go BIG or go home

just enough is no longer enough for me. i've gone through 3 jobs in less than 1 year and clearly Maya is too big and needs to be the boss :) i can now check off "educate myself on the business side of arts" from my 2011 goals which is however an ongoing process. i studied the grind at the studio and now know what works and what doesn't and more importantly what i like and don't. now for bigger and better things...THE SCRIPT! remember that? i'll have to be obsessed if this project can get the big CHECK in a decent time span. i've interview several people over the phone but one in particular is semi-identical to my protagonist. she lives in LA and her personal story speaks VOLUMES to me and a phone interview just doesn't cut it, which means an in-person interview and an excuse for a trip to LA! details still need to be worked out but that's the plan.

another 80's movie/story inspiration that to this day still rocks my world, Revenge of the Nerds

"always searching, always learning, always changing, always growing, never stopping."

and so it begins

sorry for the delayed post. i've been steady grindin' away on my goals for 2011. i start my new J.O.B. as a STUDIO MANAGER!!!! lucky me will be managing a photo studio here in NYC!!!! i'm super amped as this is my first office job in the arts and 2011 is all about me learning the business of it all :) tomorrow is my first day on. but that's not what been keep me busy. what's been really consuming my time is this commercial competition that's due today! everything was so last minute. the idea was conceived a week and a half ago. we shot this past tuesday which was a gong show, reshot scenes yesterday and edit and upload today. crazy i know! this is my first time behind the lens as a film maker. well in the "professional" sense and our set was far from that. definitely lessons learned and that's what life is all about. growth through adversity. ok...enough talk, back to work. here are the photos :)
storyboard courtesy of Mathias Horhager aka cousin

that would be me biting Chris' head off :)

2011: Year of the Artist

2011 is all about THE YEAR OF THE ARTIST. i've been so fixated on making my home a home, which as you know was much needed and i'm still working at my j.o.b but hopefully not for much longer. with age comes wisdom and i'm realizing i Maya Washington was born to explore and have fun. i'm most sane when i'm busy investing myself in all things that inspire and move me. unlike some of my neighbours i can and am talented in many avenues and yes i need focus on the task at hand but i also need to stay true to me. while i admire those that have 1 sole calling i have many and i need to honour that. and my talents aren't necessarily so segregated: I LOVE CREATING-simple as that and whatever that involves. having said that this year will be a busy one. i'm kickin it into over drive with the following 2011 goals:

- film projects: shorts, music videos, indies
- script: research, study, interview, write
- voice demo: revamp and promote both here in NY and LA
- photography: shoot consistently whether personal or business
- educate myself on the business side of arts through work and/or self education
- demand the best of myself through full commitment to goals

i'm filled with heat and the fire is where i thrive best. enough with the playin' it safe and back into the pit i go :)