on that, thinking it would really help me in my quest to learn the instructional technologies better. Unfortunately the logistics didn't pan out well, and by the time I had obtained the permission of the instructor, it interfered with a different trip that had been delayed because of the complications from the heat exhaustion. My friend Tina had been visiting and we had to get her home to Portland. A few of us made a girls day of it and had lunch at the Roxy so it wasn't a total waste.
I have figured out that I am not good at keeping up with my art journal and doing photography during the same week. They seem to be very mutually exclusive, so that feels like a struggle as well. All in all I feel like I was just spinning my wheels the past 10 days and beating my head against a brick wall. I need to regroup, and set a plan of action for the rest of the quarter. The good news? I think I may have a job with CRC for Fall! Yay! I just have to get through summer financially and things will should ease up a bit. Yay, that relieves a bit of stress.
Its time to get organized! In 2 weeks my psychology of dreams class starts up, and the kinesiology class I teach will be getting into finals, so I really need to have the power point done and the film underway by then. So here we go!! Time to buckle down, set a schedule and focus on productivity now. Wish me luck!
Last week, I visited an old car show on the big weekend and tried to glean film and camera tips from Don. Then, following the big weekend of the 4th, our temperatures jumped from the mid 60's to the mid 90's overnight. It was fabulous! -but us Lilly white north westerners are just not used to a weeks worth of that kind of weather. I actually got heat exhaustion on Thursday, and couldn't even keep water down. I was lucky someone thought to try adding electrolytes and have me sip that for 3 days. All in all, it took about four days to recover and feel somewhat normal. whew! I don't think I realized how bad off I was until a few days later, so that was a big scare.
Meanwhile, I worked on the music, and plunged back into creating new collaborations. Mike and I agreed to take a break again, and find new songs, change the day, and we now plan to set up and try recording some stuff. We meet up again next week on Friday night. So big plans, but no current work on that front, except practice, practice, practice my timing. Ti-ahh-ming-ing
I did start on the arranged photos for the power point I hope to create, and find I am struggling more then last time, not having classmates to bounce ideas off of. I learn a lot from Don about the technical aspects, but creatively he sometimes seems to steal my thunder a bit, (not my ideas, just the oomph or enthusiasm to do them somehow) so I have learned that I must keep my fledgling ideas close to the vest. I learned a bit more about collaborative boundaries, and self discipline.
Don's class had a field trip to Seattle this week, that was going to learn about filming equipment! I tried to get in on that, thinking it would really help me in my quest to learn the instructional technologies better. Unfortunately the logistics didn't pan out well, and by the time I had obtained the permission of the instructor, it interfered with a different trip that had been delayed because of the complications from the heat exhaustion. My friend Tina had been visiting and we had to get her home to Portland. A few of us made a girls day of it and had lunch at the Roxy so it wasn't a total waste.
I have figured out that I am not good at keeping up with my art journal and doing photography during the same week. They seem to be very mutually exclusive, so that feels like a struggle as well. All in all I feel like I was just spinning my wheels the past 10 days and beating my head against a brick wall. I need to regroup, and set a plan of action for the rest of the quarter. The good news? I think I may have a job with CRC for Fall! Yay! I just have to get through summer financially and things will should ease up a bit. Yay, that relieves a bit of stress.
Its time to get organized! In 2 weeks my psychology of dreams class starts up, and the kinesiology class I teach will be getting into finals, so I really need to have the power point done and the film underway by then. So here we go!! Time to buckle down, set a schedule and focus on productivity now. Wish me luck!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
photo project
update: Week 4/5
I have begun the plan for my power point presentation. I will have a series of arranged photos to do per Hirsh's request that I continue working with that medium. I want the power point/keynote to be about 20 minutes long, so there are many photos I will need to set up and arrange for that project. I have a few ideas, and a subject or theme in mind, but need additional inspiration for the actual shots.
I spent an afternoon doing some photos near the artesian well, while Don did some filming, but there wasn't much for me to help with, since he used a small video camera for his own class project. There isn't much to show from that, just a few tourist shots I took.
Went to an old car show on the weekend, and then a road trip, so I hope to have some material from that. I have read a bit more, and will post the response this week; and I also continue weekly music with Mike.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Melodious Phantom
Music with Mike. Usually Thursdays approx: 630 – 10 pm
Things went much better this week. YAY!
All my work with the timing really paid off, which is good because I burnt out on one or two of the songs. But when we grooved to them much better then last time, it was totally worth it and really fun.
Thank Heavens timing can be learned.
But exactly the right amount of wine does seem to help. :)
Here is a list of some of the songs we are working on. If you are familiar with them you know the timing is tricky in a few of them and even changes in places.
You can You Tube them, but I will try to get some links posted too.
Aretha: Preacher man
Norah Jones: Sunrise Sunrise
Keep Calling
Old standard: I could write a book
Nickleback: Long Time coming
Shawn Colvin New Thing Now
Eva Cassidy Say Goodbye
We are now working on the bridge and key change in Preacher man, the doo doo's in Say Goodbye, and the harmonies in Long Time Coming.
So many of the songs I would like to tackle are so Big Band, and need a horn section, But I have to say Mike was pretty impressive doing the lead in with the guitar on the Aretha tune.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Response to Reading
My first reading selection was from "Women Who Run With the Wolves", by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD.
Here it is:
Chapter 6:
Finding Ones Pack: Belonging as a Blessing
a brief summary with a few comments and observations of my own.
This is the story of the ugly duckling. He does not fit into his seeming family of origin and must move ever onward in his quest for belonging, acceptance. Sometimes he seems to be accepted for awhile, but some wild part of his soul is always left outside of the arrangement, hungry, unfulfilled, until eventually he is cast out again and again and must venture onward striving to survive, and feed his wild and beautiful soul, and simply be.
There is a saying I heard once in the early 1990's. “Pain pushes until the vision pulls” . I don't know who said it, but I do know that it has so often been true in my own life. Things get messier and messier, and more and more painful, when they just are not working anymore. If I can give myself permission to step outside the box, the confines of the culture or society in which I have found temporary asylum, and do something different, anything at all, I can sometimes grasp the vision that leads me to my next, and better home. But when I fight it, or hold on, or can't find trust in the divine, or clear inner perception, life or the situation can get very messy indeed. Trying to survive while ones soul is starving for recognition, for beauty, for acceptance, wears down ones defenses, ones resiliency. It can and has become life threatening for many at one time or another.
Eventually the ugly duckling does find his pack, the others like himself and they recognize him long before he comes to realize he is home at last. When one is born or lives to long on the fringe, outside of ones true family, true pack, ones senses and perceptions become dazed, fragmented, clouded by the mere effort of survival in many an inhospitable place. It takes time to recover, to recognize safety, to hear the song you are singing and realize its being sung by another. This time of transition, can seem surreal, dreamlike, and the duckling finds himself in a tentative un -trusting wonder at his new environment. He may be numb and toss wildly back and forth within his own skin and psyche as he begins to believe his own reflection and his own senses that the others are in some way actually like himself.
How do we get there? Ms. Pinkola Estes states that we must hold on, hold out, and keep searching, keep doing our work, keep creating our art, believing it will carry us to our pack. Trusting that it and we will at last be recognized by those to whom we belong, instead of those who would merely use us for their own agendas. Thus the duckling and the exiled wild woman (or man) both, begin to learn what it might mean to thrive, rather then merely survive. A different initiation, the next step and a journey of its own.
Here it is:
Chapter 6:
Finding Ones Pack: Belonging as a Blessing
a brief summary with a few comments and observations of my own.
This is the story of the ugly duckling. He does not fit into his seeming family of origin and must move ever onward in his quest for belonging, acceptance. Sometimes he seems to be accepted for awhile, but some wild part of his soul is always left outside of the arrangement, hungry, unfulfilled, until eventually he is cast out again and again and must venture onward striving to survive, and feed his wild and beautiful soul, and simply be.
There is a saying I heard once in the early 1990's. “Pain pushes until the vision pulls” . I don't know who said it, but I do know that it has so often been true in my own life. Things get messier and messier, and more and more painful, when they just are not working anymore. If I can give myself permission to step outside the box, the confines of the culture or society in which I have found temporary asylum, and do something different, anything at all, I can sometimes grasp the vision that leads me to my next, and better home. But when I fight it, or hold on, or can't find trust in the divine, or clear inner perception, life or the situation can get very messy indeed. Trying to survive while ones soul is starving for recognition, for beauty, for acceptance, wears down ones defenses, ones resiliency. It can and has become life threatening for many at one time or another.
Eventually the ugly duckling does find his pack, the others like himself and they recognize him long before he comes to realize he is home at last. When one is born or lives to long on the fringe, outside of ones true family, true pack, ones senses and perceptions become dazed, fragmented, clouded by the mere effort of survival in many an inhospitable place. It takes time to recover, to recognize safety, to hear the song you are singing and realize its being sung by another. This time of transition, can seem surreal, dreamlike, and the duckling finds himself in a tentative un -trusting wonder at his new environment. He may be numb and toss wildly back and forth within his own skin and psyche as he begins to believe his own reflection and his own senses that the others are in some way actually like himself.
How do we get there? Ms. Pinkola Estes states that we must hold on, hold out, and keep searching, keep doing our work, keep creating our art, believing it will carry us to our pack. Trusting that it and we will at last be recognized by those to whom we belong, instead of those who would merely use us for their own agendas. Thus the duckling and the exiled wild woman (or man) both, begin to learn what it might mean to thrive, rather then merely survive. A different initiation, the next step and a journey of its own.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Garden party
Today I will visit Luna at her garden work party, after I try to hit up Media Loan for a camera.
I am having a small crises that I lost the CD with the songs I need to practice. Its been in my car, until 2 days ago and now I cant seem to find it anywhere. Thought it was in the CD player.
I have also been lax in my reading with all the activities and work. Its also hard for me to read anything else when I am working with a Course In Miracles... oops
Yesterday I spent 5 hours on the computer getting documents together to apply for the OFS job, -which I am perfect for, and finally sent it all off. Then today I found 4 typos in the email I sent with it. *cringe* aaaghh.
Bless it JIM! I am a people person not a typist.
Monday, June 28, 2010
ahh blog account...
Ok. I have now successfully opened my blog account and fed in the "blog" I had been creating in my computer to document my progress. Yay! I have incorporated a bit more technology into my studies. All the entries prior to this one will have the same date, since I lifted them all in today. From here it should unfold more regularly.
I went to the Film Society meeting the other day to get on the Selection committee, for this years Film Festival. That was very exciting. Good to see you Hirsh. :) I hope to apply for the position as their next Volunteer coordinator as well. Enjoy the blog.
Thoughts and applications of the reading to come start soon.
I went to the Film Society meeting the other day to get on the Selection committee, for this years Film Festival. That was very exciting. Good to see you Hirsh. :) I hope to apply for the position as their next Volunteer coordinator as well. Enjoy the blog.
Thoughts and applications of the reading to come start soon.
What are these? Wings?
Week Three:
Its about time I got to some of the reading I committed to: I have to figure out how to get a hold of Hirsh’s Book “Centering” Meantime: Women who Run with Wolves, A course In Miracles, The Artists Way, and Your Hearts Desire. More about that later.
Met with Mark, and reviewed the remaining photos. Our initial shoot was about 600, which I reviewed on his computer, and brought down to about 400, by eliminating the ones that were less then flattering to me. We reviewed the rest of them together and he showed me how he works with color correction, and checks composition, and focus. From there we compared groups of photos that were all very similar, to eliminate even more shots, and brought the final total down to about 160. that was a lot of work and took several hours over two different days. I got a disc with the remaining photos, and Mark gets to post his favorites into his website portfolio.
Mike and I agreed not to meet for music this week, since he had some other things to take care of, and I really need to work on my timing more. I've been practicing a lot, but some of the songs we are working on start on the third beat or between the fourth and first, so they are hard to count out. Especially for me, since timing is the bain of my existence anyway. I have made a lot of progress on the songs but the timing issue is prevalent and embarrassing. I practice all the time in the car, and doing the dishes.
Its about time I got to some of the reading I committed to: I have to figure out how to get a hold of Hirsh’s Book “Centering” Meantime: Women who Run with Wolves, A course In Miracles, The Artists Way, and Your Hearts Desire. More about that later.
Met with Mark, and reviewed the remaining photos. Our initial shoot was about 600, which I reviewed on his computer, and brought down to about 400, by eliminating the ones that were less then flattering to me. We reviewed the rest of them together and he showed me how he works with color correction, and checks composition, and focus. From there we compared groups of photos that were all very similar, to eliminate even more shots, and brought the final total down to about 160. that was a lot of work and took several hours over two different days. I got a disc with the remaining photos, and Mark gets to post his favorites into his website portfolio.
Mike and I agreed not to meet for music this week, since he had some other things to take care of, and I really need to work on my timing more. I've been practicing a lot, but some of the songs we are working on start on the third beat or between the fourth and first, so they are hard to count out. Especially for me, since timing is the bain of my existence anyway. I have made a lot of progress on the songs but the timing issue is prevalent and embarrassing. I practice all the time in the car, and doing the dishes.
Lift Off
Week two:
Field Trip:
I rode the train for a weekend away. This type of traveling was an inspiration in itself, and I was able to start my summer quarter art journal with some beautiful new tools and inspirations. On Friday night I went Salsa dancing, and although I do not “know” how, I was whirled around the floor by a mix of eager and expert dancers. It was exhilarating and inspired some great sketches.
On Sunday I connected with a dear old friend, I had not seen “Kevin” in 19 years. How fortunate! This led to collaborations of theology, art and writing. He is studying animation. We are both back in school. We will continue to share film and music together.
Tuesday I connected with “Don” with whom I have a personal history and am emotionally inspired to draw and paint about. This is good fuel for my process, but I have to be careful because it is also easy to be distracted by his transgender problems.
Thursday: My second session with MIKE went well, and he began to realize my issues with timing in music. Which I had warned him about. He was very patient coaching me through it, and of course most of the songs I selected have complex and non standard timing in them so my work is cut out for the next week. We decided to skip next week to give me more time to work on it.
I registered for the Psychology of Dreams class for second session. I am very excited about it, even though it will up my work load, I think it will tie in with and inspire some of my collaborations and projects. My goal is to have the technical aspects of film and creativity well in hand for fall quarter. I expect to pursue my life’s dream research project, and need a broad base platform to start from. (my project is NOT about dreaming, but it is a lifelong dream to pursue making this film.)
Field Trip:
I rode the train for a weekend away. This type of traveling was an inspiration in itself, and I was able to start my summer quarter art journal with some beautiful new tools and inspirations. On Friday night I went Salsa dancing, and although I do not “know” how, I was whirled around the floor by a mix of eager and expert dancers. It was exhilarating and inspired some great sketches.
On Sunday I connected with a dear old friend, I had not seen “Kevin” in 19 years. How fortunate! This led to collaborations of theology, art and writing. He is studying animation. We are both back in school. We will continue to share film and music together.
Tuesday I connected with “Don” with whom I have a personal history and am emotionally inspired to draw and paint about. This is good fuel for my process, but I have to be careful because it is also easy to be distracted by his transgender problems.
Thursday: My second session with MIKE went well, and he began to realize my issues with timing in music. Which I had warned him about. He was very patient coaching me through it, and of course most of the songs I selected have complex and non standard timing in them so my work is cut out for the next week. We decided to skip next week to give me more time to work on it.
I registered for the Psychology of Dreams class for second session. I am very excited about it, even though it will up my work load, I think it will tie in with and inspire some of my collaborations and projects. My goal is to have the technical aspects of film and creativity well in hand for fall quarter. I expect to pursue my life’s dream research project, and need a broad base platform to start from. (my project is NOT about dreaming, but it is a lifelong dream to pursue making this film.)
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