Unemployed in New York

Well, technically that's in Weehawken, NJ, though you can spit at Manhattan from here. Here's a view from the end of the street, taken by Drue (my lovely, handsome man), with whom I'm currently staying.




Some background info: I just moved here from Austin, TX, 2 days before Halloween, and just before I was scheduled to do a solo art show at a gallery there (yes, back in Austin) called Women and Their Work. The rationale for that timing is far too complicated to get into, but the show in any case made for a great send-off opportunity, as I was leaving one way of life behind, and launching into another.







Drue and I returned to Weehawken the day after the show opened. Ever since, I've been spending many an hour on Drue's brown velveteen couch, writing emails and cover letters for job applications, hunting for press on my show, CHECKING emails, looking up weather reports, and finding other ways to waste vast amounts of time.

SO. To keep myself from losing my mind completely, I have started going out at least once a day to look at things. Get to know this massive, tangled complex of places that comprises the New York metropolitan area. And maybe, eventually, I'll start making things again, quite possibly much different things from what I was making before. We shall see.