Monday, March 26, 2012

AFOREMENTIONED MAGICAL LAST MINUTE ALTERNATIVE

I've been scheming over the past hour or so. I was thinking about how best to use my time over these past few weeks, since I haven't made as much progress as I'd like, in part because of how deeply I'm dreading having to learn how to do something I don't know how to do, and in part because I'm terrified of the possibility that it may turn out completely awful. Having one giant deliverable really ramps up the stress, especially since it's so expensive and potentially a huge time suck that will result in nothing too spectacular.

So instead I'm considering an exploration of the intersection of poetry and design across many mediums. Here's my mental list of potential deliverables so far:
  • Poetry-inspired light fixture that I've been dying to do
  • Series of three posters
  • Series of three t-shirt designs t-shirt
  • Series of three stationary designs
  • Smaller-scale type based stop motion with awesome soundtrack (LOVE this idea)
  • And so on and so forth.
  • Oh yeah, the little tissue flower parcels with seed paper inside! Still love that idea.

The range and the exploratory nature of this shift really appeals to me. Apart from the faithfulness to my theme from the beginning and the idea of the poetry/design intersection, I love the fact that these items all have a functional use (very important to my earlier concept), can be sold, and can be digested little by little. There's also a wide variety of deliverables, which is great, because different people can find inspiration in different pieces.

I'm going to draw up a new synopsis and do some serious sketching tomorrow, in order to put my ideas together. I'll also draw up a concrete schedule for the remaining 5 weeks (gulp) that will give me a sense of pace and purpose, moment-to-moment.

UMMMM

So, I bought a good amount of fake foliage today, but it's probably about half of what I need and it cost me almost $200. That really sucks. I might need to find a way to either A) return it when I'm done, or B) supplement with handmade materials, which will, again, cost money.

Also: what the hell am I doing? Should I think of some magical last minute alternative that has nothing to do with making a stop motion?

AHHHHHHHHHHH

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A NEW DAY

I have found out a few cool things today. One, I no longer have to go to my internship. This will free up Tuesdays and Thursdays for me to be able to complete this infernal project. Two, my boyfriend got promoted. He's a real grown up boy with a salary and full time hours and everything! And the title of Manager! I guess I'll have to start calling him Mr. Manager...

Anyway. I'm entering buckle down mode and I'm excited. I have a plan for my process book and everything. I want it to be like a volume of poetry, with a hand done case binding and nice creamy paper, minimal text on one side of the spread and images/captions on the other. Digestible amounts of information. Plenty of white space. Sooo, yeah!

I also need to build my exhibition thingee and decide what to include in the actual exhibition - whether or not to use the walls of my viewing booth as gallery wallspace - whether to include some additional graphic design element. I was thinking it would be cool to have little slips of paper with awesome stanzas from poems attached to some takeaway object, or maybe inside little containers, or something!

AWESOME: Alex just suggested I use seed paper. I could letterpress onto the paper and people take them home and plant them and they would totally complete the metaphor. I would like for them to come inside something...like a fortune cookie type thing that isn't a fortune cookie...

Hmmmm....

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

ROADBLOCKS

So, today sucked. I sat in front of blank paper for like ever and nothing really came out of it. I wandered through the rooms of my house, trying to figure out where to film, and nowhere seemed right. Then I filmed myself talking about my project and how awful and anxious I feel, because I wanted to say the words out loud and I needed at least a camera to talk to.

Just had a mini-breakthrough: Mom said I could use the spare bedroom at her place to film. That helps, because I get my own closed-off space and I can take exact measurements and there will be staging space and it will all just be so much easier.

I think it will be ok. I really do. Maybe. Probably.

Monday, March 5, 2012

GO MOTION

Tomorrow night: pages full of sketches inspired by my poem.

Wednesday during class: laundry list of everything I'll need to complete the project. Start Exhibition sketches. Meet with Kate after 3:20.

Thursday: Collect all statements and organize into categories. Scribble down anything and everything else that comes to mind.

End of this week: Full on SCHEDULE for the rest of the semester, starting the second spring break ends.

Over break I need to talk with Becca and Ryan. I need to sketch and watch things and dream. And then I need to just explode. With.

PRODUCTIVITYYYYY