In a recent meeting with a potential sponsor, the question came up of whether or not our project is self-propelled in nature. I love questions like this since they force me to reflect on what it is I'm setting out to do. For me the project is self-propelled in nature since the main energy has always come from within myself.
This question of the project's nature also leads me to the idea of living a self-propelled life. A life where we go out and challenge our fears and step beyond our personal comfort zones, instead of simply waiting for our desires to fall into our laps. Maybe we fall, maybe we fly, but the lessons are always in the process itself. This is definitely what I'm searching for... I want to get into that realm of uncertainty, discomfort, and fear and see what I'm exposed to.
Now, I'm well aware that my potential sponsor wasn't talking about this; they were talking about trekking across vast expanses of arctic tundra, paddling out to remote isolated areas or climbing large walls of frozen ice, but I think these are components necessitated by the project's nature.
For my crew and I, the van we're travelling in will act as a base camp as we venture out into the wild to capture our images. Afterall, I'm not at all interested in documenting the North Amercan highway system. To get the images I'm after I expect to have to trek across vast planes, ride dogsleds, wade through bogs and do whatever else is necessary to document the moments in time that we all long to experience.
peace,
d
This question of the project's nature also leads me to the idea of living a self-propelled life. A life where we go out and challenge our fears and step beyond our personal comfort zones, instead of simply waiting for our desires to fall into our laps. Maybe we fall, maybe we fly, but the lessons are always in the process itself. This is definitely what I'm searching for... I want to get into that realm of uncertainty, discomfort, and fear and see what I'm exposed to.
Now, I'm well aware that my potential sponsor wasn't talking about this; they were talking about trekking across vast expanses of arctic tundra, paddling out to remote isolated areas or climbing large walls of frozen ice, but I think these are components necessitated by the project's nature.
For my crew and I, the van we're travelling in will act as a base camp as we venture out into the wild to capture our images. Afterall, I'm not at all interested in documenting the North Amercan highway system. To get the images I'm after I expect to have to trek across vast planes, ride dogsleds, wade through bogs and do whatever else is necessary to document the moments in time that we all long to experience.
peace,
d
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