Funded for Pilot

Back To Your Senses

by Andrea Claire Maio

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About This Project

Back to Your Senses is an episodic series about people who take risks to do what gives them their greatest pleasure. We follow our quirky, 30 something year old hostess, who is trying to do just that, as she dives into the lives of Americans who are living their dreams, despite the desperate state of our economy. At a time when technology has trumped functional know-how, and our country is falling from it's super power status, people are feeling uneasy. They realize they've relied on a system that may not have their backs, and that something needs to change. They are farmers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs. They are beacons for our future: leaving the safety of what they've known for the sake of what they love, and showing the way for those of us brave enough to do the same. From inner city Detroit, to lush Marin County, to the isolated islands of Maine, we'll follow pioneers that have pushed past their comfort zones to strive for a true kind of sustainability; one that uses, as its fuel, the renewable pleasure of meaningful work.

About the Creators

Andrea Claire Maio Empire, Michigan

Andrea Claire Maio is a filmmaker, writer and artist. Her work investigates unlikely intimacies between people and places. Her short films have shown in galleries and at film festivals internationally and her radio work has been featured on IPR's This American Life.

Additional information about the creator:

http://www.backtoyoursenses.org
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/sep/20/andrea-maio/

Rewards

Just helping out

No reward (thanks for supporting us)

55 EXECS

$10 OR MORE GETS YOU

A personal thank you on a funky, one-of-a-kind postcard, and a little piece of my heart.

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$25 OR MORE GETS YOU

Said postcard AND a Back To Your Senses sticker set to decorate your locker with! SWAK!

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$75 OR MORE GETS YOU

All of the above PLUS a chocolate treat from favorite local chocolatier! (http://www.grocersdaughter.com)

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$150 OR MORE GETS YOU

Mini-cornucopia: all of the above (card, stickers, chocolate assortment) PLUS locally grown organic fruit preserves (www.foodforthought.net) AND a handsome, eco-friendly, Back to Your Senses tote bag!

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$300 OR MORE GETS YOU

Cornucopia of Gratitude: This one is bursting at the seams! The card/love letter, the stickers, the chocolate assortment, the preserves, the tote bag PLUS free-trade, locally roasted coffee (http://highergroundstrading.com/) AND products (a lip balm and a lotion of your choice!) from a nationally recognized, locally made, eco-friendly skin care line, Izlla (http://www.izlla.com/) AND a Red Heart The Ticker CD!!

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$500 OR MORE GETS YOU

Cornucopia of Awesomeness: EVEN MORE (assortment plus bar and/or puddles) Chocolates, the preserves, the BTYS tote bag, coffee, skin care, Red Heart the Ticker CD, AND a bundle of goodies (stationary, note pads, prints) from Gwen Frostic (http://www.gwenfrostic.com/). Also: my amazement that you like my idea that much.

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$1,000 OR MORE GETS YOU

Amazing Cornucopia of Awesomeness: all of the above and a personalized Back To Your Senses item of your choosing: you decide what you want the logo on and I will find a way to make it happen! A pen? Your forehead? A motorcycle? You are really excited about this, aren't you?

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$2,500 OR MORE GETS YOU

I will personally deliver all of the above and we will have a day trip in my home town or yours. We'll have an epicurean adventure that I curate in the place of your choosing that includes: an immersive, educational experience with someone who loves what they do, and an awesome dinner with locally sourced, passionately grown food and wine. We'll figure out the details- and I'll buy dinner.

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