Hey all - this is from an email written by Lucy Jayne Bledsoe - she's a writer from Berkley, CA and know for her book "Big Bang Symphony" about scientists in Antarctica. (she's been there three times!!!)
She is just starting a residency at Yaddo, and her second section here kind of describes what many of you/us are going through…
It's been dropping to 0 here at night. Don't know how people live like this day in and day out. You risk frostbite just taking a walk. But it's gorgeous, with ponds and lots of snow, so I've been skiing before dinner every night. An interesting group of people, and a big spread of rooms, just for me. It's great. But I miss all of our laughter.
It's also strange since I'm at the starting point in my work, with several projects vying for my attention. I'm finding it's hard to choose, but also I don't want to force anything. The last couple of residencies I did I was mid-stream in a consuming project, so I could just jump in and be very productive. I'm trying to remember that thinking time and sorting time and delving into the unknown time is part of the process. If I don't have "pages" by the end of my month, it doesn't mean nothing happened.
I just thought it was interesting that each of us goes through this process over and over in life
She is just starting a residency at Yaddo, and her second section here kind of describes what many of you/us are going through…
It's been dropping to 0 here at night. Don't know how people live like this day in and day out. You risk frostbite just taking a walk. But it's gorgeous, with ponds and lots of snow, so I've been skiing before dinner every night. An interesting group of people, and a big spread of rooms, just for me. It's great. But I miss all of our laughter.
It's also strange since I'm at the starting point in my work, with several projects vying for my attention. I'm finding it's hard to choose, but also I don't want to force anything. The last couple of residencies I did I was mid-stream in a consuming project, so I could just jump in and be very productive. I'm trying to remember that thinking time and sorting time and delving into the unknown time is part of the process. If I don't have "pages" by the end of my month, it doesn't mean nothing happened.
I just thought it was interesting that each of us goes through this process over and over in life
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