My Emerging Creative Ecosystem - Updated

As the world burns, I commit myself to an improbable dream. I pay little attention to the detractors within my own mind who say that it can’t be done or that it’s too little too late.

Nearly four months ago, I posted an outline of this dream and in the ensuing weeks, I had to reckon with the tangled web of ideas I put on the internet for all to see. Announcing these embryonic projects publicly may not have been the most rational decision from a marketing perspective (I ran into someone recently who seemed confounded by my social media behavior) but I know it was necessary for my own clarity as a creator weighing my next career move.

Naturally, as time has passed and I’ve felt further into “my emerging creative ecosystem,” its configuration has mutated. NeuroWater fell away when I realized the opportunity wasn’t for me. NeuroProtocol absorbed into Sane Sapiens, forming a new idea altogether, whose identity I’m keeping a secret for the time being. A Love Letter to Sacredphrenia is evolving into a film that honors sacredphrenia while celebrating what comes after sacredphrenia.

Soon I will begin a creative mentorship with one of my favorite podcasters and filmmakers. I’m serious about bringing this dream into being, yet I’m also giving myself plenty of grace for the down-in-the-shit healing, financial striving, and old story shedding that mark this time in my life. Playing the long game here and hopefully, if I play my cards right, the infinite game.