Wow! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here! I’d planned to start talking about the concept of micro-filmmaking last Summer, but I got too busy and, more to the point, my body started playing tricks on me. My energy waned and I began to feel a general sense of malaise. I kept pressing on though, travelling, enjoying my family, work, work, work. My creative self retreated to the back burner - in fact it felt like that burner had blown out.

Long story short: it turned out I had a tumor laying dormant between my eyes, near my brain. And then suddenly it began to grow and by the Holiday season, became aggressive in its pursuit to take over. I got my cancer diagnosis on January 6th. After my surgery on February 2nd my surgeon described my tumor as "massive with tendrils extending into my brain." Thankfully, they were able to remove it all, but as the joke goes, they also had to remove my nose. All of it. Cartilage, nasal bone, three sinuses - basically I now have a big hole in the middle of my face. 

But I digress ... I want to get back to my original intent here on this blog: exploring Found Storytelling and my new passion of micro-filmmaking.

A few weeks ago, Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald announced the "Life in a Day" project in collaboration with Sundance, soliciting video footage from around the world all shot on July 24, 2010. Their vision is to create an experimental film illustrating a time capsule view of a single day on this planet. Talking about found storytelling! They have their work cut out for them plowing through the approximately 40,000 submissions they received (deadline for submissions was July 31^st) to create a cohesive feature film.

I decided to record my little part. So, bringing this entry back full circle, I thought, what better glimpse into my life at the moment than exposing my face and showing what it's like to have a prosthetic nose?

It's been a bit of an adjustment, but there are some advantages. For instance, when not wearing the prosthetic, I now have an unobstructed view in front of my face!

Here’s my micro video story: Reflections on the Nose