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There's a delay between the conversation, the realization, the

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manifestation. Thinking-actively like a dancing sprite in the "heat of the moment" then compressing through the boiling pelican of solitary thought to ultimately be tempered, beaten, brazen upon the forge of the elemental archive. The potential of my project: to decrease the distance between these points, to synchronize time amongst these mediums of communication, to inscribe directly upon the ontological tablet.

Derrida: arche-writing, "difference" (correlates to ___'s use of the term), always-already

New/old idea: full body second skin suit - continuation of new skin tones work. A white or flesh -toned suit that can have different pigments or materials smeared on, adorned by various actors playing the role of reoccurring characters. Also: chroma key green experiments with disappearing limbs, faces, floating eyes, disfigured bodies, esthetic doubles. I need green screen positive and negative elements to superimpose all the layers upon/over/under each other: the next era of my collage practice!! Moving video stills of the expanded phenomenological field.

Researching sound studio variables: reference monitors, microphones appropriate for piano recording experiments, and sound dampening curtains. Curtains: how should they be constructed: purchase expensive items ready to install or fabricate from scratch - is it worth the time? I'm thinking about the backdrop, relations to painting emerge, issues of landscape and visual texture grounds, surface treatments, material concerns of the painter. A flat matte ground erases context, a colored surface would allow other worlds to be warped back in : visual issues. It must also be functional in other capacities: temperature and acoustic regulation of the space to make it functional for audio/video work in the winter - these aspects seem to take precedence. Putting money into the physical acoustics of the room will be more beneficial than any singular component- long term and justified.

Considering the roles of actor-friends for voice overs, movement instructions, video-based games and experiments in selfies, etc. Who would be willing to participate? What can I offer them in exchange? It must begin with myself, and ___, and dog - keep it all in house until there's a concrete product to show other would-be collaborators. The same goes for music-based experiments.

Music composition strategies: divided by instrumentation and formal usage. Review the notes and compose with intention, not sporadic improvisation: charting flows through frames - movement confined to particular scales, "doom sting" meta chords and action/event sounds to use for visual emphasis, other arrays of subtle affect contexts, melody-logics for individual characters - (what's the technical term for this?) Peter and the Wolf-esque.

Voice: reading monologues of text through Jupiter III & Max patches - analog and digital modulations of the narrative - not automatic, but sculpted, carved from the block of marble following the curvatures of its grain, attentively with great care.

Physical object collage experiments: autopietic amalgamate. Sketches for physical sculpture collab with ___.

Stop making plans - immediately - to begin folding the wrinkles back into themselves.