For quite a few years I've been saying I need more space. It's true. But for all this time I haven't gotten any more space. I've just been stuck.
Once I rented a studio in town but backed out when I discovered that the flaking paint on the windowsill was full of lead. I even got a building permit to add a portable storage building next to the studio. Then I wasn't sure what size....
Two or three days ago, I thought "OK, there's something else going on here underneath. By acting as if I can't get the space I need, I'm acting out some feeling. If I can acknowledge the feeling, I can get unstuck." I explored it a bit in my journal but didn't seem to get anywhere. Maybe...just the feeling that I don't deserve more space?
Yet...I got unstuck. I opened the Yellow Pages to find out how much an 8x12 building would cost, delivered and set up. (Answer, in case you're interested: $1466 including tax, plus building permit and electrical inspection for about $50 more - plus an electrician to make sure my panel is up to code, and whatever it would take to do that.
Saw in the Yellow Pages, a big ad for a new climate controlled storage building. Climate controlled storage is even better for artwork, slides, paper, etc. Temperature stays around 60 degrees F., and humidity in an ideal storage range. I can do this in a portable storage building but it would take a lot of work and expense: insulation, extra wiring, air conditioner and electricity. It's a long term solution when I need a solution NOW.
Rates are reasonable, security excellent. It took two days for my insurance agent to work out the way to get my contents covered at a rental location, but it got solved. Today I'll rent some climate controlled storage space.
Now, for the first time in many years, I can make new bowls without dealing with "where on earth can I put this when it's done?" What a relief!
And...if I can get unstuck about SPACE...I can get unstuck about anything. I grew up never controlling a square inch. I had a bedroom, but it had to be arranged and decorated to suit my mother. She had very good taste but...sometimes it's good to be able to make one's own mistakes.
Making sculpture is, of course, all about space. Ironic, isn't it? Probably no coincidence at all.
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