Santa Fe Project
My family spent some time in Santa Fe this summer - my husband Wilson was there working for about 10 weeks and we wanted to be close. He was unavailable much of the time so we found our own entertainment (and also had some wonderful guests.) I needed an art project to stay sane. Carving out some space and time for painting seemed impossible so I decided to make a video. Collecting footage and writing a song was something I could do while watching a toddler. I thought the project would be much like my “West St. Paul” song – a goofy ditty about a place. I decided to get a bit of footage each day I was there and write a song around what I found. Three days after we arrived, however, my father passed away (not completely unexpectedly.) The character of the project changed quite a bit. You can watch the finished result on the “Videos” page. If you could hear the audio from the clips most would reveal my daughter whining at me to put the camera down and push the stroller: “Go now MaaaaMaaaaa!”
