Art Residency: Day 1

A late start on my end due to having to plant sweet peas and scarlet runner beans, a lovely residency participant picked me up for the drive to Fundy. I had warned her about my tendency to over pack. I did not disappoint.

If you told me my excellent oTENTic roommate was related to Lily Tomlin, I wouldn’t blink.

She had a cabin across the beach that was nearly visible from the residency accommodations. It was handy for recharging all sorts of batteries and making meals. I did not use my camp stove at all. One adventure at a time, I guess.

The first day remains a bit of a blur, getting situated/feeling out of place.

The curator from Conversations was the first presenter and she got everyone to read excerpts from their private applications off a power-point to the entire group and then hear feedback on possible directions for their work. The critique on mine was content-less and it made me feel like that was because I haven’t produced anything worthy of commentary. Greetings Devastation.

We did a nice walk through the woods in the pouring rain, talked about inaturalist and then settled in for the night. During the day I took a lot of notes which I am now avoiding. This post could really be point form. Feeling really Exit Stage Left here.