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When you go back there

Remember to breath in

Deep

Fresh

Air


Coming from the

Healthy

Strong

Trees


The trees are bigger now.

When you ambulate

Through those spaces

Be sure to

Notice the

Big

Thick

Roots


Since you were here last

Sinking deep

Sucking down


Nutrient hungry

Tendrils


The trees are bigger now.

Look up

At those


Stout

Long

Branches


Each with many fingers

Long enough to caress.

Your shoulders

And

The sky


Watch the clouds float by

And

Listen

To the leaves

Sing.


Sometimes things die.

To

Become

Something new.


Be sure to notice how,


The trees are bigger now.


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Original Poem by Kenna M. Lindsay 2023

I really am still amazed that I went to GDC. Me.


We don't have to unpack everything behind why I feel that way, but it is safe to say it was an incredible experience full of old doors closing and new ones opening.




I met a lot of really fun people and worked on a team again during the IGDA Foundation training sessions in preparation for next year's GDC event and Virtual Exchange Program. I have missed having a consistent team a lot as I have been doing consulting work solo for a while now.




I am so grateful for the history lesson about the IGDA Foundation and the team building exercises we did. Not to mention the opportunity to stand up in front of a room and talk about the history of San Francisco. They gave me so many opportunities for growth in such a short time.


On Thursday we had a well attended alumni picnic in Yerba Beuna. It was so awesome to meet these cool people in person.






I Also got to meet Ricardo from Team Gainz Productions and IGDA Foundation Velociteer from 2021 in person and play our first round of "We're not really strangers" which was absolutely a highlight of my week.


At the conference itself I went to a lot of great talks and have a long list of things to catch on the GDC vault with my discord Vault watch group (like a book club but with GDC videos) we pick a video and talk about it each week. Pictured is a great slide from Kellen Malone and Pablo Schwilden Diaz's talk on how to release 15 skins a month without losing your mind.



I attended my first ever speed networking session and made a friend to play Stardew Valley with. There were so many powerful moments where I felt seen and held in ways I haven't before or in ages.


I am left noodling on the concept of whole person time instead of just face time. Time where you feel each other in space and how that kind of experience meets different needs and objectives than what we can accomplish online.








I look forward to attending again next year and preparing to bring more of myself, more to play with, and more constructive ideas about accessibility and DEI in the industry.


If I could do something better or differently next year it would be sleep more, right?


If we traded contact information, I will reach out so soon, the week took more out of me than I expect but in the most joyous possible way.


- Kenna

Awes I am delighted to be designing props for this production with Awesome Theatre. I spent my afternoon collecting Manic Panic Jars and Deciding which Joy Division shirt is the most iconic. I hope to see you at our opening night for this essential original story. BUY TICKETS




A New Play by Claire Rice Directed by Neil Higgins

April 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 29

Bindlestiff Studio 185, 6th St. SF

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Hey, don’t write yourself off… yet.

Awesome Theatre is thrilled to be working with Bindlestiff Studios to present a hauntingly hilarious new gothic romance / dark comedy by national treasure, Claire Rice. What would you do if you fell in love with a hot older man and were haunted by the ghost of his past lover all while working at a minimum-wage summer job at the mall? Would you let the gothic romance of it all take you down, or would you fight against fate? Do you have what it takes to be goth enough to handle the haunting romance, the fiery passion, and the ultimate act of rebellion? Come find out as we challenge fate and explore what happens when we dare to write ourselves off.


Featuring: Janelle Aguirre, Max Seijas, Sindey McNulty, Alex Trono, and Nikki Nutterfield

Artistic Staff: Natalie Ashodian, Erica Andracchio, Neil Higgins, Colin Johnson, Kenna Lindsay, Nikki Meñez, Anthony R. Miller, Matt Owens, Dave Ragaza, Claire Rice, Puja Tolton, Olivia Vazquez, and Kelli Westad.




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