Garden of Sunflowers is a concept that I came up with back in 2016, when I was so addicted to otome games. Mystic Messenger to be exact. I love the storyline and how interactive it was. I thought of trying that style but for a book.
It seemed impossible and tough...
...but then I encountered a couple of books with the same style namely Studio Studio's The Mystery of Valehollow and Follow Your Heart's Your Best Friend's Boyfriend by J.E. Bright.
Those books inspired me and showed me that what I had in mind is possible.
As I am not really a popular writer, even here in Wattpad, I ended up hesitating when it comes to posting it online. I did not know how to work around it if I had to post it. Trying seems to be so much hard work that I thought it was unattainable.
I tried to write the first part back in 2017 and successfully made the first draft of the starting point. I asked a dear friend of mine to be my beta reader just so I know if it's doing well. She acted as my initial editor as well.
That initial draft went through so much as I also sunk into depression early 2018 and fluctuated over the year's course, which affected the quality of the story.
I took a break and completely stopped working on the book. Early 2019, things got worse for me due to certain issues and I thought it would be impossible to launch it.
Then something good happened. I stepped into a new world that made me feel alive despite the exhausting hours and draining tasks.
I was able to go back and revise what had to be and continue what was not written.
[September 05, 2019]
I finally signed the writing agreement for the book and I am ready to have this story published.
Between the Two of These is a collaborative project by Brannon Dorsey and Pablo Gnecco as Studio Studio.
The installation employs infrared cameras to sense motion on location. Movement from the street causes fragmentation and destruction of the projected scene. Between the Two of These creates an active parallel between two present spaces. The constant de/reconstruction of digital representations is an entry point to themes of the temporality of memory and the poetic duality of virtual and physical space.
The figures were scanned with the 123D Catch iPhone app. Some were museum busts and some were friends and family members.
The installation is part of The Window Project at the Digital Arts and Entertainment Lab (DAEL) in Atlanta, GA.
The Window Project
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Music is Destroyer by Ill Poacher
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