Checking in with the world because I’ve made it to my second checkpoint in the game of artistic achievement I’ve created for myself. I’m writing this in the 46th ninety minute work block of the year (project started 2/13… second checkpoint was 44 work blocks). Since I’m still lacking the creative impulse for the most part, I’ve been focusing my energies on my MusicVideoPedia project. I wholeheartedly recognize that I’m likely the only one who appreciates this incredibly time consuming media project but that is why I’m doing it. I would be a fool (?) if I ignored my unique skill of recognizing if there are things like clowns, moving machinery, video games, zombies, etc. in music videos and I must utilize it in as many ways as possible because I could be the only one that notices these things. Currently, these ninety minute MusicVideoPedia work blocks consist of me extracting info from my old blogger site and consolidating it on my new website and my YouTube channel. Once I have the layout/index created, all I’ll have to do to maintain/build the encyclopedia is keep watching music videos and adding them to the playlists that will likely be under construction until the end of technology. I’ve just completed integrating the Split Screen Music Videos onto a YouTube playlist and will be sorting through Staircase videos next time I dig in.
When I started the project, I had eleven categories of work blocks but I’ve recently added another. I had left Video off of the list because some of my YouTube videos still have zero views. While I do understand that this will be a slow build and that my skills are still developing, zero views is a little disheartening… even though they were very poorly promoted. That said, I’ll never get better if I don’t keep going and since I’m still planning on prioritizing video on my 2020 European adventure, I must practice!
At this time the scoreboard/tally sheet looks like this…
Website - 16
Collage - 0
@TheRingOfDOOM - 4
Instagram - 2
Interviews - 0
YouTube - 19
Spotify - 1
Resin - 0
Jewelry - 0
Organize - 3
Photoshop - 0
Video - 0
My daunting tentative plans for a @TheRingOfDOOM book series seem more easily attainable now that I’ve started a “Series Bible” (currently brainstorming new names) that will enable me to better sort and plan my ideas for the series. After a YouTube search, I found a great outline from a creator named Brittany Wang. In one work block, I was able to stamp a round of Intergalactic AirBNB stickers (to turn them into business cards of sorts) and spend an hour setting up the Series Bible with info about the characters, goals, back story etc. I’ve revealed hundreds of bits of information about his world via Instagram but reigning the project into a series of books will take feats of organization I am looking forward to mastering. I realize now more than ever that self-discipline and a detailed plan will get me everywhere. It is truly amazing what I can accomplish in ninety minutes if I focus on one thing. Even though the end goal is still a bit hazy, I know that if I keep working on and FINISHING stuff plus finding new ways to share them with you, all will be well in my world.
The thing that dulls my ambition the most is the knowledge that even if I create all the things in my imagination, I will be remain unfulfilled if I have no one to share it with and/or nothing to come back to. I must not be all work and no play. Whether it is true or not, I feel like I’m still digging myself out of a hole and that I have not yet reached the level in which it is time to help others again. So far, my addiction to helping people has proven to be self-destructive (financially) and I have not yet mastered the art of helping myself… still putting on my metaphorical mask. I’m on a well-paved but slowly winding road to financial security but I still have millions of miles to travel to get to where I want to be… but how will I know when I have arrived?
SONG OF THE DAY
Saint Etienne – “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” 1992 I love so many things about this song but I do believe that the government can also break one’s heart.