Sarah Purnell: Artist

http://www.sarahpurnell.com/

it's wonderful how things fall into place.

the coming winter has been sitting heavy in my mind - not knowing where i am going to live and afraid of a cold mesa rv winter, but a plan has arose and i am relieved. justin comes home in a month or so, and nearly immediately following his return i will be moving into my friend allan's house to housesit for him during the winter, while he is on tour with his band 'all them witches'. along with letting me live rent free (but not without responsibility), allan is also going to let me drive his truck while he is gone. this gives me time to save money and find the perfect truck, rather than buying the first thing i can afford.

this past month or so, rather this summer, has been a wild change from my life in the honey and my life in arizona and my life on the mesa this past winter and spring. working in restaurants again has given me a platform for both (some) monitory security and a space to make friends and be apart of a community. i am starting to feel apart of something again, which is good for my mental health. i have discovered i need a strange combination of solitude and community.

not only are my new friends kind, but they are creative and radical thinkers.

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among those degree seeking programs i have also been greatly influenced by: working on farms, living and working with animals, walking deep in the woods, my time spent at the pont-aven school of contemporary art, travel, books, what my students teach me, what my friends teach me, and sometimes what strangers teach me.