This week has been perfect. Sublime. I took no pictures.
some things I did:
- drank coffees and journaled on the porch overlooking the lake
- ate breakfasts and lunches on the porch overlooking the lake
- kayaked around the entire perimeter of the lake
- went swimming
- laundry in Ely laundromat
- cooked 10 tiny pizzas in outdoor oven
- laid on my belly on the dock watching crayfish
- made ginger tempeh pasta salad for my housemates
- went on a long walk in the Superior National Forest with my housemates
- hiked the Kawishiwi Falls Trail
- road walked to Lake One (near Canadian border)
- took 5 long walks through all the local trails
- had cocktail hour on the dock with other artists-in-residence
- built a beautiful fire and drank bourbon
some things i saw
- 2 ravens fighting on the highway – they almost hit a car
- a turtle bobbing his head in the lake
- sunsets – beautiful sunsets every day
- 2 waterfalls
- lady’s slippers – Minnesotans LOVE this flower
- 5 lakes / ponds
- beautiful dogs
- one wolf on the highway
- 25 strangers hiking (Bass Lake)
- so many women (all the other artists-in-residence
I am here, ostensibly, to work on an idea I’ve had to combine my old-found love for performing, which I’ve lost, with my new-found love for hiking: Art Tramp. The idea, roughly, is to create live performance on a trail in a national park, and eventually all 59 national parks.
But really, I’m here to walk until I figure out what the hell I’m doing with my life anymore. Big changes are afoot. I’m just trying to open myself up to whatever they are. I can’t tell yet. I just know I’m dissatisfied with what I’ve been up to lately.