On 12.12.12, the last such
sequential date that will probably occur in my lifetime, I took part in filming
my little part of the world, while at the same time people all over the world
were filming theirs.
This event, One Day on Earth, has
happened on 10.10.10, and 11.11.11 and I watched the trailers and thought it
was a lovely concept, but until this year I had never seen the entire product
of all those submitted film clips, the film 10.10.10.
On Wednesday the 5th of
December, my friend and fellow artist DJ Simmons, Jr. was kind enough to screen
the film during one of the regular free film nights at The Good Life Café, in
Rockley, here in Barbados. (Best Vegan food and blended drinks in Barbados if
you don’t know). Myself, friends and a
couple of people I didn't know before that night, all watched the full movie,
and I invited them to also take part on 12.12.12.
For myself, perhaps because music is
an important part of my life, the clips of music and dance filmed in separate
countries, edited to a single, synchronized heartbeat of rhythm was the part
that really crystallized what I wanted to do in my contribution.
Anyone who knows me has probably had to
endure a speech at some point about how many talented people I have had the
pleasure of meeting and interacting with, here in Barbados and in St. Lucia,
(where I still call home).
This year’s
theme for The One Day on Earth project is “what we have, what we need”. Now, I could just have provided my individual
point of view, but I wanted the film to represent Barbados, the Nation I was
submitting video to represent, and as much as I love Barbados and have made it
my home for over 5 years now, I am not a Bajan – yet J So… feeling as passionately as I do about the
arts, I tried to link up with as many artists who I know personally or via
their reputation and what they stand for as possible; in order to film them,
as examples of “what we have”. I gave
each of them the option to speak on what they felt we need, and the values or
principles that they feel are important in these times.
I am humbled and inspired even more by the
people behind the artists…the human beings who are positively impacting the
world around them and I know that in choosing to record the people involved in
the arts here, that I recorded the most important asset that the country, and
the region, has to offer….its diverse and talented human resources;
particularly the creative people engaged in the arts; who think forward, think
society, and who have the opportunity in their actions to make the general
people aware of, and think about thinks in different ways.
I have sent the raw footage clips to One Day on Earth, and next up I will work with some young friends to
help me edit the video footage so I can share some of the things
that I saw and heard, while I rambled all over Barbados, meeting poets and
artists wherever I could on 12.12.12.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I
did. It will be posted just as soon as I can edit the vids to properly represent each artist. I think I will do a separate Blog on each artist I met, along with the videos of them, with their permissions, of course...just to share what I got to glimpse while we are all waiting to see what the One Day on Earth organization decides to use.
So off to bed- I have poetry tomorrow!
Blessings and Love,
Kat
