I’m sitting here trying to wrap my head around all that has gone on in the past few months. I think we can all say that the first half of 2020 has been, in the lightest way of looking at it, a mess. However, I’m not trying to focus on the negative. We have all been affected by the pandemic. We have all seen a loss in some form, either personally, through others, or both; yet we stay resilient and try to find the positive. I don’t know if I could have been this optimistic a few years ago, but I’ve been lucky to have a wonderful partner in life, amazing family, and great friends who help me keep my head up. That said, I want to share a few things that are going on, and even how all the constant changes due to the pandemic can bring a silver lining.

As I mentioned before, my wife and I relocated during all of this that has been going on. We are lucky to have been living somewhere that hasn’t suffered the way other places have, therefore allowing this to happen. Due to the move, though, I’ve been having to parcel time between helping get our house in order and getting some work done that had a looming deadline. Because of this balancing act, I haven’t had time to get out and shoot as much as I’d like to, and have yet to get to the changes I’ve been wanting to make on the website. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. I’m lucky to be able to do what I do, and happy that I get to spend time with both my work and family.

Although I haven’t done as much work as I wanted, I have had some good things come my way and will be hitting the ground running by the end of this month. I will definitely be a little more open about this as time goes on, but I was asked to produce some work for a new venue in Augusta. I’m thankful that I was considered, and can’t wait to get to work on this project. I have been going over ideas in my head since I was first contacted, but even more now that I have had an opportunity to see the progress at this facility and the idea behind it. If this were the only thing I had going right now, I’d still be ecstatic. I can’t wait to share more about it.

What has taken up most of my work time over the past few months, though, has been getting work ready to send to the “Time, Space, Existence” exhibition hosted by the European Cultural Center (ECC). The exhibition was to take place concurrent with the Architectural Biennale in Venice, Italy, starting this month. Due to the pandemic, though, the Biennale, and the ECC exhibition, were rescheduled to start in August. However, I just found out that it has changed. Since travel is still an issue for many of the international architects, the Biennale has been rescheduled for 2021, and the Art Biennale bumped to 2022. Although it was a little annoying that I spent the past few months working hard to get everything ready to go, I’m not at all bothered by it. It makes the most sense, and it allows everyone the best possibility to make it for the opening festivities. What makes me happiest about this, though, is that it means my parents will get to see the exhibition, as we are going to be in Venice next summer.

I still can’t get over all that has gone on since the beginning of this year. We have all been affected by one global crisis, and there is no denying the catastrophic effect it has had. Big or small, hold onto the good things and try to keep your head up. I wish everyone the best and hope that you have some positive things come your way as well.