Transition Begins

Beginning to look at changes. Above a recent visit to Denver, a landscape I am not used to seeing everyday with the Mountains in the distance. Below a visit to New York in an area near Cornwall-on-Hudson. The NY landscape is something that is familiar, comfortable, a landscape I have grown up with bridges, water, forests.

On a side note the other day when I was reading PDN, I noticed that William Eggleston has new work out. Here are two article links about his recent show 21st Century http://www.allartnews.com/victoria-miro-gallery-presents-new-work-by-william-eggleston/ and http://www.thisistomorrow.info/viewArticle.aspx?artId=209&Title=William%20Eggleston:%2021st%20Century

So it's happening we are moving to Denver this summer while I've known for a while, it's really settling in now. I've been thinking a lot about how my landscape will change among other things. For all of my life I have lived on the east coast and now I am about to embark on an adventure and shift landscapes completely to be close to the mountains. In contemplating my move I continue to think about how I could relate this to a new body of work. I have been documenting my neighborhood and home my plan is to then do the same in Denver and present the work together as one body of work.

As I embark on this project I continue to think about home and objects and why we hold on to things. Especially as I begin purging more of my own belongings from my life to prepare for this big move. I recently heard a series titled The Depreciating American Dream on NPR check out the link to see the 5-part series http://www.wbur.org/specials/depreciating-dream, it is an interesting point of view which looks at people who rent and who buy. Is there a right and wrong anymore? As Curt Nickisch states "Owning a home has long played a significant role in the American story; the notion that buying a house is the stepping stone to wealth and happiness goes back a long time. But the housing bubble has burst, and many local homeowners are living in the shadow of the white picket fence."

The change in the economy has caused everyone, I feel to reassess their lives and look at the way they are spending money. I have only ever rented and as we get ready to move we are planning on renting again at least for the first year we are there. I an intrigued by discussions around home, especially after my thesis. A home is what you make it, whether you own it or rent it you make it a home. Again I am considering what home looks like for me... How does landscape play a role in that? I know the physical landscape will change but what about the neighborhood how different are areas as you move around the country? I am interested in finding out.