March 31, 200850 Liters a Day, honestlyStill struggling with our internet connection... but, here are the totals for the week that I was trying to only use 50 liters a day (they are the actual amounts, honestly)...Day 1: 64 Day 2: 41 Day 3: 41.75 Day 4: 63.5 Day 5: 45.75 Day 6: 51.75 Day 7: 42 total: 349.75 round that up to 350, divide by 7 and you get an even 50 liters per day. So, its possible, but certainly difficult. Posted by Daniel Burkholder at 5:05 PM - Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) March 24, 2008More Water DaysWell, I survived my days of a 50 liters limit pretty well. On Saturday, my last day of the water week, I took what was the most satisfying 4 minute shower of my life. After spending all week taking a 2 liter "bath", having water run down my body was so pleasing. As the week went on the most interesting aspect of the experiment was not figuring out how to use less water - that was interesting at first - but, it was the development of my awareness of water use. Each time I went to wash my hands, take a drink, or wash a dish, I would pause and make sure I really needed to do that action right then. Each time I began to ask, "can I wait alittle while before I use this water?". It became an interesting meditation of sorts. I'm still not exactly sure how I will incorporate this experience into the final work, but it will be interesting to continue to reflect and see how it effects my day-to-day life.Posted by Daniel Burkholder at 1:44 PM - Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) March 17, 2008Water Days 1 & 2So, I was planning on making a real push to write about every day this week as I try and use only 50 liters of water each day. Then, of course, my DSL line goes down. Now it's Day 3 and I'm finally able to get out to pick up a wireless connection..so...The first 2 days have gone fairly well - on Day 1 I used 42 liters of water and on Day 2 I used 51.75 (drat!). Today, Day 3, will be alittle higher because my wife and I did a load of laundry, but I'm trying to reduce the rest of my use to compensate. Here's the brake down of my use: Day 1 Drinking 2 liters Food prep .25 Bathing 2 Toilet 33 brushing teeth 1 washing hands 2.25 dishes 1.5 total 42 Day 2 Drinking 3 liters Food prep .75 Bathing 2 Toilet 36.75 brushing teeth 1 washing hands 3 dishes 5.25 total 51.75 The first question when I look at these number is "how do you bathe with 2 liters of water?" Well, it is not as bad as it sounds. Because the average shower uses 6-10 liters per minute that seems out of the question (you have to also count the time it takes the shower to warm up). So, in the morning when I'm heating water for my tea I heat up an extra amount. I pour this extra hot water into a bowl add some colder water from the faucet until I have 2 liters. I take this into the tub and use a washcloth to get wet, then soap up and then use a very wet washcloth to rinse. And, I actually feel pretty clean. Now, I don't have long hair and I can see how that would be a challenge, but otherwise it works well. : ) Next entry - how I'm cleaning dishes with very little amount of water... Posted by Daniel Burkholder at 2:55 PM - Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) March 11, 2008Your Water UseFollow this link to see how much water your household uses each day...http://www.owasa.org/pages/WaterCalculator.html Posted by Daniel Burkholder at 12:14 PM - Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) 50 Liters A DayThe World Health Organization says that every person needs to have access to at least 50 liters at a minimum each day. As part of our ongoing research for My ocean is never blue, next week the company is going to try and only use 50 liters per day. One recent statistic I saw stated that the average American uses 300+ liters per day - now, I'm pretty sure I use less than that, but never the less it will be a challenge to get my use down to 50 liters. Here are some averages for water use:
I'm not exactly sure how this will translate into our performance work at this point. I think of this as more like background research that informs our overall understanding of the issues as creators and performers than something that is directly carried into performance. But, maybe as we go through this process some movement, text or image ideas will emerge. Also, I invite you to participate in our 50 Liters Per Day research - we'd love to hear how you do! Posted by Daniel Burkholder at 12:01 PM - Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) March 2, 2008The Daddy Challenge I have been keeping a blog for a year and a half or so (now here, first here) that has mostly focused on the development of My ocean is never blue. I've tried to show the development of the work through description, video and reflecting on the creative process. Lately I've found it difficult to focus on the process part. As I've mentioned recently I am a father - my daughter, Adelais, is almost 10 months old. And while I expected that my time would be less, well, mine, I did not expect that mainly the time I lost was time to reflect and process. I am responsible for her, by myself, about 25 hours a week - this is in addition to my normal teaching, Feldenkrais-ing, lighting design work and rehearsing. Plus the time that my wife, Andrea, and I just spend together with her. What time I have lost is two-fold, I have less times to write grants and pursue gigs as these don't pull in immediate money, which is obviously more important now. And, even more so, time to just sit and think about the work I'm creating. More than once I've thought, "oh shit, I have rehearsal in 2 hours - what the hell am I going to do today?" It is really frustrating, and I don't always feel at my height of creativity. I'm certainly not complaining because there is nothing, and I mean nothing, better than playing with Adelais, or having her fall asleep on my shoulder. But, it is making it more difficult to keep this blog up to date with the development of the work. I'm assuming this will get easier as she gets older... or at least I'm hoping it will. Right now, as I write this Andrea is off at rehearsal, Adelais is sleeping and should be waking up any minute. I have rehearsal today at 1:30 and I think I'm prepared... Posted by Daniel Burkholder at 9:48 AM - Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0) |
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