Medalta day one. What an incredible day for a drive. I’d almost forgotten how peaceful and gorgeous it can be to drive through the prairies in the summer. I guess traveling hasn’t been quite as peaceful lately with the two year old rocking out in the backseat : ) So today was a blessing. Couldn’t have been better timed either. I needed the quiet to start thinking about what I was going to do over the next month at Medalta. Yah I know I should have sorted that out before being on a highway a few hours away, but so be it. I’ve been busy lately. It was definitely pretty incredible to drive up to the Historic Medalta site. For a ceramist it was actually pretty awe inspiring and jaw dropping. Aaron Nelson, the AIR director greated me in the parking lot and was every bit the wonderful person as he had been described to me by so many. I got a quick breeze through the studios, meeting up with the oh so wonderful Brendan Tang (if you don’t know who he is yet, well do some googling yourself cuz he’s only one of the top young hipster/see him everywhere/amazing Canadian ceramic artists – and just a plain old down to earth awesome guy as well) and then settling into the house I’ll be calling home for the next month.

Already I’m feeling the call of college life upon me. Common studios, late night chats, art and creativity everywhere. Oh how I’ve been aching for this for too long. But now the stress and joy of sorting out what to do with my time. I came prepared to either make work like mad, obsessed with making to get ideas out and progress churning; or to breathe and think for a month, something one doesn’t get to do with young children and the everyday impinging upon creative thought and production time. If I go away empty handed but brain full I will be equally as pleased. But where to begin…do I follow familiar paths or do I find a fresh start. Comfort zone or risk it all. I might have to toss a coin…either way I’ll keep you posted.