And The Dog Bites Down a Little Harder
My roommate is moving out. When I got home tonight, most of her furniture was gone, which means most of THE furniture was gone. When I moved in three years ago, she had already been living here for two years. The place was totally furnished. I sold most of my stuff to my previous roommate, and so I moved in un-hindered with objects or possessions. They felt burdensome, and I was glad to see them go. Now I want some of them back. My apartment is, temporarily, so spare, so hollow.
I should be asleep, getting rested for tomorrow night's reading, but instead I find myself mourning the loss of my home, even though I still have my home.
I've said goodbye to so many things in the last few months. The struggle has been to see each loss as a gain -- to see each cataclysm as a clean slate. And so I'm trying, as I look around this shell of an apartment, to see the home I am going to build, and not just the negative space of the home I once had.
How is it possible, after five years in this city, to suddenly feel so new, so unattached, so rootless?
If you have an answer to that question, you can tell me tomorrow night...
Monday, November 17th
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SILENCE
(formerly called "The Last Chanukah")
a reading of a work-in-progress
at Dixon Place (161 Chrystie Street)
8pm, $15 / $12 students/seniors
Written by Dan Fishback, Starring Dan Fishback, Joseph Keckler, Max Steele, Cole Escola & Elizabeth Gimbel
www.dixonplace.org
I should be asleep, getting rested for tomorrow night's reading, but instead I find myself mourning the loss of my home, even though I still have my home.
I've said goodbye to so many things in the last few months. The struggle has been to see each loss as a gain -- to see each cataclysm as a clean slate. And so I'm trying, as I look around this shell of an apartment, to see the home I am going to build, and not just the negative space of the home I once had.
How is it possible, after five years in this city, to suddenly feel so new, so unattached, so rootless?
If you have an answer to that question, you can tell me tomorrow night...
Monday, November 17th
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SILENCE
(formerly called "The Last Chanukah")
a reading of a work-in-progress
at Dixon Place (161 Chrystie Street)
8pm, $15 / $12 students/seniors
Written by Dan Fishback, Starring Dan Fishback, Joseph Keckler, Max Steele, Cole Escola & Elizabeth Gimbel
Tax Deductible Donations
Dan Fishback is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Dan Fishback may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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