Catching Up

You might have wondered why this blog was inactive for a few months. Naturally I thought that underemployment would allow this blog to flourish, but soul-crushing 30 hour work weeks spent slinging coffee served only to hasten creative atrophy.

Happily, things picked up in April with the Chicago debut of the first city-wide Disability Arts Festival. I was asked to participate in Humans Being, a group exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. Through this event, I had the indispensable opportunity to connect with many talented artists, including Sandy Yi, Madison Clell, Katherine Sherwood and Riva Lehrer. At Victory Gardens Theater I endured a hearty dose of schadenfreude, courtesy of British actor Mat Fraser. The film festival proved to be a true smorgasbord- I wish I could have made it to all the screenings.

I've learned a thing or two about web design at my new day job and made Sisyphean attempts at deciphering the No Child Left Behind teacher certification laws. I'm in the process of deciding which coast to move to and to which artist's residencies I want to apply. I'm planning a trip to Germany to visit a friend who recently moved to Heidelberg.

About a month ago I was adopted by a brown and white tabby kitten- she's a sweetheart.

I've started reading The Fire Next Time for like the third itme because my mind starts racing after only a page or two, thinking about our current retroactive politics. Activism can be a humbling experience.