Ok, it’s been a while since I posted, so my apologies.

Been busy, but progress has been difficult to track since a lot of it has been internal.

Had plans to be able to do a show/event by now, but it hasn’t happened. I built up an idea for Dia de Los Muertos, and had an idea to work with a theatre group with it; then as a presentation at a local museum downtown, then at a museum in Scottsdale… it never panned out. I did a proof of concept for it and put it up on Behance, but I don’t think I anticipated how large an idea I had in mind with the time frame I was dealing with.

Was planning to do a New Years Eve show at a local hotel that has a rooftop bar/lounge… but that didn’t happen either. Incomplete communication and logistics of the presentation site were big issues. It would have been nice to do, but I have family in town, there’s a good chance of rain forecast… so maybe it all worked out for the best.

So at this point, I get a few moments to look back to see where and what I’ve started.

– yes, I’m still stoked by the ideas and images in my head.

– yes, I do see the possibilities for bringing them to life.

– no, it hasn’t happened yet.

Ugh. It’s easy to get down on yourself and frustrated: at others, at yourself, at the world. And I’ve gone through each of those stages over the past couple months. As a big picture review, I’m still learning about the tech and the logistics for presentation. I’ve done and staged some experiments, but that’s been mainly for me instead of others. I need to reach the comfort stage of doing it in front of others instead. I’m a doer, and a tinkerer. I’m not one to leave shit alone if I can see a better way, or a new way, so I’m always pushing ideas. What I’m needing to focus on is bringing the practical skillset up more; the creative aspect I have, and have been doing for a number of years. That discipline is pretty well covered. But I guess this new area is so tempting, I think I’ve been pushing the potential for it instead of exploiting it.

So I’ve got some ideas for larger-scale pitches for next Spring. I’m also starting to hack the Kinect camera system for interactive art designs, so I think that can be a cool addition to what I’ve started. I’ve dabbled in Processing some, and now I get to start using a bit more rigorously than before. I also am trying out Arduino and seeing what I can trigger with sensors for a more interactive experience. Lots of ideas ahead!

I started out this blog this year with grand ideas. Thankfully most of those ideas are still valid and worth pursuing. I’m starting the see the larger picture of where and what is needed in the background to make things work, so as long as I stay humble about the process, I think I can make it happen. I also managed to talk a former student of mine into helping do this, so that’s a new responsibility, and a new direction for that relationship.

It’s easy to rank things as this Good, this Bad… but I think it’s been all good so far, but in ways I didn’t expect. I deeply appreciate the inspiration I had and that moment of absolute clarity of where I should be going. And slowly I’ve gained a better understanding of the path, not the destination, of what lies ahead. And it’s worth doing.

So I’ve got focus, and I’ve got tools. Time to get back to work!