Home Again, Home Again.

This morning, I scribble poetry in a small notebook as I await my flight. Soon, I will share some of this poetry and other poetry I have written. As the planes were all backed up at Laguardia, I arrived back in North Carolina an hour later than I was supposed to, but happy all the same! The air is was a little warmer, and the scenery inviting. As I step out of the my car, I notice the quiet of my neighborhood replacing the constant noise in my ears from the business of the city. Hmmmm. Home. Back to my kitten, my engagement ring (I leave the ring at home when performing anywhere), my fiancee and my very own shower.

Upon showering and re-dressing, I make my way downtown, where I am interning at the River Run Film Festival. I am in a masters degree program which I have only begun this year, as a low residency student, studying Interdisciplinary Arts. I proof read fundraising records and help to list businesses we will ask to hang posters. Me and one of my colleagues hatch a plan for a volunteer poster release party, where we will devise a contest between the volunteers to see who can get the most hung. We briefly discuss the roadshow launch party, too. Since I have started at the festival so far, I have helped to coordinate bulk mailings, solicit businesses for sponsorship, organized films and files from previous years' festivals and screened submissions. I have organized archived merchandise, taken inventory on a number of things, including booze and lanyards and t-shirts and I have run errands around town, hand delivering various materials and documents. My hope in doing this internship is to get another perspective on the world of filmmaking. Currently, I have been in front of the camera, and behind it. I have sat with my cinematographer/editor to cut and paste shots together and I have had my work shown in film festivals over the past year. However, understanding the inner workings of a particular forum, where most films get their beginnings, I think will give me insight into how I approach future film projects.

After leaving the film festival office, I go to teach the evening's yoga class. I have an intimate group of seven, for a beginner flow style class. How I have missed teaching yoga these past few days! We work on the actions of the arms and shoulders for downward dog and other weight bearing postures. We work on the use of the abdominal muscles in weight bearing postures and standing postures. We work on the actions of the limbs and trunk in balancing postures. We do a few back bends and a few yin style stretches. The students leave relaxed and ready for bed! I am always amazed at how something so physical can put you in the mood for bed so effectively.

Tomorrow, it is back to teaching my students in the performing arts department at High Point University. Contemporary dance, open level. I am looking forward to seeing the students' choreography assignments I gave them to work on while I was in NYC!

~Cara