Nightwood

'For what is not the sleeper responsible? What converse does he hold and with whom? He lies down with his Nelly and drops off into the arms of his Gretchen. Thousands unbidden come to his bed. [...] Girls that the dreamer has not fashioned himself to want scatter their legs about him to the blows of Morpheus. [...] The sleeper is the proprietor of an unknown land. He goes about another business in the dark. And we [...] cannot afford an inch of it; because, though we would purchase it with blood, it has no counter and no till.'

An excerpt from Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

"Though we would purchase it with blood, it has no counter and no till." I think this line applies to a lot more than just dreams.

So where is my work now?



I don't think I've done any propper work for a couple of days now. I've lost momentum with the BBC brief. I've got ideas that will bring it to a close and produce the final animation. I just need to do it. I intend to make progress the moment I finish writing this post.
On monday I'm going to Liverpool to take pictures of a singer song writer. She is playing live this time but I'll be speaking with her about setting up a propper shoot. I want to take some of the aesthetics from the previous work on dreams and apply them to her. I think this would sute her music.
The question of what to apply myself to following the BBC brief is one that is weighing on my mind. I've spoken to a few different people about doing some group work. They all seem 'up for it'. I think this will help my work. I enjoy working as a team and from time to time I need that input of energy and fresh ideas. There is mention of trying to tackle the 'Obesity' brief that's floating round.
I don't cound myself as sepecificly an animator, a designer or a photographer but what I do feel is that I can bring all these skills together to answer a brief. I would class this as my skill. From time to time I get asked 'how do you do that'? I enjoy considering exactly HOW things are done and I have a well formed eye for aesthetics. What I am not is an ideas man. I honestly see myself is 10 years time as someone who is aproached by someone else who has an idea and together we can make a solution. The work Mac Monkey springs to mind but I haisten to add that this is an under-rated skill and perhaps it represents somthing that I'm already better than [hmm, self confidence. Does this claim have good foundations?]. Independantly I attempt to master mediums, skills and tricks. There IS a placefor this in industry and I am confident in this being my key skill. However, this skill doesn't seem to carry many marks within the course. So I'm going to have to do somthing different.
I intend to pick up the dream theme again. Using animation as a wrapper for my other skills I plan on producing a some animations on the subject of dreams. After all, dreams are a subject that interest me and I've already done a lot of research into the subject. I'm also going to try and get into a few of Greig and Aidens group tutorials.
Thats all I've got to say right now.
Peace