My new project

I have a new project that I am finally getting underway.  This has been a long time coming.  For many years now I have had a dream in mind to create a project focusing on 'community' and what that means to each of us.  I have had many different ideas about how to make it happen and none of them have come to fruition.  But the idea has never left my mind.  In fact, I conducted 2 interviews back in 2014.  But, I never could figure out how to present the material.  And life gets busy... and... you know how that goes.  :(

Recently I was asked to help create a video to share at a local immigration day celebration.  Somehow that was the catalyst - everything came together for me and I finally figured out exactly 'how' I wanted to present my project.  Thus, Portraits of Northeast Missouri was finally born.

Let me explain the name...  I dreamed this up back when Jackson was in high school and living at home.  I imagined that we would work on this project together and that he would take interesting portraits of my interviewees to create a coffee table type book.  Although we are long since past that idea working, I kept the name.  Primarily, because I feel that the various interviews will, in fact, 'paint a portrait' of our diverse community.

I had questioned whether the project would work best as a coffee table book, or a blog format (mostly written word) or in a video format on YouTube.  I finally decided that a mix of the last two options was the best route.  So, here is a link to my new blog where I will be writing up short introductions to accompany videoed interviews embedded in the posts.  https://portraitsofnemo.blogspot.com

I hope to go back and edit the 2 interviews from 2014 and get them uploaded soon.  Then I will begin seeking out interviewees for future posts.

Here are links to the two posts already on the new blog.

Beginning - https://portraitsofnemo.blogspot.com/2017/05/beginning.html

Immigration Day video - https://portraitsofnemo.blogspot.com/2017/05/immigration-day-video.html

And here is the Facebook page I set up to share each new post as it becomes available.  https://www.facebook.com/PortraitsofNEMO/

I hope you will join me as we get to know our friends and neighbors a little bit better.

Photo by Willis Creek Photography