the journey of the snee snaw: from funding to park

my appearance on the radio was fun, however after i felt very wiped out, something about processing information to stay with the programme that is connected to my dyslexia. i went onto the show with the intention of mentioning the snee snaw and the arts council funding, i did both of these and had some fun into the bargain.

the radio appearance followed a productive morning on the phone. in the planning stages i used email constantly so i had a paper trail of my progress. now at the doing stage i’m finding that speaking on the phone gets to the heart of the problem very quickly and leaves one feeling a load better than reading an email.

i’m collecting logos and my design for the posters is developing and i’m enjoying th thought of seeing them all over the place in time for the performances.

i also have a visual representation of the snee snaw for publicity and web purposes. today i’ve attempted for the first time to describe it:

the explanation of the visual representation of the snee snaw is based on everything being under a blue sky, the green for outdoors, with the lower green being a focus into the snee snaw pivot point. there are pairs of all ages watching the snee snaw. the red and yellow are a balance that in front of is a clue to how to get to the sneeze condition.

i’ve invited comment about it from the manager of the first park the snee snaw will be seen in.

i feel i’m getting into a rhythm with this blog as well. in true backstage tradition i’ll be speaking about what’s going on, and after a while will add reflective thoughts. i see today that i need to do things before i can be reflective…

i rang a council office yesterday. their answer machine told me that thy were on holiday, the bins were being collected as normal, and then gave me a phone number for if i’d seen a stay dog… i do like getting insights into other people’s worlds and the really great thing of doing that at the moment is i’m not having to travel for hours each day to do it.

i had a fairly stressful start to this project yesterday, the park mix up was really getting to me. i’ve spoken to the gentleman from the first council today on the phone. i do forget that sometimes a good old fashioned chat on the phone sorts out so much more than an email.

i’m happier today, been working on the flyer design for the love parks week tour, going for a double sided a5 flyer with the rear being in landscape orientation. i’m enjoying being able to make all the visual material for the tour as i get to put a bit of me and my thinking into it. i like a bold simplicity.

font size is such a powerful tool. i think growing up around my dad is an influence in these things. he was a sign writer, had a very distinctive style, to the point of just knowing what signs he had done.

i’ve been told the subjects for the discussion this afternoon. one of them is to do with inheritance and retirement. a difficult subject for me as it feels incredibly personal. i sometimes think that i retired from event production to follow my creativity path. well at least that is one way i can interpret it, i’ll see how the mood takes me this afternoon.

i’ve been with marcel this morning.