Innit funny that we went to possibly the city-est city in the world, and managed to spend most of our time and creative energy surrounded by "nature?"
I am happy to hear Kimberly's thoughts and determination to move forward. I see synchronicity bridging our physical and emotional gaps: I have been working intensely with my footage lately, hoping to see soon the day when I can add Kimberly's and Yulia's footage to beautify my mix. I think that even when we each use each other's camera perspectives, we will still edit based on our own internal perspectives, the way we each experienced and felt our time together.
Let's all upload our own footage and make our damn way to the post office!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Home
After a very full summer, I am happy to be at home watching the rain fall. The Summer has turned into Fall. I welcome the transition.
Cassidy and I just returned from Interbike in Las Vegas. It was very tiring to be surrounded by so much stimuli from the bicycle convention and the Strip.
While we were there, I thought a lot about where the Long Distance Project is now and where I am with it. As a whole, we have made a lot of progress. We captured a lot of footage from our last gathering here in Brooklyn this past July. But I have only seen my footage and am so excited to see yours, Kathryn and Yulia. I haven't begun the editing process with my own footage but want to do so when I have all of the footage to play with. It is hard to get a full picture of what we have at this point. I feel more committed than ever to move forward with our collaboration. My intention is to find more ways to show/share our work.
In filming our Brooklyn portion of this collaboration, we had three cameras filming at any given time- three cameras, three perspectives. Will our editing show our individual and collective perspective? Or will we edit our own cameras footage independently from the others? We shall see. In the process of looking at what we did together we will begin to see the whole picture more clearly.
It was an amazing gift to dance together at Prospect Park with Kathryn and Yulia. One of my favorite moments was seeing Yulia entangled in the ribbon, that was also entangled around the trees. Kathryn and I then joined Yulia, and as a trio it felt like we were moving to the sound of the wind vibrating the ribbons. My other favorite memory was of finding the marching band practicing at the the other end of the park. We made our way over to listen and Kathryn began to dance so beautifully to their music. We were blessed with perfect weather, Cassidy's and Brooke's filming assistance, and the amazing art installation made by Melissa Diaz.
So much more to come...
Cassidy and I just returned from Interbike in Las Vegas. It was very tiring to be surrounded by so much stimuli from the bicycle convention and the Strip.
While we were there, I thought a lot about where the Long Distance Project is now and where I am with it. As a whole, we have made a lot of progress. We captured a lot of footage from our last gathering here in Brooklyn this past July. But I have only seen my footage and am so excited to see yours, Kathryn and Yulia. I haven't begun the editing process with my own footage but want to do so when I have all of the footage to play with. It is hard to get a full picture of what we have at this point. I feel more committed than ever to move forward with our collaboration. My intention is to find more ways to show/share our work.
In filming our Brooklyn portion of this collaboration, we had three cameras filming at any given time- three cameras, three perspectives. Will our editing show our individual and collective perspective? Or will we edit our own cameras footage independently from the others? We shall see. In the process of looking at what we did together we will begin to see the whole picture more clearly.
It was an amazing gift to dance together at Prospect Park with Kathryn and Yulia. One of my favorite moments was seeing Yulia entangled in the ribbon, that was also entangled around the trees. Kathryn and I then joined Yulia, and as a trio it felt like we were moving to the sound of the wind vibrating the ribbons. My other favorite memory was of finding the marching band practicing at the the other end of the park. We made our way over to listen and Kathryn began to dance so beautifully to their music. We were blessed with perfect weather, Cassidy's and Brooke's filming assistance, and the amazing art installation made by Melissa Diaz.
So much more to come...
Monday, August 17, 2009
Right Now
Yes, yes it has!
Right now I'm enjoying being home with Erik and my 2 furry friends. I've been travelling all summer, so it's nice to unpack for a while and spend time at home. I just made a very delicious meal of veggies (carrots, squash, spinach) and kidney beans, inspired by Kathryn's amazing cooking. I'm getting adventurous with my sauces and spices!
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by all of the "life" things I have to do that I have been putting off for a while. But I'm looking forward to the Fall, cause after a very busy summer, I actually have time to take care of those things. Step 1: find a job(s).
Wrote a new song today on my keyboard, but I need lyrics.
It's been an adventurous, exciting summer. Yes K, many blocks along the way (Peter Pan...ggrrr!). Kim, we haven't told you the whole story yet?? It deserves a post/email all on it's own.
When I was staying with Kathryn last week in Seattle, we transferred footage from our own camera's onto our own laptops, but weren't able to transfer it to each other's laptop. So the next step is to make dvd's of the raw footage and send it to each other so we all have the footage from the 3 cameras. It's really fascinating watching the different prospectives from Kathryn's and I cameras.
Did you know that you are amazing? I feel very blessed to have you both in my life.
Love,
~ Y
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Blocklyn
"Well, ladies, it's been quite a trip."
Yulia and I just parted for the second time this month, and the longest single chunk of time we've ever spent together.
We encountered many blocks along the way. We punched through all of them with the emerald fist of Hulk-like strength.
We met many people and saw many new faces. We learned about Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Kimberly, all complex and beautiful neighborhoods to get acquainted with.
We returned safely home(s).
Ladies, where are you both at right now?
Yulia and I just parted for the second time this month, and the longest single chunk of time we've ever spent together.
We encountered many blocks along the way. We punched through all of them with the emerald fist of Hulk-like strength.
We met many people and saw many new faces. We learned about Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Kimberly, all complex and beautiful neighborhoods to get acquainted with.
We returned safely home(s).
Ladies, where are you both at right now?
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