Well, it has indeed been a while. Sorry about that - as you may have guessed from the title of today's post, things are still in a state of chaos. But, I now see an end in sight, and actually, I appear to be getting a reward for my months of headaches. More on that in a moment.
No blogging music today - except the random selection of tracks playing through the coffee house speakers. "Box Full of Letters" by Wilco came on a few minutes ago - I was getting my tea and went into a trance. I was transported back to Lollapolooza 1994 in Chicago, when Wilco was playing the second stage. They were playing this song, their first single - and people were still discovering them. I remember thinking at that moment: these guys have that "it" factor - you could just tell. Now I'm getting some weird, horrible lounge-style organ music. Sometimes change is good, and sometimes it isn't.
The family is now out with me in Leesburg, VA - and since we're partially unpacked, we've decided that a great idea would be to move again. We saw a new townhouse we just couldn't pass up - and it's only a few blocks from our current apartment. There are many great reasons for this change, but the benefit I alluded to above is that...wait for it...here it comes...I finally get my art studio! Many of you remember from previous posts that, when still in PA, we were planning to finish our basement and put one down there. Circumstances clearly changed before that could become a reality, but the new house has a finished basement, with an area all ready for me to make into an office and studio. Sometimes things work out for the best.
The only bad news is that I am really being forced to hold off on new work until I get settled into the house. The apartment is just too cramped, and though I can (and will) work on prepping images, printing will just be too difficult. But, the end is in sight and I look forward to making up for my forced sabbatical.
In the meantime, I'm still working on some ideas, have done a little bit of shooting and still have a bunch of images to work on. So far, my evenings and weekends haven't been my own, but that shows some signs of changing a little.
More to come soon - perhaps even a couple of works-in-progress. In the meantime, enjoy what's left of your fall (for those of you fortunate enough to have it).
-Marc
