Project 4 Initial Work

Following a brief crisis in which I thought I couldn't access my process blog, due entirely to my own forgetfulness (of what email I used for blogger... it logs me in automatically here!), I can finally post an update about how Project 4 is going! I meant to post my choice of poem a lot earlier, because I thought I had it picked out and set in stone about a week and a half ago, but I've since changed my mind...

I planned to use Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, which I really like, and I sketched out thumbnails for it and even started the basic flash version. Over break, however, I started to realize exactly how much I need to get done in the two upcoming weeks and I decided I needed to pick something a little shorter to make this project more manageable. So, after much angst, I am officially starting over on the flash project. The poem I'll be using will be Emily Dickinson's How Happy Is The Little Stone:
How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears--
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity--


I like the pleasant imagery in this one, and while I would still love to do the Thomas poem, I just think this one will be a little more manageable with the very limited time frame I have left.