Today was the final day to submit our labels and vinyl to the museum. I squeaked in with my last minute Spanish translations and feel a huge sense of relief and gratitude for all of the people who were a part of this project. 

I’ve been making lists and checking them off and seeing this work fly by in checked boxes, but also in smiles and hugs and “thank you”s, and eyes lighting up, and poems, and songs, and “you saved my life”s, and all the ways that people come together to make something bigger than themselves. 

It’s been a beautiful process and I’m proud to be here making it all come together. I never really feel responsible for my work. I feel like I just show up to it and hope it works out. This time, I can see how that piece is something to be proud of too. The showing up to it is hard. And I’m doing it. I get to pat myself on the back, I suppose. 

Moving forward, I’ve got my frames ordered and my last payment just came in, so it’s time to order another set of sample prints to check my final edits and then on to the enlargements and framing them. I can’t wait to see them looking fancy in their big kid frames.  I’ll drop off the kids’ maps to the museum soon as well, so they have them on hand. I might keep fiddling with mine until the last minute, just cause that’s how I do. 

Scoville takes all of the places you’ve “checked in” at (either on Foursquare or Facebook) and uses them to create recommendations for others in your community.  The idea is to let you know about the happening spots in your city. This could be very appealing to planners, because it very much resembles a community-driven asset mapping tool.