Here we go!
It's April 30, 2017 and this is the first of what will hopefully be many updates as I work towards showing folks some pictures and having a party on April 21, 2018.
If you go to 'The Project' page of this site (https://www.movementcolor.com/), you can see the original thought and the original plan. As of today, I am thinking that I will keep the original page out there without any edits, basically for history and for posterity. As I will explain below, one week after putting the original plan out there, it's already toast. Bummer. I knew things would change. But still, complete rejection on step #1? Bummer. Anyways, Onward.
After posting the original Project online (Job #1) , the next thing (Job #2) was to try and secure the Rothko Chapel for my shooting site. The development of 'The Project' page had two main purposes. The first was for me to get it out there, in one spot, and relatively clearly, so I could share with the people who needed to see it. The second and most immediate purpose was to have it as support for the application to get permission for use of the Rothko Chapel. I dutifully filled out the application and submitted it to the folks in Houston.
Folks in Houston are efficient.
Within a day, they let me know (quite certainly and without wiggle room) that my project would not fit, I should look elsewhere, and good luck. Commence a few hours of Jim pacing and grumbling and wondering if I should quit. I predict this will be the first of a few dozen times I will ask myself if I should quit. Bankers in Wisconsin looking to shoot dancers in some spiritual place in another state for some fairly rambling fuzzy reason might be best served to just quit. But hey. Onward.
In 2017, what do we do when we hit a wall? We reach out to social media, baby! In what was partially a venting exercise, partially 'creeping' the idea out into the public sphere and partially looking for real help, I dumped a Facebook post out there, asking for help to find an alternate location.
Result: Lots of love. Some good suggestions (several local, some international!) that I am actively following up on. Banter and discussion. And a connection to an architect in New York City who may have some other relevant connections and some amazing initial suggestions for alternative sites.
In addition to the shoot location work, some beers were consumed with my #1 connection to my #1 desired location for the final show in April 2018. Initial work on that front will continue to unfold over the next few weeks. Fingers crossed that the project calls to the decision makers involved as much as it has called to me. If not, well...I got to drink some really good beer and hang out with a few of my most favorite people while talking about pictures and our kids and all kinds of other stuff. Something will lead to something and we will end up with an amazing place to display these damn pictures and have a hell of a party in the end, right?
In a nutshell, this is all EXACTLY what I wanted for week #1. Actually more activity than I could have hoped for. This project will be a living thing. I need to work it, all the time, for the next year. I have to ask for help from the amazing people around me, trust the process and see where it goes. Fun!
That's it for today. Thanks for reading. Peace, have a good week.
- Jim