Removing yourself

The parts of me I’ve been vulnerable to expose are now set in the foundations of the immersive experience I’m pulling together.

The weird little obsessions it’s brought to the fore:

• Tiny doors: My code name for the experience for a while. I hadn’t figured out what it would be yet, but knew a small opening into a bigger world would feature somewhere in the experience, thanks to a fascination with tiny doors and hidden spaces.
  
• Keys: It’s a big fat cliche I guess, but my obsession with keys has to be about unlocking truth and purpose. The feel of the cold solid metal in my hand, and the weight of a hefty old key. The bigger or more mismatched the set of keys; the more jangly they sound, the more satisfying I find them.

Version two of my immersive experience concept solidifies ideas that bleed from these quirks that run through my veins. They’re made all the more meaningful by the personal experiences I’ve had in life. Combined, my quirks, passions and memories have bonded together to cement the make-up of this immersive experience, but now I’m shaping up plans into something more tangible, I feel compelled to take myself out of it, like plucking a thread from a tapestry.

It seems odd to remove myself completely when this whole project so far has completed me, but I’m ready and excited for what comes next.

Imagination lab

Much like when I first pulled this immersive experience idea together, I don’t know what to call my new one. Borne out of an idea I had for a novel, and a gamification tool in the immersive experience, the brand coming next is devoid of me. Home for the immersive experience, it’ll also provide shelter for other creative ideas (of which there are lots!), all under under one new name ― and character (:

As fun and therapeutic as it’s been to work out loud in this way, there’s too much now to keep up with.

I’ve learnt a heck of a lot about immersive and tech and how to birth an idea you love.

It might be the end of this blog, but it’s the beginning of everything else.

To the future, she says.

Always.

❤️‍🔥

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