Dreams. Goals. Butterflies

Orange Barred Tiger (Dryadula phaetusa) - one of the fantastic butterflies i see regularly here.

the party i thought was last week was supposed to be tonight but it's snowed out.

so off to work i go on a saturday night in costa rica at an artist residency. focusing on goals. GOALS. an artist has to make a living. what that living shall be and my intentions will hopefully intersect again.

In Mind Gym, Gary Mack explains goals are dreams that are given a timeline. As I read, I started writing a new five year plan. I've been dreaming since I got here and it's time to get specific. The last time I wrote a plan was in 2003 and it was far more art oriented than career specific. (more or less the goal was to create a fully immersive environment and I met it this year. Btw I have a geodesic dome completely covered in over 6,000 water bottles ready to be installed. I want another one, that's much stronger, that you can climb...still dreaming)

Mack asked what you want to accomplish in "insert area" (Mind Gym of course said "sports"). Make a list. Write it down. And I'm sure you've heard of the SMART plan. Make them Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time bound. I started with the end goal for five years (f/t teaching position) and worked my way back to present (advisor for video performance art thesis project for spring semester 2010). Once my plan is finished, I will gladly create a new five year plan in 2014. yeehaw. Maybe dreams do come true.

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