New York has a reputation. It has many reputations. A recent Huffington Post article covered a panel discussion reviewing the Big Apple’s high and low tides of creativity. As the program’s title, it probed the question: Is New York Still a Home For Artists?
I love living in Raleigh. (I love it so much I’m building www.iloveraleigh.com.) Tonight I’m going to an open mic, tomorrow a poetry workshop, Friday I’m having a cocktail hour to celebrate my writing group exceeding 300 members, Saturday I’m hosting a workshop using aromas/scents as writing prompts and Sunday I’m volunteering with Artsplosure – one of my favorite creative festivals in the south. Pretty obvious Raleigh is a creative place, no? It’s more the City of Artists than the City of Oaks.
As a writer, do you feel you live in a particularly creative area – or do you feel isolated?
On a separate note – I’ve randomly selected the winner of my first blog giveaway contest. The winner is Lindsay, California-based blogger behind The Non-Writing Writer! Lindsay gets a box of Godiva chocolates and her choice of one of my books. Congratulations!
Los Angeles is full of creative pockets, but currently I don’t live near any of them. Traffic prevents me from rushing to Venice Beach on any given night after my preschooler is in bed. Downtown, same. The price of living in jin a Western Los Angles pocket of suburbia is that I don’t see my poet friends and writers nearly as much as I used to. But there’s always the Internet, so thanks for being a virtual pocket.
I thought LA traffic was the worst, but have you ever been to Atlanta? Commute is such an obstacle–definite creativity prevention. I started virtual critique groups in Raleigh for people w/tough commutes (and agoraphobia!).
Ha, great idea for a writing group! I bet your members appreciate it!