She leans in close for the kiss but when he responds
she loses all interest, she loses focus;
her mind wanders because she’s caught his scent,
not body odor or any cheap cologne
but the very same smell she’d caught once
when walking down some back street in Takayama,
and instead of being aroused or transported
she’s instantly frustrated because she cannot recall
the name of that street in Japan.
After researching transmedia storyworlds at MIT, guiding Microsoft in its CTO/CXO's think tank, co-founding Microsoft Studios' Narrative Design team, and exploring the future of entertainment and media as the Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab, I'm now the Creative Director for USC's World Building Media Lab, a storyteller, a designer, a consultant, and a doctoral student in Media Arts and Practice at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. more »
The opinions put forward in this blog are mine alone, and do not reflect the opinions of my employers.