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i am looking for a studio. yesterday i saw a raw space that belongs to friends in hamtramck that may work really well, if it can be available by june. i know i shouldn't be so nervous, it's barely may, but i want it secured because i want to keep working on the palimpsests. i have an amazing momentum going so far.

today i looked at a very not-raw space in ferndale, an office space. the owner didn't seem leery about renting to an artist, which is great, it just may be difficult to have as a studio i can use for encaustic and etching, which is important for this series. i may be able to talk to him about it, though. on the other hand, it's a two room space for super cheap, and i can use the front room as a mini-gallery/ office- he said there was no problem punching holes in the wall. awesome.

tomorrow i go to an artist studio building in detroit. i've seen studios there before, and it is good because it's established, and a little more auspicious, they have studio shows....yet, i've heard rumors that it may not be too secure a space, and there's parking issues, i'm sure.

so much of this is generating a lot of focus, so i'm trying for one appointment a day, and then coming home and working on pieces। i made my first mach-up for a palimpsest yesterday, and i am hoping to have my first piece done next week, after figuring out the encaustic method i will use. i just need a few more pieces of equipment.

हियर इस अ पीस ठाट इ ऍम उसिंग अस अ रेफेरेंस, ठाट इस फाइव येअर्स ओल्ड, कॉल्ड "त्र्यिंग टू फोरगेट इकारुस", आईटी'स इंक, चर्कोअल एंड एन्काउस्टिक ओं पेपर विथ चर्कोअल (इ हवे नो आईडिया वही माय पोस्ट तुर्नेद टू हिन्दी बुत इ तोताल्ली डिग आईटी):

the above text was accidentally translated into hindi! what i was trying to say is that the piece below, called "trying to forget icarus", from 2003, is my reference piece for this new series. i am using the same pallette and encaustic method, just on books: