18 days

Almost everything is packed and the countdown is at 18 days.

I have loved living in Tennessee the past five years, especially these last two in Silver Point.

My adventures hold to deep grooves in my grey matter. At least the ones that haven't been erased by late nights on porches or by the fire. I have met many great people that have shaped my life, or illuminated new paths. And I am ready to start traveling those paths.

Everyday Christy and I plan a new aspect of our adventure or debate what can be put in storage, but we are just over-thinking it and we know it. What else are we supposed to do? We are ready! Aren't we?

We took a minute the other day and sat on our porch, on a particularly sweltering afternoon, and drank a beer. It was beautiful. We are trying to take time and enjoy Tennessee while we are still here. One hand on the chalice and one eye on the prize.

One, One, and Three

On a warm spring day, after getting two letters of rejection, I was told that I was a 2010 Windgate Fellow. Months of preparation have followed.

Some might say I am on a journey for craft. They would not be wrong.

Today as I was working for an artist in the hot glass shop, I told him I was looking for my voice.

This is true, or at least less false.

In the beginning, I wanted to make something. I wanted the world to stop and there be just this one thing; a thing that I had created and understood. I don’t have to tell you but the world is complicated and confusing.

We all make something.

Craft sometimes feels like unjustified meaning, but it most often means: “the art we can’t fit in this box”. Craft is the foundation of art. Craft is process; thoughtful process. Sometimes the most inexplicable shoes feel like your pair. Now that’s Art.

In the coming months, my wife and I will travel west. We have lived in the Southeastern United States all of our lives and may live here all the rest, but for three months we will taste the breeze. The Windgate Fellowship will allow us to travel, live in new cities, work with amazing artists, and produce unique artworks.

Join us….

....but first, Good-bye Tennessee.