mind. I require sound resting places: toilet seat, armchair, studio chair. Towards a theory of chairs.

On the weekends, print out and read the week-long notes. Highlight major ideas & begin working towards their completion. Planning happens on weekdays to allow for the weeks end to be dedicated towards another quality of work.

Design & build a HVAC system, fan, ventilation... a good idea or not? One on each window, ideally reversible.

Start a list of musical instruments that can be composed on singularly, for rough sketch compositions. Research potential for an Oakland ensemble composed of strangers - outside the current social network.

Meditation while working: to stay grounded, focused, not spin out into the social praxis. The radicality of not speaking.

Remember ___: his power electronic gear setup, relationship with stewardship, a model ranch hand man. His pedal rig is a nice model for a vocal modulation center: enlist his services as such, digital recordings through his analog array.

How much work is enough? How much money is enough? Sit down to write out a budget: how much coming in vs. what is needed going out. Consider rent, summer travel expenses, projections until the end of the year. No sense having gear shipped from NM now, focus on saving money & dialing in living situation for intended uses.

Make a google sketch up schematic (or vector drawing) to scale of the living space, populated with objects. Use this floor plan to imagine possible ensemble physical arrangements, stage elements, etc. Source colorful tape to mark out delineations, directing action in space.

Line up podcasts for Saturday workshop sessions. Yes, workshop sessions = weekends. Saturday's are my studio day, Sunday is a day of rest and socialization. If a weekday is taken off it should be used for essential errands, more thorough planning. Try to pull 8hrs of studio work per week - logged time. Can I setup a TSheets system for studio practice? Sunday morning hikes, then food shopping, big meal prep, hangout. Never sleeping in.

OOFKAUU: the narrator defines themself. The first act is a series of narrations, each attempting to identify & articulate a specialized quails of the production. The instruments & musical styles for each act change, so that what is being planned now will be the orchestra/ensemble for only the first act. (Later will be black metal, etc.) Compile writings from the red notebook & other personal sources into the narration, juxtaposed with the voices from books recently assimilated, conversations with friends, inner dialogue at work & concerning domestic equilibrium, & other personal voices. Perhaps some characters can begin to be developed, but the first act is just a gestation period for this content to be hashed out while remaining transparently(?) reflexive. The current goal is to articulate, illustrate, demonstrate, & present these ideas into a new branch of the portfolio before the end of May: Headlands res app & for conversational purposes at EGS. Specific outline of goals:

-draw studio floor plan for beginnings of choreography

-design & build remedial instruments for ___ to perform

-write narration dialogue & record myself or others reading

-draw meta plans for interrelated parts

-audition/record amateur performers acting out small sections of this content: body studies, video vignettes in front of neutral backgrounds.

-photographic collage plans for theoretical theater set builds: iPhone photographs from work, cut together seamlessly into impossible architectural models. Also, capture lighting arrays, behind the scenes found compositions of lights & gear, daily arrangements of ladders, etc.

-develop extended technique ideas, "in the expanded field" concepts for music, opera, & art in general. Related to era-area-aria concept: relies upon theoretical articulations to open up new potentials spaces for physical/creative work.

Talk to ___ about metal sourcing: sheet metal, copper plates, scrap. Continue returning to Urban Ore for materials but be specific! No hoarding! Also be careful with expenditures of time & energy: this opera is an exercise in efficiency.

___ should have presence in the production somehow, either by providing electronic sounds or as an archetype in the character development. Interview?

Revisit interviews with parents from the summer, & the footage perhaps. See if there's anything there worth holding onto.

Research a new/second HD screen for the laptop: expanded digital desktop.