Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Location: Vagreville, Alberta
Drifting through the grain fields of Alberta, I finally came to a rest in Vagreville, where I had come to connect to the Internet, so as to feel less lost. Like with all places, it wasn’t long before I was chatting with locals about the place I had found myself in.
I plopped myself down against a brick wall outside the Vegmin Learning Centre, who had offered me their wireless, when a guy walks up to me and asks, holding up my project info flyer, “Is this you?”
What follows is an interview about my project with Michael Simpson a local journalist. Then Michael gives me a run down of where I am… Hearing Michael, I ask him if he’d be interested in doing an interview for my project. Hehe, full circle.
I head over to Michaels farm around 7pm and tell him I’d only like to record audio. “Well come upstairs!” he says grinning. We walk up past the bedroom into a full sound studio as Michael explains that he also produces music. Ah, sweet serendipity!
Michael and I talk for an hour about his work test drilling for gas, and all the stories and research he’s done on rural Alberta. After the discussion, he clicks his computer mouse and burns it all onto disc for me. “There you go!” he says. I mention that if he does any stories that fit with my project, drop me a line.
Somehow I think all these media connections I’m making will somehow come full circle again in the future.
In the end, again I am finding there is great value in being lost. There is great value in losing yourself so that someone or something of importance can find you.
Peace,
D
Location: Vagreville, Alberta
Drifting through the grain fields of Alberta, I finally came to a rest in Vagreville, where I had come to connect to the Internet, so as to feel less lost. Like with all places, it wasn’t long before I was chatting with locals about the place I had found myself in.
I plopped myself down against a brick wall outside the Vegmin Learning Centre, who had offered me their wireless, when a guy walks up to me and asks, holding up my project info flyer, “Is this you?”
What follows is an interview about my project with Michael Simpson a local journalist. Then Michael gives me a run down of where I am… Hearing Michael, I ask him if he’d be interested in doing an interview for my project. Hehe, full circle.
I head over to Michaels farm around 7pm and tell him I’d only like to record audio. “Well come upstairs!” he says grinning. We walk up past the bedroom into a full sound studio as Michael explains that he also produces music. Ah, sweet serendipity!
Michael and I talk for an hour about his work test drilling for gas, and all the stories and research he’s done on rural Alberta. After the discussion, he clicks his computer mouse and burns it all onto disc for me. “There you go!” he says. I mention that if he does any stories that fit with my project, drop me a line.
Somehow I think all these media connections I’m making will somehow come full circle again in the future.
In the end, again I am finding there is great value in being lost. There is great value in losing yourself so that someone or something of importance can find you.
Peace,
D
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