Autumn in New York

Sharing Dreams

Watching the Fall

Dreams of Autumn

Waiting for winter to arrive

Lulu watches the birds

White Bird

Bikini and the Birds

Introducing Clara Bow from Hawaii

Bonito enjoys life's simple pleasures

Little Ruby and I

3 cats hanging aound

Izzy considers a career in interior design

Shoobie

Dr. Ruby Ramirez working at her desk

Bonito and Flower

David Bowie from the streets of Cappadocia, Turkey

Casper from Florida

Weegee Luiz NYC

Two Native New Yorkers

Eddie from Ontario

Bonito dreams of love

He dreams of oceans

The Little Tiger Dreams

And Bonito Dreams

Dreaming

Walking (Untitled 6/6)

Golden Gate (Untitled 5/6)

Explosion (Untitled 4/6)

Jumping (Untitled 3/6)

Blue (Untittled 2/6)

Airplane (Untitled 1/6)

Layers

Talking to the Goddess

Holding red

Head in the Clouds

Walking outside Barbieri lumber

Forest

Ready for Lift Off

Hello my fellow bloggers!  I just wanted to say hello and let you know what I have been up to.
Well, it looks like the pole dancing documentary is ready for lift off.  The studio is incredibly excited about the film and is doing everything they can to support the project.  It's the first time I have had this kind of support when making a project. Usually I feel like I am pushing a huge boulder up a hill, but this time it feels like I am being picked up and carried along with a big cheering crowd around me. This is really helpful for someone like me who can get stuck in doubt and fear. I don't seem to have that option here because even when I get nervous and want to pull back there is someone there who is excited about the project and wants to help me.

Both of these pictures are of my beautiful teacher, Meg, who 

has been so helpful and supportive of me in many ways

So, at this point, I am going to put out a video through the studio's newsletter telling people about the project and asking for their participation. Incredibly enough, I already have 4 people who have expressed their interest in being interviewed and I haven't even shared the video yet.  Here is the video if you want to see it (sorry I don't have it on  You Tube right now):  https://vimeo.com/101860929

This is a really different kind of project for me. The topic and the documentary style are new for me, but even more importantly, it is a project that involves a lot of other people. I always wanted to make community oriented art and never knew how to do it, but I think this project will show me the way.

Match Made in Heaven

Battle of the Bands: City vs. Country

Dress Rehearsal

Dance of the Meerkats

Banjo Serenade

Marketing a new brand

Summer Serenade

Orange Hats

I decided to post about the pole dancing on my other blog and post images related to drawings on this blog.  Please follow me on the other blog for info about the documentary if you wish and feel free to share it with others.The address is:
http://michelebeckart.blogspot.com/

Matching Clothes

Some beginnings

Like any art work, making a documentary is a birth of sorts.  It's long, painful and laborious and somehow after going through the whole process, you want to do it again.

                                         Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel

So, here I am again in the beginning stages of a new documentary project.  At the moment, I am laying down some groundwork and letting my ideas percolate.  I drafted a letter today to my teacher telling her about the project and asking for her feedback on how to proceed.  It has taken weeks to draft this email, but it is almost complete and ready to send.   After this, I will create a storyboard, which I will use to help pitch the project and also help me to organize my ideas.  Otherwise, I have 2 cameras (a DSLR and a regular video camera)  at my disposal and need to figure out which one I want to use.  In order to figure this out I have been doing short interviews with people I know.  The DSLR shoots a beautiful image, which is perhaps a little too beautiful and perfect at times.  I have noticed watching other people's work that this kind of image can almost be distracting.  I also find the camera a bit difficult to focus and manipulate at times, so I may end up using the video camera, which also shoots a great image, but allows me to feel like I can move around.  Well, I have another interview planned for today with DSLR and I will see how that goes.

So, that is all for now.  I look forward to sending the letter off to my teacher and getting her response. If she gives me the sense that the school will be open and supportive of the project then things will start to roll.