Day 19 - Life Captured May 1st 2011
The following are poignant topics Dave spoke on in 100 thing that really resonated with me:
1. Don't get so caught up in trying to "capture a moment" that you miss the moment altogether.
2. Don't hold on to an object because you have this vision that it will magically make you into something that you are not.
His specific examples were
1. obsessing over filming his daughters ballet recital or school play and not fully appreciating that it was happening in real time
2. getting rid of his magnificent scale model trains and woodworking tools because they would not, respectively, buy back his childhood days of missed opportunity miniature railroad building with his father, or, make him into a burly, 6 foot tall, rustic carpenter...
Todays "get rid of" is an item that falls under both of these categories.
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SONY Video Camera Recorder
Handycam Video 8 (circa 1994)
CCD-FX230
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Vikki Gave me the Video Camera from "stuff that survived the fire" I think.
I am giving up (if only temporarily) my fantasy that I am an independent filmmaker.
I am clearly not one.
And besides. I have another Sony Camcorder in a drawer. And it has a malfunctioning battery also.
We all want lots of memories to hold on to.
I take A LOT of pictures of Paj cuz, well, they invented this thing called the digital camera. Remember back in the day when you didn't take a zillion pictures of the same thing in order to get the perfect shots? Because film is expensive yo!
But inasmuch as I enjoy making her into my small/adorable subject/model, I would rather just be playing with her.
Dave is right. Life is always moving forward. How much time is one really going to have to re-watch all those hours of tapes of "my kid playing in the yard"? and edit them and make them into cute little home movies... Don't get me wrong, I want them as much as the next guy...
(as I am writing this I flash back to Mr Hawkins AV class. I LOVED IT... I remember being graded a sympathy pass of 51%...
["heres your technology credit. please don't take my class again..."]
Possibly why the award winning cutting edge indie film producer dream never came to fruition
Even as I make the freecycle post, I still envision that someday, it will happen...)
I think a lot of the best memories come from random other sources. Like when I am sorting baby clothes into 'give away' & 'keep' piles.
(Cuz I am keeping the good stuff. For the next 5 babies I hope to have. Nope, not even joking.)
Sometimes I could just cry at the smallness and the sweetness and the cuteness of these little outfits.
All I have to do is hold a little sweater or sock or something and get all these flashbacks of all these incredible times that have occurred... Precious times that fly by ridiculously fast... Times that probably wouldn't be as cool if I was fixated on setting up a great wide angle shot and getting it in correct focus.
And now, to completely contradict myself, Here's one from Yesterday.
"Pajke in Scillas." or "first time picking flowers" note the no pants awesomeness.
