Today at 10am I went to shoot a Haiku at a local CVS with a nice young girl name Strawberry (yes that is really her name). Strawberry is a friend of another young man with who I recorded a poem with, I met him at while he was working at Bullmoose and I was getting some hot tracks. He was telling some friends of his about his Haiku and how while filming we had both realized that we were both former Blackbears, when Strawberry heard about the project she was intrigued, when she heard my name she was even more intrigued! Apparently she had recognized my name from a former job I once had at a movie theatre when I was about 17, (apparently I make quite an impression on people). A few days later Strawberry contacted me and we set up a time go meet and film her poem.
After I left Strawberry I headed over to the local Humane Society. I usually like to go there once ever-other week or so and walk one of the sheltered dogs, so they kind of know me there. I talked to the head directer and explained to him about my project, I talk with him about community, and creativity, about having a special message that’s important to him or his staff.
I left the Humane Society and walked just a few yards down the street to a small church that on the outside looked like an oversized ice fishing house, but on the inside was magnificent. It was the sanctuary of latino christian parish; I was totally unaware that Lewiston ever had a strong latino community let along their own parish. Joey, an expert in marketing thought that this would be a wonderful opportunity to send a message of love and christianity and wanted to offer the opportunity to his whole parish. Meetings need to be made.
Wow, Alex, that was a banner day for your project. You seem to have made local connections very quickly and in the process uncovered some material for your ongoing project.
Keep us informed on your progress!