Friends: I have some life news, and the time feels right to share it. After 9+ wonderful and life-altering years in New York City I’ve decided to leave; to relocate to a city and region I’ve loved visiting but have never lived in before; to return to the coast Im from. All of that adds up to: Im moving to the San Francisco / Bay Area toward the end of this year (exact date TBD; maybe December 1st, maybe a little after that.) I don’t have a lot of details at this point. I trust they will emerge as they need to. What I do have is a strong inner sense—and it’s been growing steadily for a while—that I’m ready for a new adventure. There’s growing I want to do as a person, development I want as an artist and professional, contributions I want to make as a community member. And my heart wants to do all those things somewhere new. There are, of course, certain “perks” and selling points about the Bay Area, from the natural setting to being closer to my family in Vancouver to the exciting opportunity to create new work with my good friends at FOGG Theatre. But none of those are The Reason. And Im still very fond of this place, especially every square inch of my beloved Brooklyn. So that’s not The Reason either. It almost feels as if I don’t have a reason, and thats just as well. (Reasons can be comforting, but they can be constraining too.) I just know it’s time to go, and that I’m lucky enough to have the freedom to make this choice right now and make it happen. Maybe that’s reason enough. I’ve been blessed to spend nearly my entire 30s in such a magical place as NYC, and I’m sure my appreciation for everything this decade has brought will only increase as my leaving gets closer. Happily there’s plenty of time between now and my departure to see folks and hopefully have some kind of goodbye concert with all my favorite performers, friends, collaborators. I’ll also definitely be asking the hive-mind for leads on everything from somewhere to live to something to drive once I’m out West. For now, I just wanted to let folks know. It’s taken me a while to get to the point where I can say whole-heartedly that a) this feels right and b) I’m going to go for it. And it does, and I am. I’m excited about this.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:22:50 +0000