I have some fantastic news to share with you all! I have been accepted to the Film and Television, MFA Program at the Savannah College of Art & Design! The college has also offered me a sizable scholarship award which might increase further due to my GPA at the Ringling College of Art and Design where I earned a BFA majoring in Computer Animation, and also because “Return to Hope” received high scores from the Admissions Committee. I am feeling such an enormous amount of gratitude and self-achievement in this moment! I feel love for myself, and for all of you! Thank you for your continuing guidance and support.
I started a new initiative yesterday. Moving forward, I am making all of my original photography available for purchase. Prices start at $20 for a high-quality digital photograph which I can send to the email address of your choosing. You could then have the photo printed as many times as you’d like in the format of your choosing. I can also ship prints on a number of different media, but I would need to quote you a price based on the size and format you desire. This initiative will fund the road trip of adventure and discovery that I’m about to embark on.
“Good News, Along the High Roads of Hope”
On Saturday, February 11, 2023, I left Savannah heading for Key West. I had set intentions to begin an epic road trip, beginning at Mile Marker 0 on Key West, and ending at the farthest reaches of Alaska (as far as my Honda Accord would take me, at least). On Tuesday, while camping in my car, deep in the Everglades, I received an email from the college informing me of my acceptance to the program. Within minutes of receiving this news I realized that I would need to chalk up this first short adventure as a trial run. I would need to return to Savannah to better prepare for the journey ahead. Plans for the trip are now solidifying into something quite a bit different, and more profoundly important, than I had originally intended. I have shortened the travel itinerary to include only the contiguous USA, saving the Alaska portion of the adventure for another now in the future. In the present Now, I need to organize resources, seek out financial and moral support, and plan the logistics of what is bound to be a complicated sojourn.
Thank you, dear readers, for being patient with me over these past few months! I know that I’ve been neglecting my duties as author here on the Grand Providentia United blog site. Truthfully, I am relieved to have completed “Return to Hope” in time to be considered for scholarship funds at the college, but I must admit that there were moments when I thought that I would need to turn it in as an incomplete work. And when all the conceptualizing, writing, filming, directing, image and sound editing, and producing was done, what our team created was really something special, perhaps even unique to the world. If you haven’t seen the film yet, please take nine minutes and 4 seconds to watch it and share your honest appraisals here or on the YouTube channel. If you’re drawn to the energy expressed, please subscribe to the channel and this blog. Allow me to entertain you, as I travel across the country, seeking connection with the planet we live on, and communing with our shared human family!
I will return to write again tomorrow (this time I mean it!), with details about the trip and how you can support this special Cause for Hope!
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