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As a teacher, I am incredibly lucky to have a job that, at times, allows me to fill my my cup with soulfully imbued experiences. On Tuesday, I was added, at the last minute, as a chaperone for the 7th grade field trip to the Chicago Shakespeare Repertory (located on the lakefront at Navy Pier).
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National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Program Finlandia Grants After cross country skiing today in the local forest preserve, I started thinking about my next film projects. I’ve always wanted to go to Antartica and Finland. Digging around a bit, I found two grants that might help fund my projects. My relatives were Swedish speaking
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After shooting for the last seven months, I’m editing the first segment of Paddling in Spite of the Ordinary. This clip is from tonight’s editing session.
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Filming and editing in December and January revealed more elements of the film’s story and the delicate seamlessness of life, community, paddling and spiritual connectedness. During last weekend’s shoot, Bonnie A. Perry talked about how she started kayaking, paddling goals, and coaching. She also discussed how the physical and kinesthetic experience of paddling relates to
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I am working on the trailers for Paddling in Spite of the Ordinary. Below, is a video still shot from one of my recent edits. The film is going to take the form of a series. Each of my subjects will have their own segment or episode that will capture their story. These last few
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For a variety of reasons, Fulbright grants, study abroad, volunteer service gigs, traveling, I stopped making art for ten years. I took up kayaking after learning that a lump I had removed was benign. Six months later, I was kayaking every weekend, I got a grant to study in Japan, and stayed in hostels in Alaska. As
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Less than a month ago, I had the chance to film Bonnie Perry in Maine and Wisconsin and Andrea Knepper with the Gitchee Gummee participants. While filming and collecting still photos is a part of filmmaking, it is also important to observe, record, and take in all the surroundings and not just the moving image.
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I have been filming almost every weekend for the last 6 weeks. My subjects have been very busy with their paddling schedules. Since Bonnie Perry, Andrea Knepper, and Sarah Hartman, are all involved in different opportunities this week, I used various strategies to collect footage of these happenings. I met up with Bonnie for a
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