Slow Days, Small Projects

It’s summer 2022. The temperature is high, as it usually is in Australia. Days are long, and sunlight lingers a bit longer than usual. Work slows down. People are busy with family plans, holidays, shopping, trips, and kids. The holiday period is over, and everyone seems a little hungover from all the social interaction they’ve had.

The entire world feels like it’s about to stop for a moment. It’s like living in slow motion for a while. But even if all this sounds uneventful, there’s a good side to it.

Time.

This is what makes this time of year perfect for thinking and reflecting, for organising plans, or simply working on small projects for the joy of it — that simple, unique joy.

That summer, I decided to create a short narrative — if I can call it that — about the transition from work to home, from movement to rest, from doing to just being. The goal was to practise storytelling, to work on a single project in one sprint, and see what I could make of it.

So here it is.

It was the first time I worked on a multi-angle sequence and tried to get everything done in a single day. That day, I learned I might have aimed a bit too high. I had a simple idea and a few mental images, and that was it. I worked through it as I went, and in the end, I got it done.

A few weeks ago, while looking through my YouTube channel, I stumbled across that video again. Watching it, I realised how much has changed since then.

It brought back good memories and became a reference point for who I am now. That sparked a new thought: what if I rework that video into a 2025/26 version? Would I be able to add more to it, to build a better narrative?

I don’t know the answer yet. But I hope these three years have taught me a few new things. To reconnect with that feeling and restart the project, I revisited the same place last weekend. I took my camera — and a heavy tripod I’d never actually used, LOL — and went for an early morning walk.

The place was still the same, though much greener since summer hasn’t fully arrived yet. I even saw some old friends you might recognise from the first version, and I simply enjoyed being there.

Here’s a glimpse of that walk. I hope you like it — and stay tuned for the 2025 remake of the original video.

Chao!