Makin' Mends

I love it when bummerdom becomes productivity. I was really bummed out for a while there round about christmas time and it really sucked. I lost a lot in terms of my ideas about the way things should work between people and their communications and in terms of the function of hope. It resulted in me starting this blog and rambling about everything and anything (especially love). It also resulted in me fasting a bit and then drinking heavily. But what's important is that I made something good out of it. I needed to distract myself or else I couldn't sleep so I turned to the thing that is second most important in my life: art. And my solution wasn't to focus on making my own art. It would have been terrible. I instead started to focus on everyone else's art. I started putting together art shows with the help of my roommates called Fresh Grown Local that focus on showing the art of our friends in a celebratory environment. Everyone is welcome. Then we could all drink to our hearts content in the context of art. We could damage our livers and our brains productively! The first show had a great turn out and the second one is coming up on the 27th and I couldn't be more excited. I needed that disappointment in order to focus on art and organizing these events. Ideally I want to develop an art focused community. That's something that I feel hasn't existed much since the eighties and not in prime form since the fifties and sixties. It's kind of a stretch to say that We're anywhere near developing this sort of community but I think these art parties are good for us anyway. I've made a bunch of new friends through it and become closer with old ones and it's just the beginning! I'm really excited about art and people in general. Still a bit numb but it's definitely residing. Pins and needles stage.
New focus.
New people.
Good friends.
Makin' Mends.