a day off
September 9th, 2007
Dear You,
Today was perfect. Crisp, cold, sunny, just right for the first real Sunday walk of the autumn. I felt I haven’t really seen, looked around.. in a long time. (I haven’t breathed this deep.) Slowing down doesn’t come naturally for me, but this weekend my todo-list was wiped empty. And now, Sunday night, I feel calm, happy. I have it in me, still. Right now, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.
The decision to concentrate on studies fulltime feels like the right thing to do. Even more so after this weekend. I rattled around, nervously, not knowing what to do, when there was nothing I had to do.. I claim back my weekends, to work on that. And to go for more walks. And to read books.
I will do this at my own pace. Lately I have thought of this concept - slow work. When everything in our culture seems to be about faster, faster, more, more…
Last week’s lectures were interesting and disturbing. I am even more confused about what I want to do in the future. But it’s an ongoing state, I think. I also think I might be allergic to ad agency people.
Yesterday I went to see Rut Bryk exhibition at the design museum and fell in love with her work. The colour combinations were amazing and the less modern pieces very illustration-like.