The Project - Day 34

I read A Room of One’s Own, years and years ago. I think I kind of got it then. Maybe. But today it hit home. Finally I have a room that is all about my work and I was so giddy I actually bounced in my seat while teaching. There are still a few touches to be done and I’m sure I’ll move the piano a few more times, but I have an honest-to-goodness music studio where I can sing, teach and hopefully even record in the near future. I felt selfish for taking up so much floorspace when our house has so little space to begin with, but things had come to a crisis point. I’m teaching close to 10 students out of my home now and I need to present a professional working space. All my books and music were out back in a garage office that never worked out, bad acoustics, too cramped, etc.  Also my husband needed a workspace, especially one that could have a door closed on it, which meant NOT in the living room.

Finally with a few hours together we moved shelves, books, books and more books and in the end, I have no dining room, but I have a studio! It seems a little silly that merely moving a few items of furniture would be so empowering, but it is. All of a sudden I have space for my things, for my work. Even if the future of this work is in doubt, it is an enormous part of who I am and who I have been and it all finally has a home.

Now just don’t ask to see my kitchen or my bedroom!