Week 15

I can confidently say this was the best Visions to date. I was truly amazed by the how smooth everything went especially compared to last year. When I looked out into the audience it was great seeing all the bright smiling faces. From the filmmakers and scholars to the guest it looked like everyone was truly enjoying themselves. When it came time to set up the installation I got very nervous about everything going smoothly. One of my hoopers injured herself and still wanted to hoop but I told her not to sacrifice her health. Even with one hooper it went great. It actually went a lot better than I expected. I was happy to see how much it resonated with the audience. Tyesha's poem went so well with it I was amazed. I grealty enjoyed my video race team and it was a ton of fun. I think we had potential to win however the wind outside ruined our sound and made it hard to get. But when I think about it there is no way we could have beat Tyler's group. I loved the Keynote address and it was very inspiring. My favorite part however was the after party. It was great to get to see the staff actually get to celebrate and be able to truly engage. I had so many good conversations with not only the guests but with some of our professors. Everyone was so open and friendly it was a great atmosphere. The only bad thing about the after party was I missed all the wings because I had to help clean up lumina but I was not to upset about it. I was exhausted afterwards however from all of the ripping, running, and driving and crashed saturday evening once I got back from Danville, VA. All in all Visions6 was great and I can't wait to come back next year and see it from the viewpoint of a filmmaker. Yes I plan on putting in all of my recent projects in for consideration next year.