Doing my blog some what on time. Simply unheard of.
Short story time!
So today, as I was sitting in work, I was listening to my boss sing. He's a bit of a music geek, and from one or two conversations, I remember that he learned how to play guitar like 10 years ago, and he's 42. I say more power to him, artistic drive is artistic drive. Follow it whenever it hits you. Now this is the inspiration behind my next project. I plan on producing/creating a documentary about the artistic moment. The click. This time when a "normal person" decides to do something artistic. Is it a decision. Did they always know, how did they achieve it, what are they doing today. What people consider art and who they consider artists, who I consider artists. This topic really hits close to home because I want to be an artist, but would not currently consider myself an artist. My family is extremely unartistic; coming from parents who are middle class, blue collar, desk job people, and two sisters who followed in that path. I want to use this to maybe find my own "spark moment" or help others find their own. Who knows yet. The exact, precise, pin point goal is not there yet. This might be a personal trip of discovery or a portfolio piece. I've been toying with ideas much like this one for years now, and I think its time to put it into motion. I'm hoping this counts as a reflection...
Now for the beginning product!! ; this is a soc/organizational writing to start off. I will eventually go back over this and edit or change and make sections make sense.
Over the course of this documentary I want to create a few working definitions. Defining what things are changes so rapidly for people. I want to find solid, personal definitions for the following word/terms by the end of the documentary:
art
artist
influence
inspiration
creation
success as an artist
failure as an artist
I think the best way to approach the documentary is from a personal "self-searching" point of view. I feel like this would best communicate what I'm trying to accomplish, which is to find what creates an artist.
And I will save that goal now. GOAL OF FILM: to find out what creates an artist.
To start, I would want to document or at least explain my beginning with the land of "Art".
ME: I wanted to draw and be what I thought was an artist (aka, someone who painted and drew all day and magically got paid) from a very young age. When asked "what do you want to be?" I'd say artist or painter. And back then (kindergarden era) I would draw with crayons or paint with water colors all the time. they were rudimentary and colorful at best. At worst, they were scribbles. (POINT: But who's to say thats not art? If I had continued with that where would they have gone?) That dream continued for awhile, until I started playing dress up with one of my best friends on a nearly daily basis. Then we just started playing pretend. We were business women, roommates, witches with crazy powers, we'd take plots from tv shows or use Bratz Dolls characters. I really had a lot of fun being anyone, creating worlds and whatnot. So in 5th grade my mom signed me up for a community theatre/dance company Stage Stars. I wanted to act, but I learned how to dance and sing, because they were required to be part of the company. This began my performer days. Then, driven by my passion for acting and performing on stage, I applied for Vo-Tech in 8th grade, was accepted, and attempted acting. I fell in love with back stage, lights, stage management, and then directing. But where does that put me now? As such a young inspiring artist, how much have I contributed? Will I contribute? What is the voice I want to portray?
POINT: What is "voice"? Another definition? A question to be answered by interviewies? Or by the film itself? Not sure yet.
Creeping on Crystal Skillman: I want this some how in the documentary:
"being a theater artist is about seeing your plays in the hands of great people: Illana Stein directed the hell out of Ten Year Twilight in a wee backyard creating magic withJames Leighton and Isobel Bruce! Amazing night. Also talked to Evan F. Caccioppoli on the walk from Park Slope to home. He agrees. the draft we're going into rehearsal for Wild next week in chi-town (Kid Brooklyn Productions Presents WILD by Crystal Skillman.) is KICK ASS. Revelations even abounded on the walk home. I am living in a dream. This is what I dreamed. Creating great work with great people. Thank you!"
And that would end my 20 minutes of product, if this counts as a product. Brain storming perhaps?
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