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today: DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW Elsa's Creativity Space - Update I woke up this morning with the words, don't bite off more than you can chew, going through my head. But my dreams do, over and over, bite off way more than that. And I get pulled along. Lots of work, obstacles, learning. I'm not a quitter, but I've let go, time and again, only to come back and try again. My question to you: how do you get along (or not) with your dreams? I'd love to hear. I've spent my whole life, when it comes to creative things, biting off more than I can chew. I was twelve when I wrote my first play, and still twelve when I wrote my first film script. The play was finally put on - in a family friend's basement - two years later. The film script, lovingly reworked for several years, never made it onto the screen. Right there, with those early works, I'm at the heart of what's been hardest for me: finding a way to get the works out into the world. In this case, I think the words came this morning because it's almost time for me to get back to creative things. Like for many creative people, that's my area of biggest dreams and biggest difficulties. If you want to hear more on this struggle, Or here's the struggle in a spoken word piece, I had a choice this morning. Regular words, everyday words - or a song/spoken word piece. I went for both choices. There was yet another choice - to pay attention to the words in my head, or to ignore them and get on with my day. I chose to let those words be part of my day, especially as I knew where they were coming from: the huge and daunting task I've set myself, to get more of My Chosen Home on the web, starting with the most ambitious single piece done so far, Summer's Passing. A bit of background. The goal is to bring alive the experience of being at home. What does it mean, to be at home, for different people? I wrote a piece on my own experience. Months later, listening to an electroacoustic piece by a friend, Mark Corwin, I started hearing words in my head: summer's passing The words went on, trying to capture Mark's experience of being at home in his back yard in late summer. I rummaged through my bag for paper and pencil, started writing. That was, as usual, the easy part. The journey has been a long one. An English and a French version. Photographs. Recordings - Mark's voice for the English, mine for the French. Doing a mix. Creating an interactive piece where people can choose what to listen to (the mix, Mark's original soundscape, just the voices). Working with Flash (a web design program with movement, animation, video). Next week, on the web, the current version of Summer's Passing. In the meantime, all the best to you in making your own dreams come true. Comments are very welcome. How do you get along with your dreams? Do they drive you, lead you? Elsa copyright © Elsa Schieder 2007 Holiday Vacation Rentals Plus - including pet friendly vacation rentals ____________ _________________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch. MORE RECENT March 29, 2010 March 22, 2010 March 20, 2010 August 20, 2009 August 12, 2009 June 23, 2009 June 4, 2009 April 27, 2009 March 30, 2009 December 6, 2008 July 6,
2008 May 26, 2008 April 20, 2008 December 28, 2007 October 20, 2007 September 30, 2007 September 23, 2007 September 16, 2007 August 7, 2007 July 8, 2007 May 20, 2007 Apr 9, 07 _________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to Elsa's Creativity Space My dreams and I. Long deep sleeps as I face
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