I get that same choking feeling. I feel the need to purge every once in a while and start fresh. I just threw out a *lot* of old notebooks today, and it felt good. But the tapes I'm keeping. Boxed up and in the back of the closet where I don't have to think about them until I move again.
Thanks for the replies everyone. On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Brook Hinton <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this differs wildly depending on who you are. Part of me feels the > way Jeffrey does... when it's other people's media. For my own, looking at > a > box of old tapes gives me a choking sensation. I try to discard whatever I > don't think will be useful for a future project, but I wait at least a year > to make that decision, since I find I don't really have enough perspective > to use material to its best advantage for at least that long after I've > shot > it/captured it/whatever. > > I even destroy masters occasionally, but I'm someone who sometimes cringes > when old work of mine shows up somewhere, so I'm probably not the best > advice-giver here. I even throw away my notebooks every few years. My > fantasy life involves not having to store anything, ever, and having every > tool I need to make music and video without compromise fit in a shoebox. > I've just never made peace with the reality of Stuff. > > Given what Trace Garden was made of, this is total hypocrisy, I know. > > Brook > > > _________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
