#creativesabbatical2018

Keeping It Classy. TM- Loving life and feeling grateful... So much to reflect on after an incredible flush of meeting *insanely inspiring* people @hatchexperience, followed by a spectacular display from Mother Nature in Yellowstone National Park to clean my palette. 🙏 (Nature images forthcoming...) Here I am after 11 hours of driving and lots of hiking solo to reflect and refuel, now experiencing a venue within a 5 minute walk of my hotel in Jackson that my friend Laura told me about where you get to sit on saddles. Horse saddles! A rare thing if you live in NYC, or are me. (I went to school with Laura in Germany in 4th grade for less than a year, but we’ve recently picked up where we left off bc we gelled back then and she found me on Google in the early google days!! You know those friends who you only name with first AND last name that you’ve lost touch with but always had good memories of?! She was one of those.). In true confession, me mounting the saddle seat at this “million dollar” joint wasn’t swift nor graceful, but I’m A.OK! No need to call for support... Main reason I thought to post this is to mark the moment for me. The song that started playing in this very Wyoming and new-to-me place is @dollyparton singing “Working 9 to 5.” ❤️ Given I’m on this creative sabbatical that I designed for myself after 19 years with an incredible company (@ideo )- a sabbatical which is anything but 9 to 5 and oddly has me hopping in more ways than anticipated - I’ve been contemplating how to extend this lovely window so I can learn more to do more. The range of people I meet and actually bond with, and things I get to participate in are more than what I imagined, so hearing Dolly sing this particular song is, well, arresting. I’m not against 9 to 5 per se (and limits like that sound healthy and amazing!!!) — but I still relish that right now I get to architect my sleepless sprints and my siestas, so-to-speak. Wyoming, I can’t wait to see you in the morning... #wyoming #keepingitclassy #creativesabbatical2018 #reflecting #iknowimbeingcheesy (at The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/BosvIX8Alt9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1919qlggba2od

From space for a giant bear for kids to 1-2 person actual mini rooms ripe for contemplation or phone conversations (along with eclectic seating and green plants for miles), this Out of Office cafe hits the spot on a Sunday eve. Their logo’s pretty crisp too. #taipei #cafe #spaces #cafetaipei #creativesabbatical2018 (at Out of office 不在辦公室)

Creative sabbaticalling here for the next few days! #taipei #creativesabbatical2018 #feelinglucky (at Milk+Honey)

Back at it! This time, exploring “Assembling Reality.” #uniondocs #creativesabbatical2018 #backtoschool #buildingnewmuscles (at UnionDocs)

Voice Activation. (Basically flexing different muscles in a VO class, because #creativesabbatical2018, and even good film or interactive prototypes deserve better VO, right?!). PS. Reliving a random 3rd grade habit of recording stories 🎤📚 on my tape player (add retro emoji here), then listening to the pace and tone, and recording again with different tweaks.) PSS. I love dissecting and interpreting even the shortest bit of copy in this class, and hearing how others do it too... #creativesabbatical #sva #backtoschooltime #newyork #voiceoverclass (at SVA Film and Animation Department)

Fallout’s fun fallout: these 8 strangers made a film from scratch in under 48 hours. A roll of the 🎲 🎲 at #attcreators Create-a-thon competition, and what a lucky gamble at that! 🎰{Brad @itsbradj as writer📝🎞} kicked us off with a fun little dark comedy script: with imminent nuclear disaster coming, 3 neighbors are forced to confront their feelings of living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland...or having to deal with THAT neighbor. 👀🤦🏻‍♀️(Bold to go for comedy, right?!). We had {Drew @rattlesnake_bolo as director🎥 and DP🔦📸-2X!} {Wilson @wilsonreyes as editor🎧✂️} {yours truly @oshiray as first time producer /in-betweener💻📍🛒💡☕️🎬⚖️🍻} and a fun Fallout cast... {GB as scared Dennis 😑😬} {Chris Lewis (on FB only) as “that” neighbor 🤓🚪} {Esther @esthermunuera 💄 as the impatient neighbor⏰} and first time actor {Yen @yendegreez as social media celeb📲 🤳 }. The top winning film NY Symphony well deserved the recognition... so no - we didn’t win. Yet hearing laughter and empathic reactions during our 4:59 second screening felt just right! Also - no egos got in the way during the making! We hung in diners, basements and bars and it was all good for an insta-date. Here’s to making good things with strangers and strange things with good people. Not bad for one weekend... and another fun punctuation in my #creativesabbatical2018 !!#makingmovies #castcrew #shortstorychallenge #newyorkcity #createathon #latergram (so last weekend) #strangers <no more! (at New York, New York)

Day one: back to school-ish!! (Can I really get away with this?! ;) #newyork #classroom #documentaryfilm #frederickrendina #creativesabbatical2018 (at East 23 St)

Slices of Sundance, part 2 - Seeing friends from #YouTube showcasing the power of 6-second stories, VR-ing, the men of the compelling American Animals film, the cast of the moving film Burden (both based on true stories), and Space Explorers: A New Dawn (a very engaging VR experience where the technology just made sense) #sundance2018 #sundancefilmfestival #6secondfilms #creativesabbatical2018 (at Park City, Utah)