Emily, Lived By

We met a girl named Emily, who is doing a year-long experiment where her life is "lived by" someone else. Or rather, where she lives her life according to someone else's instructions and their day-to-day plan. During this year, she spent a day with our friends/collaborators the oh-so-talented David Newsom and Sian Heder. They brought Emily by our "Before The Door" office, where we met her and she took a few photos. Below is the excerpt from Emily's daily/weekly blog about her experiment, including the photos. (in the top photo, you can see Sean Akers, Neal Dodson, Michael Nardelli (back turned to camera), Sian Heder, and Corey Moosa. You can find the blog about the entire project at http://livedby.com/

EXCERPT BEGINS:

THURSDAY I didn't have to work so I, instead, worked out my personal finances & took care of some Family Things.  Just because I don't write about my Home Life doesn't mean I don't have one!  & it's a pretty wild one too, I'll have you know.  Also there are some other project-related projects on the horizon oh ok in a nutshell Ilived myself for a few hours because you can't really live anyone unless you really live yourself.

& then I met up with (photographer/Jack-of-All-Trades) David Newsom & Bert (or Burt? his dog).  B(e/u)rt was very cute, very movie mutt looking.  We met David's wife, (director/Jack-of-All-Trades) Sian Heder at her work where she was editing this short web piece for before the door.  I met a ton of, I don't know, producers & actors & things? I told them about my project, & shook hands & they were all nice.

All sweetness &/or light

They showed me these pumpkins they have.

the other one has Mr. Spock on it

& some other stuff, like toothsome white smiles & some candles made out of Zachary Quinto's hands.

Then David & Sian & I went on a night hike & poor Burt (or Bert?) stayed in the car.  We saw a coyote & an owl (some precise kind of owl) & heard a baby owl & there was a full moon. So very pleasant by night, very bright by moonlight, & not at all creepy as I thought it would be. & I liked David & Sian very much, insofar as you can tell such a thing when meeting under such odd circumstances.