where the f* am i?

writing is ~~live~~

where the f*@& am i?

a writing is ~~live~~ studio tour

a small, rectangular desk is pushed into the corner of a room. The desk holds a single computer screen and desk lamp on the left, and the rest of the surface and shelving is cluttered with books, papers, and notebooks. On the blue-green wall above the desk, a variety of pictures, papers, and notes are hung with precision. There is a window on the wall to the left of the desk that has closed blinds. A computer chair with wheels sits in front of the desk, and is covered in clothes.

seminar room, gaming console, therapist’s office, sunlight machine, rehearsal space, movie theatre, etc etc I should probably be writing here more but it’s also where my steam account is so you know. Sometimes people delivering things to the apartment tap on my window and I am reminded how close indoors is to outdoors. I cry here sometimes and also tuck coffee cups into the little open shelves only to forget about them. Not pictured just out of frame: a painting of one of my dogs.

- Alexa Derman

Photo of blue gray couch with laptop table with a pink laptop and switch controller on it. Also on the couch is a totoro doll and a box of tissues. In front of the couch is a white coffee table with 2 remotes, a guinea pig, and a book called Korean Art from 1953.]

This is where I am not working. On my couch with my furry potato. In front of my nintendo switch and TV.

- Seayoung Yim

outside of an office door, slightly ajar, decorated postcard pictures of gertrude stein and jane bowles, a drawing of a dog by jennifer seastone, and a child’s drawing of a turkey and a potato who are both saying “potato,” spelled “qtapo.”

this is my office door, which you’re not knocking on.

- Julia Jarcho

Photo of a table that’s been made in to a work desk, cluttered with a computer and two monitor screens, piles of books and papers, drinking glasses and mugs, and desk lamps covered in paper to make optimal lighting for Zoom video calling. To the left of the desk, a cluttered bookcase is stacked with art, design, and theater books, and art supplies like paint, brushes, pencils, and glue. There are paintings of boats on the left wall, and prints of a chicken, a sperm whale, and a seahorse hanging on the wall above the computer desk. There is a box of 108 Pampers diapers to the right of the desk. A computer chair and a yoga ball sit in the center of the desk and bookshelf space.

This is my corner office, it used to be a guest bedroom. Now it is a pile of things to read and other things that might become art. And a computer for more reading and art and Zoom. And a diaper changing station for my baby, just to the right of the desk. And a closet for my husband's clothes. Actually, I guess a lot of work does get done in this room.

- Renée Surprenant Fitzgerald

a round table in the corner of a room, cluttered with a potted plant, book, a laptop, and other things. Behind the table is a bike and on the wall is a framed picture that says "He who feeds you, controls you. Decolonize!"

A kitchen table of nots: The bike I haven't ridden, the ritual candle I'm not burning, the journal I'm not using, the package I haven't sent, the plant I need to water. And not yets: The meds I haven't taken, a book of poetry I have yet to read, the rhinestone party tights I haven't worn, the readings for class I've yet to finish.

- JD Stokely

photo of a small, lower corner of a room. A small rack arranges orange, teal, blue, and pink lifting weights ranging from 3 to 8 lbs in a pyramid. To the left, there is a bookshelf full of board games and children’s puzzles.

The heavy lifting is NOT getting done here.

- Melissa Kievman

photo of a large computer on a small messy desk, facing a bay window that looks out on to the street. A cat sleeps on the radiator to the left of the desk.

The home ~~office...~~

I share this space with my wife and my 9 year old daughter...our 2 cats, 1 dog, and 3 fish.

- B. Reo

A photo of an old stuffed doll in a red dress and bonnet with white and blue polkadot flowers lays on the corner of a bed. We can only see the upper left corner of the headboard; it is black wrought-iron. The corner of a black steamer trunk with gold hardware sits just to the left of the bed.

a cross between childhood bedroom and extension of an attic.

- Nkenna Akunna

photo of a desk in front of a window, with an open laptop and various items on it. The window has jelly stickers that read "Happy Valentine's Day!". on the wall to the left of the desk hangs a colorful painting, and organizational sticky notes below.

This is a photo of my "studio"-- a desk littered with various objects including (but not limited to) a computer, a microphone, a plate with pizza (I am ALWAYS eating in rehearsal), my iPad, and many sticky notes. I also have two plants in my space that keep me company. To the left of the desk is some artwork, more sticky notes, and my painting of a meme cat. One of my favorite things to do when *not working* is looking outside the window onto the street below me (as well as appreciating the cute gel clings on the window that read "Happy Valentine's Day!").

- Mia Gratacos-Atterberry

A photo of a laptop sitting on top of a cluttered, overfilled industrial metal cart. A metal clip light is attached to the top of the cart.

Zoom University for sixty thousand, please?

It's just sad; I can't romanticize it.

- Aizhaneya Carter

Photo of a large white desk against an almost bare off-white wall. Only a poster of the Disney animated film "Sleeping Beauty" hangs on the wall. The desk holds an open laptop, surrounded by a small messy pile of papers, books, cords and cables, and empty plastic water bottles.

Here is where I’m ~~not~~ losing my mind on a daily basis. The desk is as cluttered as my brain space, honestly, but somehow I manage to get what I need to get done! I’m generally film editing here most days and hopping on various zoom calls with coworkers. Sometimes I even get some creative writing done? (Do what I do and pretend not to see the mess) And yes, that is a Sleeping Beauty poster I’ve had up since kindergarten.

- Sophia Hernandez

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