Futurrific

In all that I do here at FCP, whether it's promoting events, meeting with colleagues, making plans or hosting an exhibition, everything is about the future.

I've always wanted to know what it's like to "be in the now," primarily because I don't get to do it very much. By the time Summer rolls around of any particular year, for me the year is over. 2009 is dead to me. We're in October. All my work right now revolves around making 2010 the best year ever. New Year's Eve feels like the celebration of something that happened months ago.

In this business, it's how we operate. Events, art exhibitions, concerts... they all take time to plan, budget, promote and produce. Ideally, we know and are planning for any given event at least 18 months in advance, or more. Four months is the absolute minimum (mostly for concerts). I am never just working in the now, here with what we are facing on this very day. Even when we host an event, I get up in front of our crowd of friendly patrons who are anxious to see the show right there and then, and all I talk about is the upcoming events we have on our schedule.

In a weird way, it makes me a little sad. I don't know why.

But there's a light in this tunnel, in fact right here: I didn't plan this blog entry, I just started writing it. Right here, right now, in the moment. And I have no planned ending for it, either, so I'll just let it end with a few dots ...

Cheers,
JT