It's been running through my mind that now that I'm going to have a job that gets me through the bills and also leaves me with full days, I should do something positive with my days. Unemployment has been sweet, what with entirely full days to... lie in bed. And while that is living the dream for a while, living the Dream is doing awesome things, not sitting on my ass all the time. I've started doing things... biking is a great fallback plan. But I think that long term, there are some sweet things I could learn, do, explore. Where to start, what to do... that is now the question.
The main things that have been in my mind are creative. I've done woodworking and metal and design, and I want to do more of that. Not sure where to start, but I went to the De Young museum today for the first time and it was awesome. I guess writing on this shit is part of my trying to be creative. There was an Yves Saint Laurent exhibit and one by Maya Lin. They were very different, but both really, really stunning and really inspiring. Beyond that, just some of the rooms, architecture, and furniture at the museum made me want to do things. The benches were these gorgeous, modular triangles, either concave or convex. That really triggered my woodworking bug.
Moving away from those selfish endeavors, another thought is doing productive things. I may talk to 826 Valencia and try to tutor there during the day. Just had that idea now, but I think it's a good one. Lots of positive things from that. Wanted to when I went to the conference there, but at the time I had that hindrance called a "day job" and could only do it on Sundays. Now I can do it during the week. Exciting.
So that's something. Going to a concert tonight, Little Joy. We'll see. Not sure it can live up to Sebastian Tellier, but we'll see.
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