It is nice to be back in a place where six inches of snow do not shut down the town. It is nice the be back in a place where those same six inches melt off in a few days. Over the weekend Haines, AK saw its first snow fall, then the subsequent melt off. The snow was a nice change from the two straight weeks of rain that Haines was being soaked by.
Meg and I have decided to call Haines home for the Winter. Meg will be doing web work, writing and editing. I will be doing web work, design, photography and art.
One thing I was looking for was an inspiring space to work. Santa Fe, our previous home, was inspiring for the space, the quality of light and the scenery. It is an easy place to be inspired by because everyone claims to be inspired by the place (This is O'Keefe Country!!!). It is also easy to be inspired there because everyone is. Everyone in Santa Fe was an artist.
Haines is inspiring for its own reasons. Haines has dramatic light changes and weather changes that sort of ground me. It is easier to work in this isolating space because everything ISN'T inspiring and painted with magical light all the time. You have to hunt more for environmental inspirations from the Southeast Alaska. When you find it you know it. The fact that the scenery is often obscured also forces me to focus on a totally different inspiration: people.
Once again the double negative title of this blog is apt. Unthawed means unfrozen or refrozen. I am a lifelong Alaskan who escaped and returned to the great frozen north. After a period of time to warm up, I have returned to freeze.
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