10 days, suspended.

hello from the east coast. have only had a few brief moments online and to top it off, i lost my cell phone somewhere in the san francisco airport in the hustle. a welcome cut-off in many ways, but anxiety-provoking in others. 

anyhow, a friend sent me this little film of two stop-motion projects in one, and i thought this audience of artists may find it as delightful as i did:  

wolf/pig stop-motion animation

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editing this film strip is...um...interesting. it seemed obvious i'd need to throw narrative out the window, but the colors and patterns kind of appear show up with their own legible arc-- one that needs a shaping, though. now it's my task to learn a new literacy.

what's more is i have no idea what i'm doing with imovie, and was hoping to talk some friend into a tutoring exchange but i'm leaving town for family business and won't have time beforehand. i have to leave this thursday night after our class--  yikes! So editing will be all about trial, error, and fiddling with the buttons on that program. and my work space will be all about the airplane. maybe the troposphere environment will end up helping? and i'm sure my self-consciousness regarding the other passengers' potential eyes on my screen will add a new twist, too, but i think i welcome the challenge. in fact, i'm sort of excited about this-- a change of scenery could do the work good. maybe i'll even get some interesting feedback from a flight attendant while he/she charges me $15 for a tiny bag of crackers. 

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