We're working away on "I'm So Close..." as we gear up for Summerworks. It will be interesting to explore this first draft in the context of this festival and in relation to an audience. We're very excited and there are still a million and one things to do. We've been constantly cracking away at--what is this story? Who are these people...? It seems like there is still so much more to explore and so so so much further to go, but at this stage we've etched out what will be the first incarnation and are really excited to have such a long process ahead of ourselves to flesh out, discard and find new things. It has been interesting for us to play with projections, which we all have bigger ideas about for the future... we can see why people say that projections have the potential to eat away your tech and drive you slightly mad. We've already spent a lot of time on them, as it is. But there is something to using them that has been very exciting, as we move into a new territory for ourselves and company. This next week looks to be a bit insane, in the best of ways.

Has been great to have the support of The Theatre Centre through all of this. Hope all is well with you all on the other coast, looking forward to seeing some of you at Summerworks. How are things going for you Choppers?

Back at work in TO

We've had our first few days cracking away at "I'm So Close..." here in Toronto. Has been great to be on our feet and trying out some of the things we had imagined while exploring in Vancouver. Was a bit of a transition from Vancouver straight into the clown festival and right back into this project. This week we've had a mix of mini brain-farts and brain-waves of energy/follie as we stare into the blank stage.

As we now start to play and discover what some of this material might look, sound and move like in a space we continue to seek inspiration from anywhere we can get it--reading the newspaper each morning (where we found an interesting article on multi-tasking and how it is essentially making us less able to intake information and possibly less smart), surfing the internet, and renting a couple of documentaries about the Arctic.

We want to continue to amass material while we search for our center and are still asking lots and lots of questions. We also went to some thrift stores to pick up some costume bits and objects to play with. Have some assignments for the weekend, working on a song and text for a few possible characters.

One of the major goals for the moment is to push and to generate. Trying to keep the axe out of the room for a long, long while.