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So, after long time of trying to come up with a new, badass project idea for the end of summer... which took all 3 months of my summer to think of, I've finally landed on an Idea that I think is fantastic.

Basically. What I plan on doing is a recreation of the story of Icarus made up entirely through photography and photo manipulation, of which everything is done by me personally... except for say, modeling and maybe a few crew hands here and there.

For those of you who do not know the story of Icarus: The Story of Icarus is an ancient Greek myth chronicling the departure of Daedalus, and Icarus, from the Island of Crete in the Aegean Sea in order to escape from King Minos. Daedalus fashioned a two sets of wax bound wings for himself, and his son Icarus. Upon departure from the island via flight, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, due to the fact that his wax bound wings would surely melt. After departing, Icarus became intoxicated with the sensation and freedom of flying. So, while frolicking in the sky, Icarus indeed drew himself too close to the sun's heat, which in turn, melted his wings to send him plummeting to his death in the Aegean sea.

It is very likely, that due to the scale of the project, and the amount of pure artistic skill and craftsmanship needed, this won't come to fruition until at least November or December. Just letting anyone who is interested know what I'm up to and just what I plan on doing with the remainder of the time i have in summer and much of the time I will be spending at my next semester at Ryerson University.