I have lived in: Macon, New Orleans, Birmingham, Asheville/Mars Hill, and Athens. OOP! And, v. briefly, Charleston. I had that place for less than a month. Geographically speaking, I get around.
In Macon, I’d often tag along to The Museum of Arts & Sciences to help my Mom fulfill her Museum Guild obligation and feed the snake. The GIANT snake. Much later, with Newtown Macon, I put my whole heart into making First Fridays especially enchanting. In New Orleans, every day was a chalk drawing I’d enthusiastically jump into feet first. And there are no words for what The BMA meant to me during my time in Alabama. Asheville began to blur the lines between art and spirituality. And art became a way to move inward, receive deeper messages, and offer healing to the 18 year old whose AP teacher told her that she wasn’t very talented. Here in Athens, I recovered the courage to create. Without judgement. Sure! I’m some people’s least favorite writer. But I don’t judge myself. And I write for the people who don’t either. So haters are “actually romantic.” And cheerleaders are always welcome! But I write so that anyone who is interested can understand the alchemy behind the way I choose to move through this world. Lately, that means opening my arms wide to let go of the addiction to people please. And so it is, as it has always been, that . . .
Art. Is my drvg of choice.
On Friday, I made my way to a pop-up “dispen$ary” - the Fall 2025 Dodd Market.
What. A. Score.
I was absolutely electrified by the bustling market that sprung to life in those halls and spilled out onto both patios. There was so much talent! Even when someone tried to throw me a "price-upon-request" line from behind a folding plastic table... I wasn't mad. It's (simultaneously) absolutely none of my business how they handle their business and 1000% "all part of the learning curve."
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@Art.By.Lucie sent me home with this treasure! |
In most recent daydreams, The Grand Egyptian Museum has absconded with a good bit of my idle attention. I'm equal parts "get me to Cairo" and "which scene in Idiocracy are we living now?" Treasures plucked from the underworld, juxtaposed with tacky people smacking their gum shoulder-to-shoulder in fast fashion. I'd rather stay home with my own treasures. For now, anyway.
Ath-hole of the Week: The round piece of paper underneath my soup dumplings that you'd need to complete a surgical residency in order to remove without piercing the dumpling. Get it together lil' Robot.
IF I even leave the house this week:
11/12 @ 6:00 pm Morton Theatre Victor Ryan Robinson
11/12 @ 7:30 pm B&B Theatres Wicked Movie Trivia
11/13 @ 7:00 pm Sandy Creek Astronomy Club
11/14 @9:30 am GA Museum of Art Morning Mindfulness
11/14 @ 8:00 pm Hendershots Blue Stars & Jacob Morris
11/16 @ 7:00 pm Hugh Hodgson CH Branford Marsalis Quartet
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