thoughts about space

I have been thinking about place lately. A lot of thoughts have come from TA-ing i hope they don't bore you (then again it's my blog and i can write whatever i dont know why i always feel the need to write disclaimers). i teach in the same class i had a drawing class in two semesters ago, and it is also where i work on my own drawings after class. it's odd how the space feels different depending on what capacity of a human being i am functioning as. as a student, it's a classroom, and a space where critiques happen, where class happens, and i associate it with however i find the class to be - emotions, processes, etc. when i teach, the space somehow feels a little more mine, and more within my control - of dictating in some sense atmosphere, be it physically through the arrangement of tables and chairs, the playing of music, the cleanliness of the place, or metaphysically - what kind of teaching environment am i fostering, what conversations am i having with the kids, how am i speaking to them? and when it functions as my studio space, and i am acting in the capacity of an artist, there's a distance from the space, it is purely functional, and i am simply making work. it's odd how it is all the same classroom, the same physical place, yet functions/feels so different depending on context.

i thought about something bri said that day too, about places being charged, with whatever experiences, memories, anything else. and they carry a semblance of the past with them. it differs for each individual. i think that's fascinating.