I'm a city dweller now..

Well, almost two months ago I moved to the crazy city of Chicago. I named my blog like it is named just because it has always been my favorite quote of all and if I hadn't been laughing at all as I ran around with no idea what I was doing when I first moved here I think I would have gone crazy. I think it has now finally hit me that I actually live here. That when I look up at the sky I see buildings...not mountains. When I cross the street sometimes I feel like I'm going to be taken away into the sworm of people I'm walking towards but somehow I always end up okay on the other side of the street. I spend almost all of my time in my studio which is downtown in the basement of a building with lots of florescent lights (that sounds awful but really its a place for me to be artistically inspired and I like to spend time there). The great thing is though that the moment I walk out the door I have the choice of three parks to go to and just past one of them is Lake Michigan which seems like an ocean to me. My other favorite park is Millenium Park where there are great sculptures and even a small "stream" you can put your feet in in the middle of some gardens. That right there is my slice of wilderness....
As far as the fact that I am in grad school, I have definitely had my share of work. I am building some new sculptures but also spending lots of my time writing, reading and researching which is the hardest part of all. I am also beginning, well, hopefully, to learn how to speak about what I do. Why do I make what I make and what is the meaning of this game I call sculpture? Until next time...

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