Into the Deep

Up until this point, I believe I have been honing my technical skills and theoretical insights in preparation for something significant. And now, I am ready to take the plunge into the ocean of my unknown artistic potential. It is an endeavor that is daunting and exhilarating at the same time. There is fear in not knowing what is possible, or of what I am capable, but also a boundlessness that is freeing. Before I jump in, I want to take inventory. This gives me confidence...

Technical - The tools with which I create:
Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Processing, Soundtrack Pro

Theoretical - The ideas that influence, and the lens through which I create:
subRosa, cyberfeminist cells, the paradox of embodiment, reiteration, viral memes, evolution of interactivity, Lessig, Jenkins, Chomsky, Butler, Haraway, Anzaldúa

Creative - The pieces, the expressions, the interpretations that I create:
Websites (my own and for work), video pieces in Austin venues, exhibitions at The Shoppe and Dazzle, my first Processing and Flash pieces, and "Taking Back the Tech" my cyberfeminist paper

With the knowledge of what I have achieved already, I feel a solid foundation under me that will serve as a springboard into the deep. The first ideas I find floating around are...

I discover the tools that I would like to possess to give greater range of expression to my work... Max MSP (time-based media set up nodally), Nodal, Net Logo, Chimera, Populous...

Also emerging are concepts, notions, glimmers that need further investigation...

Corporeality - Mapping the corporal experience, dance as poetry, dance as intuitive interpretation, dance in virtual spaces, live cinema in relationship to living/dancing bodies, energetic/chakra mapping, primary experience versus virtual experience, the cyborg experience, office culture and diminished physical interaction

Subjectivity - There is no absolute, everything is subjective, you find what you look for, we are subjective sensors, raised within a particular culture in order to see a particular way, ascribing qualities to inanimate objects/digital images, nostalgia/childhood, mimicry, precision and reiteration and subjectivity embedded within code

From here, I need to decide if I want to follow the lust for new tools, and immerse myself in the time-intensive discovery process inherent in learning new skills... or build upon my ideas with the strengths that I already possess and use the tools I already know how to manipulate in order to more clearly articulate my insights. Or both?