Fallow

So this is post number 201 to this blog - I've been making video haikus for about a year and a half, at a pretty steady rate of 1-3 per week, since last March. I would guess, conservatively, that there are about six hours of video posted here, almost all of it in two-minute increments.

And I've realized, lately, that I'm just not inspired to do it right now - I don't know if it's because I'm bored with the format, preoccupied with other creative work, or incurious about my surroundings - it could even be my camera itself, which I've wanted to replace for months, but I can't afford a new one at the moment.

But I think that, rather than continue halfheartedly, it makes more sense to take a break, and think hard about a change - in the rules, in the form, in the raison d'être of Video Haiku.

I'm totally open to ideas and opinions and suggestions - feel free to send me your thoughts. And I know that I'm not done, by any means, with web video - the potential of the medium is still fascinating to me, and this blog has been an extremely satisfying and meaningful pursuit.

So, I'll definitely be back - I'm just taking a break, to figure out what's next.

Train Yard

With Megan, in Minneapolis, in August of 2007.

Memorial Service

For the victims of the 35W bridge collapse, in Minneapolis in August of 2007.

Bus Stop

In Minneapolis, in April of 2007.