Southampton in All Good Things
- March 30, 2014, 11:35 a.m.
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Southampton was bad. I really hated the place and the people seemed very odd. And their theatre has the worst sight lines of any theatre I've ever been in. A couple next to me on Friday night actually left at the interval because they couldn't see a thing thanks to the tall person sitting in front of them who completely obscured their view. And the person wasn't even that tall; that's just how badly the seats were arranged.
Some good things happened. Will gave me an assignment of finding three things I liked about Southampton that set me off on a photographic quest, which was such a success he set me another assignment the next day. It really changed the way I looked at things and interacted with the world. I haven't been able to take photographs for such a long time, not photographs that say anything. Not for more than a year. I haven't been able to communicate at all. But I started, this week. And it felt incredible.
Maybe there's hope for me yet.
I'm back in London now, helping Will prepare for his first art exhibition while our neighbours blast out Middle Eastern music and the promised day of sunshine disappears into the clouds.
Last night, after I said goodbye to Jon, I sat in the park surrounded by daffodils for nearly an hour in the middle of the night. It felt strange being outside after dark. I miss that.
A week from now I'll be arriving in Dubai to prepare for work tomorrow. I can't fathom it. That said, I do feel more ready to face it than I did before Southampton. Two weeks from now I'll be seeing Jon again tomorrow. That's what's getting me through.
To Read Others. ⋅ April 03, 2014
xox