Update

Well, haven't been as on top of this as I was before. I have been working on a longish rather than shortish piece, which I think is a good change, as I am wont to make many short pieces. Working on something that is a combination of live-action video and animation. It is about trying to substitute social interaction with interactions in the forest here, currently primarily focusing on trying to substitute Justin (boyfriend). The animations intercut are visual representations of the physical sensations one has outdoors (a la "Sensation Animation," except outdoors), as well as visual representations of emotional sensations I am having outdoors. Exploring both definitions of "feelings", and finding that they are very interwoven.

I am hesitant to post any live-action work... and now that I am not just fooling around for ten second animations, I kind of want to keep the work behind curtains until it is more finished...

But, here is a list of things I have shot and have been in the process of making:

- scene with a moss covered log spooning me, moss arm and all

-making a suit out of moss for me to wear, so as to feel more "socially accepted" in the woods

-dancing with a tree by copying its leaf movements in a breeze

-trying different forest materials (moss, ferns, fir branch) to find which feels most like Justin's beard

-cut-out animation of a visual representation of what it feels like to miss Justin (shot outside)

-visual representation of what it feels like to have small uncomfortable rocks under my feet