Today we sorted through technical stuff.
Today I am coming to realize that video is a lot more complicated than I had first thought.
Christina and I spent the better part of the day trying to figure out how to correctly get a digital workflow system for our Audio Visual down.
We wrote in 3 different notebook and a good 6 hours trying to discover the secret to digital decoding. In the end, we were slightly successful, figuring out the solution to at least one of the issues.
In the South American culture, many things are unpredictable. Times change, buses are late, people don’t show up, it rains and then ten minutes later the sun pops out. One of the most common answers to any question down here is “ I don’t know”
Now, my Spanish may not be so great but that’s one part of the Ecuadorian culture that I am catching onto rather quickly- the fact that I don’t know.
At first this frustrated me. Then it wore me out. But I am coming to realize that it’s ok if I don’t know.
I might not totally understand how to convert AVI files to DV files using the correct codec.
I might not totally understand how to sync pc and mac settings or transfer sufficient digital data via firewire.
I might not totally understand how to get the best in studio lighting or achieve the optimal FPP synchronization.
But one thing I am coming to understand…..
I don’t have to know everything.
I am coming to understand that life, not unlike this new video adventure of mine- is all about learning. And a lot of it is about not knowing.
Life- at least the lives of 2 certain artists trying hard to figure out complex media, let alone acquire some hot coffee using correct the correct Spanish-is about doing what we can to do what we can and then giving the rest up to the One who does.
Life is about admitting that I don’t know.
And personally,
I’m ok with it.
- Laura Clawson
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