Back in London again …. and it feels foreign
When I was travelling yesterday I had the distinct impression that I was leaving home (Stockholm) to visit London. Over the last year more of my day to day life has been in Stockholm than in London so I guess it’s not really a surprise (being the last one to ‘get it’ is something of a theme in my life).
I’m going to start looking at how best to arrange things. Some of the timing depends on selling my flat because until that happens I don’t have much money. And from the local estate agents windows it looks like I won’t have that much money after the sale and paying off debts, so I have to get it right.
I hope to sell in the new year and to move not later than Easter. Ideally I want a studio as soon as I arrive, not least so that I have somewhere to put things. My plan is shed as much household stuff as possible and to take as many artworks and materials as possible. Perhaps there is also something about having a studio that will ground me when I arrive in this new place. A studio will be a declaration to myself that I am there as an artist, it will be a declaration to myself that I AM HERE! The studio will be own place – I think I will really need it.
This morning I received an invitation to the opening of Martin Gustavsson’s show at the Swedish Embassy – it made me smile. I love my growing relationship with Sweden!
