Of Beakers and Burners

I started writing the script and creating images for episode 2 today. I actually have a pretty clear idea of the main character arcs for the next couple of episodes so it's really just about execution and production at this point. I want to be careful not to get too far ahead of myself and the material by figuring out all eight episodes right now. I want to give the characters and storylines a little room to breathe, to develop. I like the idea of a certrain amount of unplanned evolution in the work. So much of what I do in my day job lately just doesn't seem to leave a whole lot of room for discovery or surprise.

Mike Myers talks about there being two types of science: applied and theoretical. Theoretical science would be studying the nature of a vacuum and applied science would be making a vacuum cleaner. And if you spend too much time in applied science, in production mode and you don't give yourself some time to think and tinker in the lab once in awhile, it becomes easy to lose sight of the real reason you're doing what you're doing.

Even though my chosen career of the past nineteen years requires that I be creative each day, I think I may be doing all this, playing with puppets, because I've somehow lost my way a bit. And I'm just trying to reconnect with the reasons why I'm doing what I do for a living. This is my time in the lab.