It's been over four months since I've put anything here.
Which is not the same as not writing for four months. I've been writing. A lot. I've been in workshops and working on book projects and experimenting with writing essays and different styles of memoir pieces and I even took a class on making an illustrated manuscript (page or book).
But I haven't written here.
How much "woe is me" and "the pandemic is hard" and "life is great/sucks/changes" writing can I produce and can anyone read?
The truth is that I could write a lot of that. Potentially. That is not what I've been writing and not what I wanted to put here.So. Nothing was put here.
And I'm thinking again - what is this space? What should go here? What do I want it to be?
I don't know right now.
I am writing. I am doing some theater again - baby steps to distanced outdoor theater and I've been doing a little virtual theater (staged readings mostly; some audio plays/dramas). And writing. And working. A couple of big theater projects in the works - one of which is being recorded tomorrow.
In a time of transition and some people are going to quickly, in my opinion. (And the opinion of several people I know.) Let's open a bit, see what happens. If the numbers don't spike, then let's go a little more. But let's not just throw all caution to the wind and jump into the mosh pit. Please. Too late. Okay, then I'll continue to be a little cautious while we see what happens.
I will also continue to think what I would like this space to be.
For now, here is a sample I made of an illustrated letter.