Try Try Again

Second tries are vitally important.  Why? I have had several situations in my life where I tried something once and was on the verge of giving up when a friend suggested I try again...low and behold on the retry I got results.  Same thing happened with my intern posting! It has now been up since January 5th...sweet! Still waiting for the interns to submit their applications but I'm willing to be patient...it takes time for the right people to come along.
So until then this is what I have been doing...I emailed an artist about a collaboration, went on a tour of The Umstead's art collection, joined the Carolina Mixed Media Artist Guild, and almost finished an embroidery art piece I started this time last year.  And I thought I'd just be waiting around twiddling my thumbs (yea right!)
Still trying to mentally, emotionally, spiritually process what the next right step is.   What I have failed to mention thus far is what I actually do to make money and with the time I'm not arting...At stupid early times in the morning I clean model homes. A good first step back towards the working world as I was out of the game being a stay-at-home mom for over 3 years...oh that's what I still do with majority of my time...and well worth it! Anyway, the cleaning homes thing is by far completely not challenging and I recognize that the working world is calling me back but I'm not sure what to do...feeling overwhelmed and confused...like my head is full of a million marbles that I'm suppose to put back into some yet identified order. aaaaahhhhhh. So for the rest of tonight I'm going to let it all go. I'll try again tomorrow.   The Universe in all it's cosmic glory will figure out what to do with me.  I have a right place. And tonight it is right here.

A New Year A New Idea

Ok...so I apologize to my readers and myself for not posting sooner...I have been procrastinating because nothing I'm trying seems to be yielding any results. (currently) My take on this...disappointment yes but also a weird unexplainable gratitude that for once I'm not running around trying to force things to happen.

So how I see my current time line and development...
First this project began as a way for me to be accountable for my art progress and gain motivation by connecting with other artists on a regular basis.

Then I ran into the complication of not finding artists who were willing to commit beyond the verbal "Yea that'd be great" so from this I gathered that I would need help with the videography and editing so more of my time could be spent contacting artists. And really I was uber excited about the idea of collaborating with other individuals who could offer ideas and technical skills to the video aspect of the interviews.

So I found an intern program through NCSU's film department and submitted a request form. The initial correspondence from the director seemed promising. I had asked if there were any requirements for the students to receive credit and sent the posting I wanted published.  His reply was a brief 'minimum of 10 hours' and no further explanation of my posting lacking any other needed criteria.  WELL...that was 3 weeks ago and my post still has not been added.
Slightly pissed off am I...why...well I was an intern for a music management company...completely legit...had their own office and such but what I learned hmmm...I stuffed envelopes and filed. Yes I could write on my resume I interned for such and such company but actual skills learned...none. Here I am offering a legitimate opportunity for students to actually USE video, lighting and sound equipment. To partake in the creative process and have finished productions they can use to procure a paying job. So, what, because I don't have a studio name what I have to offer doesn't warrant the same level of respect as "studio who is only using intern to do grunt work"?!?!?!

My current plan... I'm going to contact the director again. But if my post doesn't go up I'll be moving on...their loss.

Remaining Positive

So looks like I don't have an artist for November.
Well damn...you'd think getting people to volunteer to be interviewed would be relatively easy...apparently not. I foolishly assume people are like me and ready to hop in front of a camera at any given moment.  I'm just so utterly surprised that this is not the case.  I mean come on where are those facebook people who post every minute detail of their lives to their 400 billion friends when you need them? I'd bet they would want to be interviewed...free publicity...their own youtube video link...this stuff is golden! Besides there is no cool art interview show out there...they could be with me on the cutting edge...I'm trying to change the future of artists everywhere!!! It'll happen like I've said I'm an optimist and if that doesn't work I'm overly ambitious and f*@king stubborn as a mule.  Well as my good friend said to me the other day (totally different context but I'm using it here anyway) The train is leaving and I'm on it...

November Artist

Woohoo!!! Have my artist for November...the extremely talented urban illustrator Sean Kernick.  To check out his work go to

http://seankernick.com/index.htm

ENjoY!

Hope to have his interview up mid-month. Don't know if there will be a how-to segment but I'm an optimist so we'll see...

Deadlines

So tomorrow is November 1st. I was really hoping to have my next artist interview done to post...but that is not going to happen. Heck at this current moment I'm not sure who my next artist is going to be.  Well that's fun and exciting in a completely overwhelming anxiety ridden way. As the answer to my self imposed question is probably not going to be solved by tonight I'm going to go trick or treating with my son and freak out tomorrow :)
Happy Halloween!

How To Video

Yay! It's 4 in the morning and I just finished my How To video. I'm not completely satisfied with it but creating this video was a great learning experience. I'd love feedback as to how you think this could improve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqpm5Ty83x4

If you start at the top the only way to go is down so in this case I'll happily accept I'm starting at the bottom and it can only get better from here :)

How To

Funny story...true story. I thought, falsely, that putting together a 3-4 minute how to video would be simple....easier than the interview...how could I be so wrong ?  When I originally edited my footage it was over 7 minutes yikes..and honestly even I got bored watching it. I was aiming for entertaining not long and wordy.
So I'm still working on it..reshooting, doing voice overs, lots of editing... my goal is to have it up by tonight...next time I'll know better! Happy Arting