Have been thinking about writing, more than making art, the past few days… Have been reading a lot of Anne Lamott’s old Salon articles here and attempting to write some short stories based on childhood memories of sweaty prophesying figures and nervous head-covered women in the church I attended when I was aged 4-10ish. Am hoping that writing out that stuff will actually get it out so that I am able to move on and not feel so beaten up by those early experiences.
Not sure how I would tackle that stuff in a work of art, but also don’t want to be so category-conscious when it comes to art, writing, music, all those things come from similar places and cross over more than they’re allowed to in the separated social spaces they’re often assigned to.
I’ll keep posting whatever I do produce here. This week is a bit preoccupied with essay writing, a course deadline and then another deadline in August and one in September, and a couple of other pieces with deadlines in between… a lot to be managing, but it will be managed, I’m sure most people manage more!
The main thing, I feel at the moment, is to keep engaging every day with something, keep enagaging… and sometimes snatch some rest.
