got to wake up, look like my name

manu was the last person we filled for the poetry video we're working on. his room was full of some of the purest, most beautiful white light -- might have had something to do with the start white walls. but i really loved a lot of the footage that we collected that day.

in the darkness comes another

this is sully, another person who agreed to let us film their morning routine.

i can hear the earth in orbit

as much as i like making photos and videos, i don't have much patience for editing. that's at least part of the reason that the poem//video project i'm working is taking so long. that said, just last week i made sort of a mental "i will finish this -- and soon" breakthrough. to help motivate myself, i went through some of the stills from the shots casey and i did of the last three people featured.

this would be luc, one of the best, most sincere people i have ever had the pleasure of knowing. (the other two will come over the next couple days.)

i see you everywhere

part of the trouble project that i posted about a couple days back is that i've been taking a polaroid portrait of each person in the film (and the poet). here are the first few. (i've been having some trouble with the scans -- so these colors aren't quite right.)

matthew

barbara

bonden

bonden no. 2

in the morning i get out of bed

for the past few weeks i've been working with casey and sarah on making a visual representation (sorta-not-really) of matthew dickman's poem "trouble." we had been working on the project for a while when i figured it might be worth asking matthew to narrate for us. he agreed and yesterday we went to his se portland apartment to listen to him read aloud a poem i've only ever heard in my head. (he and casey are in the next photograph.)

the more time i put into this project the more excited about it i get. having him as the narrator has definitely helped, too. these are just a few stills of the project and the folks in it so far. we're still about a month away from wrapping up, but stay tuned for more updates.