Cassandra's First Residency

Greetings from the Djerassi Residency Program in Woodside, CA!

I've been here for nearly a week and I'm already feeling how powerful this place is and how it will inform my work. I've connected with 11 other brilliant and kind creatives who will, no doubt, teach me a lot while I'm here.

So far, I have spent most of my days combining a mix of hiking, writing art music, writing songs, journaling, doodling, and asking a lot of questions. The landscape is breathtaking, and there's a bit of a mandate here: you can create as much or as little as you'd like. There's no shame in resting for a month, but if you want to challenge how prolific you can be, we'll support you in that as well.

What a strange change from academia! And from my pop career...and truthfully, from my own expectations. I'll give a full report at the end of this month, but so far, I've found that I am more productive given a totally free schedule while I live in proximity to other artists.

So here's a question: what would you do in a space/time environment like this? How would you spend it?

More to follow...so much more. Everyday is a new adventure.  

I'm -sort of- training for a half marathon right now. Hopefully these mountains make it a hell of a lot easier!