just a SpiritSentient update for you all. i recently purchased a new Sony Alpha 350k 14.2 megapixel and it is awesome. my current setup is a tri-pod, green screen, reflectors, etc. and i am ramping up flare and edge portraiture, as demand is increasing rapidly.
what does this mean for you? well, in the near future i will likely be offering a number of free portraits in order to test out the new camera.
what this means for me is i am able to create much higher-quality, higher-resolution works, in even less time.
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i also had a random meeting with two greenpeace staff on the street. leeshai(sp?) and jack. i’ve heard all kinds of opinions on greenpeace and i’m sure everyone has their own experiences about it. in the past i’ve shrugged them off as just some environmental fanatics…
…and they might be 
but these two people were awesome. not crazy or off-putting or unpleasant in the slightest. in fact, the opposite. i would have gladly chilled with them in a social setting. even when the topic of nuclear power came up (hot button topic in some of my circles) they were really open to it, saying it wasn’t black and white, and that it potentially had huge benefits if it was done right, and demonstrating that greenpeace’s support of other power sources merely stimulates competition which would push both nuclear and say, wind power, to do better and be more efficient.
they made it clear that they were doing big things and they were not a corporation selling stuff to make profit, but that they were supported by a large body of volunteers / the public, which i found extremely interesting. at the end of it all, i chose not to become a member at the time, and they were totally cool with that, but i do feel they’ve given me some inspiration and an interesting new direction for my art to explore, so we’ll see.
i just finished up two commissions, one of which has to remain unshown on spiritsentient due to privacy concerns, which i feel will change, because its absolutely beautiful, and have some other wonderful projects on the go.
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on another note, you may be aware that i am a huge proponent of taking creative risks in life, learning new disciplines and skills, and breaking out of comfort zones.
after years of leaving it on the back-burner, i finally went rock-climbing (indoor only so far), and it was amazing. what a wonderful experience. a new found awareness ofmy own strength, weight, and balance. my flexibility and energy are increased, and its an awesome feeling clinging to something high off the ground. i can see it bringing people closer, depending on who one decides to climb with.
i could feel life guiding me to the experience. many of my friends have gone / invited me over the years. then more recently, my friend neel sent me a link to a video of sonnie trotter engaged in different (impressive) training exercises for climbing.
i could not stop showing that video (and others, of sonnie making the first ascent of cobra crack or attempting other intense routes) to my family and friends; i felt inspired. i had a very strong feeling that it was the time to try some climbing.
sonnie is a climber/writer/photographer hailing from bc. he is tremendously accomplished, very creative, and an absolute pleasure to associate with, and for me, extremely inspirational. i feel he has vision and direction (which is a topic that relates heavily to creativity) and i’m more than happy to link to his official site, wikipedia’s article about him and a couple videos.
