Just about fifteen minutes ago I was jogging painfully down the street with a friend and all I could feel was the mucus dripping down the back of my throat the way it did when I was eight and my mother would put a tissue to my nose and tell me to blow.
But that’s not what this entry is about.
I feel a bit derailed these days so stay with me, hopefully at some point I’ll make a stop you’ll enjoy.
I’m meeting with a couple of local artists tomorrow to ask them some questions about their works and basically whatever I am confused or interested by at this point. I’ll work tonight on getting a list of questions together so that I might seem to know a little bit about what I’ll be discussing. I want them to be interested in the conversation too, ya know? Things tend to get a bit more interesting that way.
Next week I’ll be posting pictures. One of my friends does a lot of photography so she’s going to help me take pictures of art that seems to fit the bill in the interesting or meaningful category around Tampa.
Sometimes I can’t wait to get out of this area. Well, usually I mean.
So on that note, I’m also working to get my way into the Peace Corps. It’s almost funny to me how many people have negative reactions to that, like they don’t think I’m capable. I know it’s secretly because they’ll really miss me and don’t want me to do something they’re too scared to make a part of their lives. Or maybe they just don’t think I can do it, well at least my mom believes in me. I have the e-mails of two significant people at this point. One is an older guy who has already done his time in the Philippians, and the other is a girl about my age who has already been accepted and is waiting now until departure.
So, it will be like a before and after, knowing of course that everyone’s experience is unique to the individual.
Well at least I’ll always have Vietnam.
Stay tuned for some ART!.
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Congratulations! You're doing something difficult and brave. And I look forward to seeing what art you find around Tampa. I know that there is plenty of it. Did you know that there are grey statues of people on Hillsborough Avenue? Heading west just before the airport area, you will see them on both sides of the road, posed sitting on a bench, or standing near the road, often dressed in real clothing. Weird, and I have no idea why they are there. In case you didn't know and want to check it out, now you've been told!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea if this is relevant but I read the comment before mine and thought of something else. On I-75 there are cars..standing up in the ground? It kind of reminds me of stonehenge haha. Well i don't know if you know what that is or if I'm crazy and it definitely isn't art or whatever it is, maybe you would want to look at it.
ReplyDeleteall i want to say is you can do anything my friend. there is always goin to be those that doubt you and its because of what you already said they are actually scared to do these things themselves and hate to see others excel at things theu couldnt even muster up the courage to do. misery loves company especially in a time like the one we are in now. ppl hate to see you making progress on your dream when they cant even being to picture theirs yet
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