Promise Kept 3.8.25
Beginning at the end:
Bed at 2 am after a 45-minute conversation with my roommate in which we workshop personal definitions of the word “corny” and its essence
Sleep in:
Up at 10:30 am- out of bed at 11:20 am
Wait for the bathroom
brush my hair, put a sweater on over my cotton nightgown & breakfast
Earl Grey and whole, dried cranberries
Read 10 pages “How We Are Hungry”
Waste time on my phone: scroll, read someone else’s blog
12 pm:
Text June
Pants on under nightgown, move to studio
Situate one’s self: back barn door open, heater on, materials pulled, blanket down, music running
2 pm
Reins pack job complete
Lunch break: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, good bread, extra crunchy peanut butter, blackberry preserves
20min to play on phone
3 pm
Address boxes and deep clean studio
5 pm
Change nightgown to silk tank top
Leave to go to the storage unit
Drop work at storage unit and break one piece in the process
Visit Laura C Wheelwright installation at the plant, chat with the artist and site manager
6:20 pm
Return home
Load artworks in the car
Sit down & think about diner
Finish cleaning studio
7:20 pm
Throw away my bouquet because it smells weird, and dead flowers harbor negative energy.
Freshen up: tidy room, hang laundry, wash face
Find passport
Pack snacks for drive
Remove artworks from car to ease border crossing tomorrow morning
Read 10 pages “How We Are Hungry”, change my pants, put on a necklace, pick jacket and shoes
8:30 pm
Drive to the hill
Pizza and one pilsner with Clem
We discuss:
the need to Do It
younger siblings having children
plus one to a wedding
busy weekend
deep-rooted exhaustion & recovery
scales of attraction as related to geography
body image and aura
nursery commissions, related language choice, and symbology of flowers
morning plans
10:30 pm
In for the night
Wash face (again)
20 more pages “How We Are Hungry”
Early bedtime