• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Rentals
  • Artists in Residence
  • Videos
  • Resident Reviews
  • Contact
DESERT DAIRY
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Rentals
  • Artists in Residence
  • Videos
  • Resident Reviews
  • Contact

Dizzy

5/2/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
How can it already be May?? Someone mentioned to Ted that they were disappointed I've not written lately. I sometimes forget that other people read these mini essays. 

What's on my mind? Mental health. Not mine, although there's always room for improvement. I'm very happy for the most part (and doing yoga again early mornings at the Inn). Still keen on the desert after four years. Still happy to get up each morning, and go outside and watch the mountains, cacti, vultures...

No. I'm worried about our guests. I had not thought that people who come to stay here, for short or long visits, may not have my desert-centric calm. They may work themselves to the point of exhaustion without realizing it. Or have a panic attack. Forget to drink water. Or react badly to some of our critters. I am not prepared for these strong emotions, how could I be? But I need to develop a plan when there's an issue. Or be proactive, post warnings.

There is a frenzy when people visit, that they should have wild experiences, do drugs at music festivals, party naked on the sands, buy houses and flip them, or get rich quick off of Airbnbs. That the art/music/creativity should flow effortlessly. None of it is true. Everything is risky. 

Last month three different acquaintances lost their leases. There's a brutal order here, and no way to absorb excess population. We are trying to help, and hopefully won't be sorry, later. 

Ugh, that's pretty bleak.

​We had a great opening of our new Palm Springs studio yesterday. Mland is still chugging along, although the City is on me, blah blah. And I got into the Mexicali Biennial, my first! That felt good! We will build a portable corn maze golf hole. Fore!
0 Comments

    Archives

    October 2022
    August 2022
    May 2022
    March 2022
    October 2021
    September 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018

    Categories

    All
    Artmaking
    Barn
    Construction
    Critters
    Desert Art Spots
    Farmhouse
    Food
    Gardening
    Guests
    History
    Residencies
    Sensitivity
    The Emotional Desert
    Trash
    Water
    Weather

    RSS Feed

    Authors

    Anna does most of the writing. Ted does most of the photos. But sometimes we switch. We are repairing a distressed property in 29 Palms, California, and eventually hope to run an artist residency there.


@Meyer Stump Properties 2019

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Rentals
  • Artists in Residence
  • Videos
  • Resident Reviews
  • Contact