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DAYS IN BUSHWICK

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Images taken on a Fuji X-Pro1 and iphone. 
 
 

Before moving to Williamsburg a few weeks ago, I was living in Bushwick in Brooklyn. I sublet an apartment for 5 weeks off an Italian couple who had returned home for the summer. It was a pretty 1 bedroom apartment with a very large deck. Every afternoon as the air started to cool after a long hot summers day, I would sit outside and watch the birds fly above. I had never seen anything like it before. Birds do not fly like this in Australia. The Starlings would fly right above me and they captured my imagination like nothing else. The night I moved into the apartment, a large storm was forming and the Starlings were flying all over the place, getting caught up in the strong winds. It was absolutely amazing to watch. Every afternoon since then, I would sit out and watch them. I have not seen these birds fly over Williamsburg, it is only a few miles west of Bushwick, but I have not seen them since leaving Bushwick. It will be the thing I miss most about my time there.
 

The time I spent in Bushwick, I experienced this insane amount of creative energy, never felt anything like it before. I started so many projects. Ideas for projects were coming to me constantly. I even started this blog in this time. But since I have moved apartments, I’ve lost that creative energy. I am wondering why it is so.
 

Looking back on the month of August, I can see there are numerous reasons to why I experienced this all time high. The main reason that come to mind instantly would be that I was in an uncomfortable state. I was freshly back in New York after being in Europe for a month. I had farewelled my travel buddy Danny who I was traveling with for the previous 8 weeks. I was finally on my own for the first time in many months. I was experiencing living on my own again. I was in a foreign city. I barely had any friends in New York.  It was the first down period I had experienced in a long time. My heart was hurting.  The idea of moving to New York permanently was swirling in my mind.  The long days and nights were sweltering hot. Now being in New York for awhile, much of the uncomfortableness is gone. Im enjoying living on my own. The days and nights are cooler. I go running. I go to yoga class. I have friends that live close by and meals are shared with friends numerous times a week. I’ve made friends. My heart mended. The uncomfortable energy I use to create is long gone.  I miss it.  Time to go get uncomfortable again.

 


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