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Dispatches from Playa
Posted By David Licata on January 24, 2012
I’m one of eight artists here—four poets, a playwright-poet, a composer, a visual artist, and me. They are all fine, smart, talented and kind people. I like them all.
We each have our own cabin with a studio, kitchen (you can cook in your cabin or in the main building), and living room. The cabins are given numbers, except for two. I’m in one of those two. My studio has a name. It’s Diablo. I was very excited when I first heard this. (It’s so named because it looks out at a mountain top, Diablo.) The two studios with names also have a loft sleeping space. I like this a lot.
And yes, there is a ping pong table. I was crushed by the composer three consecutive times. Our schedules have not afforded us the opportunity for a rematch. I believe he’s scared.
Here are some photos of Playa and my cabin-studio. Coming soon, photos of the surroundings.
Even your “lame” attempt still sounds amazing. I have never heard wind like that before. And if you look at the middle of the picture you can see gusts moving through.
Thank you, Eleni! The sound of a strong wind is actually very difficult to capture, as any sound person will tell you. Too much and you overmodulate, too little and it doesn’t sound strong at all.
As always, thanks for leaving the comment.