58 floors cont.

58 floors

Made it through finals, crits and relocating. My laptop is back in my possession and aside from some crunchiness on the right side of my key board, seems to be working flawlessly. Wheww...

So I am currently 58 floors above Chicago, staring out at the lake, which by my definition of 'lake' still does not make sense as a lake. It looks more like the ocean. I haven't felt anything like this since the cruise a couple years ago. Looking out at Lake Michigan from this high up and seeing water all the way to the horizon, reminds me of the constant view from the boat. It has been nice being perched up here in an oasis of solitude. It's funny how physical distance always seems to translate mentally. Now I'm slowing reconnecting...

I just got a phone line and internet installed because there's no signal up here. The big HanCock building is hogging it all I've heard. I have my laptop, my files and photos and I'm going to keep this blog going, if nothing else just for documentation purposes. There is so much of my life that I have forgotten already...it's hard to dwell on for very long. And right now there is a helluvalot happening...

...just a shape to fill a lack

Addie's wisdom

After making this blog yesterday, it occured to me that all my image files are on my laptop which is still 'drying out' from the espresso spill and at the crit desk until after I'm through finals. So I'm just going to have to make do until then.

Right now I am having to revisit Faulkner's As I Lay Dying for one of my final papers, and its lovely. Dark, dense gorgeous southern writing about death. So i'm going to post some screen shots of the especially moving passages.

I was inspired to start a blog today...

I need to make room in my head for more things, so I'm going to get rid of what's inspiring and fueling me on here regularly...and maybe some of my art here and there to keep track of where I'm at...I wish i would have made this three months ago, but oh well here goes...