It hasn’t started out the best. I tried to use the Legislative library as a cool place to kick back and write, but was denied entry. That being plan A, B, and, unfortunately, C, I wound up at the nearest local library, which despite looking grand was a quite small one room affair (backed by a thousand empty offices just beyond my grasp). Whew… That was a long sentence to convey the frantic energy of the last hour. I started late with hopes of digging in and doing good work, but now I find myself reaching for anything that isn’t the project I was planning to work on. Facts being what they are, it is a loser project. It isn’t going to sell very well, the premise is flawed to the core, and it points what we are doing in a very bad direction. NDAs being what they are, I cannot and will not say more. I will try to write this thing to the best of my ability and turn it into at least a small slice of worthwhile.
And I’ll do it in the smallest and loudest library ever made.
I’ve been lauding and applauding Canada for their niceness. The library still is nice, but the people aren’t library sorts as I am used to or expect. The space also isn’t much on books even. I suppose this is the new way… Despite the sign hanging steps away that shows young Grogu with a print book and says ‘this is the way’. There is as much digital (read: Video) content here as text, which I find odd. I suppose I am a bit of a library snob at heart. I don’t go in for people talking loudly, and half as many racks of DVDs as books. Yet, here I am. Ranting as it were.
Still, there is wonder in every space and there is the possibility of creation in every place. I will make this work and I will make this project work in this space. This is, in fact, the way.
Some Thoughts:
- I like Canada.
- There is something about a city that is mindful that makes me want to be mindful in my own right.