So I'll be traveling again soon and I want your help in advance of that.
You guys are creative and interesting, and those of you I've lived with have always made me better and more creative (crazier, too, sometimes - Scott). I respect your advice and opinions and I'm tired of not *doing* anything cool just because I'm traveling, tired and discombobulated. I'd therefore like to be doing something with my "down" time, but the nature of that time means that I really should be planning it in advance.
Ever see the Where the Hell is Matt videos? I love them (so jealous of the places he dances), and am thinking something like that - maybe a little more narrative, a lot less dancing. Click on past the link if you're interested in reading the situation as I see it and maybe giving me advice.
The situation, in a nutshell, is this:
- I'll be in hotels, airports and venues almost exclusively - not places amenable to creative focus, so the idea has to already exist and be executable in at least one of these, preferably all three.
- I'd love to take into account the places I am, despite the fact that I'm unlikely to even leave the venues in most cities.
- The cities are Mexico City, Jan Jose (Costa Rica), Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo & Rio De Janiero
- I can't promise that I'll be creative or motivated in any or all of these spots, so cool things like "here's a group of things that are different, presented interestingly" is probably out.
- As tools, I'll have me, myself and I. I'll also have a Mac, my Galaxy S (photos & video) and maybe my SLR (same, but better). I can mix media together on one of the Macs I'll be traveling with. I'll sing you something if you want.
- I'm only gone 2 weeks, but will probably have the ability to post pieces as I go, if it turns out to be that type of project.
I'm looking for ideas I can do in these limited conditions while I while away some hours rather than laying in my room reading or hanging out in the lobby bar. This isn't a project that I will let get in the way of me *doing things* in the places I'll be, because when do you ever get to go anywhere, right? But if I could do it WHILE on tour, awesome. But I imagine that the rather cramped schedule will have me with lots of downtime but never enough to go see touristy things.
Thanks for taking a look, and I look forward to your input.
