What a lovely treat (sugar free, no less! 😉 to get to paint outside with you on this crisp fall day. One of those days that makes Chicago feel like the best place to call home. It felt like a homecoming in so many ways, from traveling, but also coming home to a material and a practice I used to be so at home in. I recognize so much of myself in this picture, like literally, like someone I knew so long ago came back to visit. And of course in the bigger picture of a place and a practice, where sometimes it feels like it’s hard to connect with the present moment and situation, and then, out of the blue, connection is very easy and human. It was a very welcome and welcoming feeling to be brought into your practice and project like that. Thank you for that and for the great and meandering conversation we had, about places, spaces, our bodies and our trying to feel at home and at ease in it all as we age and progress, regress and digress.
November 5, 2025
Garfield Park Conservatory
