avery

finished project i helped/worked on with my roommate. i wrote the poem (except the spanish), helped with the visuals and on set and also did some of the sound.

was learning coyote by joni mitchell on guitar which is in a different tuning (C, G, D, F, C, E) n its really cool. Was gonna wait til i recorded some feedback with that tuning to see if i sounded any different to play around with stuff for the other pieces, but i was just playing around bc i was bored and got some really cool stuff. Tried to understand the tuning and what i was playing which took a while and  was probably doing it the longest way, but it was helpful. came up with a stumming thing for one of the spoken folk-y ideas and also some stuff for the guitar based piece. Looked at the notes n stuff i was playing and put them into the site showscale.com so i could figure out what keys i was playing in/could play in. i wanted the guitar based piece to be quite theory dense and quite planned out, but the stuff ive done sounds good so far and ive figured i want to play in A# minor i think, might change into a different mode, but thinking i might try a different mode in the folkie

finally came up with this title when i read it in a book (think it was susan sontag cant remember) did this inspired by notes i drew at work also tried adding the oil paint effect in photoshop and then also the wind effect i tried in a previous blog post. Also, did these based off this note i did at work a while ago: used the colour select tool to select the dark parts and it gave it this printed effect then tried going over the drawing in a new layer to create a clean version then had the idea to try different blend modes so i did that with the colour ones: this is the 'hue' one and then added the fine one on top to define it more. this is with the 'dissolve' mode. no idea what i actually want to do with these as i have visual ideas for a few of the tracks but whatever.

decided it might be worth trying a different method of working/arranging and to help me sort the structure out i decided to make a diagram on the side of my wardrobe. Even if it doesnt end up helping at least im doing something tbh. since i have an array of papers as well as a pwr point that at first was helpful, but has just become one big dump now, i think this might help. Also I think i have the structure p much sorted and visualised as of right now as ive been thinking it thru in my head the past few days and think i know what kind of styles n things i want where. stuck headings of each track that im intending to do since i have a rough layout now and can move things as necessary. Then I wrote out all the visual ideas i had on a scrap piece of paper on a clean piece and ordered it so i can see it all better and see what i have to shoot/paint/edit. I then stuck on the piece that i wrote all the sound ideas on. Also added the old visual plan i did a while

looking at the poses and the flowers also borders might b useful for tarot project

for one of the images i want a heavenly looking thing was originally going to do a painting n then when i got into taking film photos i thought i could take a photo instead and then since quarantine n i wont be able to develop it, ive moved to doing it digitally. I originally thought to make a set in my room, but then since the quarantine n everything is shut there are occupied gardens from the hotel thats now shut due to the pandemic at the back of our house so i thought i could take them there. i dont quite know how i want the photos to be set up so i decided to take some test photos to put the layout/frame into perspective. still debating as to whether i should be sat on a chair in them or just have nature and no person? but i can decide that as i review the photos more. Also i want it to look quite heavenly so i tried out some overexposure n varied shutter speeds. tbh it would b useful if i could print them out n draw on them but i dont have a printer, so i might try do it dig