And all of this led me to Miami. Ground-zero for climate change in Florida. The first trip was in early October. Angeline and I came down to shoot some footage and write some music. But our creative differences quickly landed us in a giant fight and she left. I don’t actually even know how she got home. She just got left. I wandered around for a couple of days and worked on some raps.
A couple nights before heading down, I was looking for organizations to get involved in and one organization called Before It’s Too Late popped up on my radar. Their message was, “We want to use art and technology to galvanize people to care about climate change.” The spirit of the project was so forward-moving and energetic that I thought, “Wow, how awesome would it be to get to work with these people.
Fast-forward a month or so and the founder of the non-profit has invited given me her home to stay in while I’m in town. Offering up the examples of work I’d done on the trip, the organization was excited to have me come down and collaborate. The project was a gargantuan mural complete with a mixed-media augmented reality dimension that included custom music scored by yours truly.
I feel the way I feel at the end of really heart-warming movie. Linda who runs Before It’s Too Late has welcomed me and listened to each of my crazy ideas about how their organization can have more impact. I feel like I’m finally accepting myself through the process of seeing people I look up to accept me. It’s impossible to say exactly what the future holds, but I don’t know how I could spend my time better than working with these insane artists and creatives.