Untethered
Sometimes I forget how much of an alternative lifestyle I live until I’m chatting with someone about my day to day life and my story. From being born and raised in New York City to solo traveling across the country at a young age, I’ve pretty much lived in a constant state of movement for majority of my life. I make my best work when my surroundings flicker and fuse with my art practice.
I’ve met such phenomenal people on the road and in the sweetest of places. I’ve also seen terrible things out there in the world, but this snow train simply can’t be pushed off the track. I trust the flow of my experience so deeply it often confuses people. My sweet grandmother still gives me a hard time when she gets news I’m slithering around the world again. But she trusts me, and I think that is a mirror of the trust I have in myself. Such an untethered existence scares people, but I truly believe thats where pure joy and freedom are found.
My favorite part is that practically no one ever really knows where I am. Once I say where I am, I’m already on my way to somewhere new. Maybe thats why I feel so free. Am I in another state? Across the world? At the coffeeshop down the road? About to ring your doorbell to surprise you with your favorite pie?
I’m excited to know that one day perhaps being anchored will be the bees knees and all I want. There’s always something to look forward to. But for the foreseeable future, I plan to be as spontaneous, joyful, and unpredictable as possible, even to myself. Having your own dreams wake you up and as you write them down half awake thinking- what on Earth am I getting myself into now? How am I going to make this happen? This is crazy. And making it happen every time.
I’d have lost my mind by now if I hadn’t become such good friends with change. Everything is great one day, could crash and burn the next, and I’ll still find the light in there ten feet under the rubble. All the risks and challenges have nothing on this nomadic heart of mine. Home is where your feet are. And I’m lucky to have people in my life that make me feel loved no matter where I am.
Don’t ever give up on your joy. We can see the world
