After an informal this weekend, I stayed to study at a coffee shop. After a few hours, I explored and stumbled upon a folk fest. Wanting more interviews for my Doc (for another class), I pull out my camera and lav mics. I hadn’t planned on shooting anything, but suddenly, I’m getting a b-roll of people having fun at the pacific science center and interviewing strangers struggling to find a quiet spot. I was in full-on problem-solving/ pivot mode. It was so natural and intuitive to document.
In those moments, I feel completely myself, doing my own thing. Trying to create connections while attempting to make art does it for me. Or it’s connecting with people and creating something bigger than myself. Or an excuse to chat with someone and see how they are to what my initial perception of them was.
And when I say inspire, sometimes it surprises me how friendly people are. Even if someone doesn’t want to be filmed, people are polite and give me a “hope your project works out.” Something about that is validating that theirs slightly supportive strangers out their
Anyways, When im out of the box and with no expectations, and creating from a place of curiosity, I’m in flow and make my best work. I think my trouble is when I get stuck, finding effective ways to chill me out and focus on the curiosity of why I want to fill my life with this stuff in the first place.