El Mirage

For day three Brad and I spent most of our time at the El Mirage Community Center, where we shot some interviews with young kids, asking them the simple, yet complicated question: How would you use technology to change the world?

Some understood it, others definitely did not. It’s clear that at the tender age of 11 or younger, people simply aren’t at the stage to think anything but concretely and literally when it comes to answering open-ended questions like that. Nevertheless, Victoria, a 10-year-old, knew exactly what she would change in our world.

Unfortunately, the sun is so ridiculously strong here that it was hard to find a place to set up. Water, though rare and much conserved here, is NECESSARY! I almost passed out from lack of water and standing out in the sun for hours filming. This is what Syracuse weather has done to me. Funny thing is, 95 degree weather is apparently a “chilly day” for Arizonians. No, really. I pray that I’ll survive!