I’ll try my best to clearly articulate my intention and focus:  I need this blog to help me get creatively organized.  I’m counting on it to get me back on track.  I’m counting on it to help me solidify and make sense of the last 5 months.

In the last five months I said goodbye to my partner as he began a cross country trip.  Within a week after his departure I was hired to teach a foundations art class part-time.  I moved across the country, reunited with my partner, and started my new job.  We gradually moved into our new house and became acquainted with new neighbors and friends, cuisine and culture.  I worked at my new job and my old job simultaneously.  I reached a range of successes and failures in both.  I was pushed to my absolute limits.  I took refuge on the beach, in the bottom of wine glasses, and on the couch staring at the ceiling.

The fall quarter ends this week.  In preparation to get working in the studio again, I swept, dusted and rearranged my studio room this weekend.  I am greatly looking forward to exploring new ideas, new surroundings and new inspiration in the work to come.

Things on the forefront my mind right now are:

1. Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
2. Yoga/Anatomy/The Body
3. The house across the street from my studio window
4. Fireplaces
5. Textures

We’ll see where these bits and pieces take me.