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Archive for February, 2009
Long lost footage and a re-emerging hobby
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Procession of the Species in Olympia, WA
After I studied non-fiction film at Evergreen College for a year, my camcorder, which had been an almost permanent appendage of my hand until then got put into the closet. That was almost three years ago.
My life never seems to go on a straight, sensible path so perhaps there’s a reason why the year I went and did what was supposed to be an incredibly good non-fiction film program was a year when the program was not so good. The whole year was very chaotic and it felt like every little step gained came at a huge cost. The joy of shooting video and working with it was quashed for the time being. Unfortunately the student loan bills were vivid and real.
I know from other events in my life that hardship or a little mandatory hibernation away from something we love can be a revolutionizing thing in the end – so I’m hoping the urge to pull my camera out last weekend is the beginning of my starting up this hobby I loved so much again.
When I turned on my camera to check the tape last weekend – I found the footage of the parade above which I hadn’t captured and had forgotten about.
So there is one thing I enjoyed alot while I was in Olympia – the Procession of the Species.
The community spends many weeks preparing nature costumes from scratch. Sounds in the parade are allowed but no words or signs. Just drums and music. About 10,000 people come to see the parade and its magical!
In honor of magic anytime and anywhere I edited together some of the footage and here it is.
