I work in a building that is actually one of those Home Depot barns that I purchased with my own money and then I hired somebody to help me finish it on the inside. So it does not have running water or a bathroom, but it does have electricity and heat. And so it’s just about maybe 10 steps away from the house, but it is separate from the house. It is not connected. And so I just — if I need water to paint or something,
I just bring a jug of water over from the house.
If I need to go to the bathroom, I take 10 steps to go back home. But I need that separate space. I need a sensation of I am going to work. And I’m going to shut this door and then I will no longer think about laundry or dishes or just how disgustingly filthy my house is. And on that note, the studio is impeccable. It’s spotless. Every night when I’m done working, I put everything away and I just clean up a little bit so that the next morning I’m not wasting all that creative energy cleaning up from the day before.
I just get started. And my typical day is wake up usually around 4:30 or 5 in the morning. Don’t get dressed. Put my shoes on. Walk in the dark. Unlock the studio. Get to work. And I’ll work usually about two hours and then I come back home and I help get the kids ready for school and do some other stuff and then I go back to it and I’ll work some more.
So the morning is my time. Nothing has happened yet. Nothing. I have an empty brain and I can just start. And it’s really nice being able to have my own space that is clean, much cleaner than the house and I just put everything else away. A bubble of perfection that’s mine, all mine. And no boys allowed. Very few people are allowed in there. Very few. Yeah.
