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Something new
I’m trying something new: taking one picture a day and writing a (possibly extended) caption for it. I’ll either post here or at lanternbearers.com. I’m going to try my best to make it happen. More details to follow.
The North Gate
Sitting in line waiting for the show. Doing a sound test.
Bono Rumors
Forecast for Thursday
Bono Rumors in Charlottesville
Supposed to be a beautiful day tomorrow…
Some jerk updated his gchat status to indicate Bono was in Shenandoah Joe’s. Well, he was. I updated my status accordingly.
The following conversations resulted.
The Rain
The rain draws lines swallowed up the oak’s expanse
As its clamoring voices soothe me to sleep.
The grass will need clipping, and so will my soul, after this watering.
Rainy Day
It’s been raining all day, and I’m sitting in my office, waiting for the Apostles’ Creed footage to finish transcoding. Transcoding– should have happened weeks ago, but life has it’s way with us. The monkey is on my back. I’m not sure why we use a monkey to symbolize overwork… probably because of their annoying tendencies, although Wade could tell you more technically what exactly they would do to cause discomfort. I feel a monkey isn’t the best image though. You know what I’m talking about: the weight of a grand piano on your shoulders, a tug boat of caffeine chugging through your veins. Perhaps there is a monkey, pulling grey into your hair– or just pulling it out altogether. Priscilla Ahn and Camera Obscura play in the background, mournfully moving the second hand toward the morning.
The morning makes all things better– and naps on rainy afternoons.
The Apostles’ Creed shoot looks delectable. The footage is crisp and clear, thanks for Eric. The only thing I keep thinking as I go through editing is that the director needs to be fired. I hope this is just discouragement at the large number of mistakes, and that it can be curbed simply by the shear volume of footage we have. There has to be enough fluke good shots in there to compensate for bumbling. Let’s hope it comes together. My sweat and tears are certainly being poured into it to make it come together.
Poetry
(by Rob)
“Books and Shoes”
I packed my bags
and accidently put my books
and shoes into one duffel.
I worried that the shoes might dirty
the books, but it seemed right
for books tell you where to go
and shoes take you there.
Tis the last rose of summer
As it seems my only exercise today was a walk to the post office, I thought perhaps this would inspire health.
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A different sort of thing
My new bookshelves are becoming newer every week!
Not many weeks go by that I don’t question what I am doing in Charlottesville… what I am doing with my life, when my sparse collection of hopes and dreams seem to vanish like the morning fog… or even more often, when the fog of exhaustion and work seems so thick that not even the fiercest beam of hope could pierce through. I am amazed that at these times, the thing that relieves the confusion and discouragement in as simple as a different kind of work.
I’m undergoing an effort to refinish a set of (probably) homemade bookshelves. When acquired, they were dark with age, yellowed and scratched beyond recognition. Amazing what a little time, love and sweat can do.
I am not always so adrift with gloom. Though the fog is thick, light does shine through. It can be as simple as a run or the thought that I am actually working on a fun and meaningful project (yes, the shelves, but also with Lychgate). A friend and photographer took pictures of Wade and I for use on our website, and we are moving closer to finding a cinematographer for our intro clip.
Housing Hunt
Leave no listing unsought
In an epic hunt for housing that has just begun, I am scouring the downtown Charlottesville district for possible housing options. Aiding in the search is friend and probable roommate, Davis Driver– an EMT in the area. The detailed mapping is a result of his engineering background, but proves helpful in distinguishing options as they come and go.
In other news, Lychgate Productions continues to gain footing and grow in excitement. The projected 12-hour documentary is requiring more and more of the principle’s time, but is also continuing to give them an enjoyment of life. For my part, at least, I realized yesterday that we are really just trying to make something good– something beautiful and true, that will encourage and instruct and shed light on who we are and where we have come from– and are currently headed. In the words of Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski: “We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.” In no small way, this is one thrust of our project.