What an amazing summer it was! I’ve been back in NY for 2 weeks, trying to read all the stacked-up mail, attend to family and friends, and generally regroup before heading out to Wyoming in mid-October to a residency at Jentel Foundation. After some initial strangeness (Is my kitchen really this big, my garden really this overgrown…?), I’ve settled back in, only to be starting to think about what to pack again.
Somehow I’ve grown adept at “nesting” in a new place and quickly making it feel like home. So what exactly do I need to make that happen (a question I will continue to ponder)? My list so far:
1. A good bed, a book, and a reading light (Kindle on my laptop works in a pinch until it stops working…)
2. A laptop and a place to put it with natural light, preferably a window.
3. a fridge and a kettle
4. fresh fruit and veggies
5. Nature
6. Quiet!
7. Well, OK, I guess I have to say I do need the internet… short term I could do without it and the laptop, but in the long run….maybe not. Studio work and just communication in general would be a different world. How fast did that happen...
8. laundry
What I don’t need:
1. Lots of clothes
2. Lots of stuff
3. TV
4. news (still wondering about this one… maybe that makes me a bad citizen? or a recluse-in-the-making? Again, short-term or long-term would make a difference. I did not miss it this summer...)
5. a phone?
6. a car?
More thoughts on this as the year progresses…
Next post from Wyoming!
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