THOUGHTS ON MY DOWNSIZING

THOUGHTS ON MY DOWNSIZING – getting rid of things and stuff Perhaps age (81) has something to do with it but I am getting rid of things and stuff – literally. I love to read and do it both for pleasure and resource. As a writer and actor I’m a slave to story; all kinds of stories, by all kinds of story tellers - I don’t give a fuck what color or culture, philosophy, psychology, history, science or fiction. I want to read and feel the life’s pulse of all fellow human beings; if it were possible, I’d live with each of them for a while. I love life and living – beats the fuck out of being dead. In the sixteen years since my move to Reseda, California from Milwaukee I’ve accumulated a lot of things and stuff; things is what I needed and stuff is what I wanted. When I first stepped into my one bedroom space I could see every square inch of floor and walls. My downsizing goal is to come as close to that nakedness as possible. I’ve already sold and given away more than three hundred books, so I don’t need all the book shelving. I have furniture I don’t use or need, clothing I don’t use or need. I have a few art pieces of value – those will go to my children. I really don’t need all the space I’m rattling around in – so I’ll soon be looking for a nice and well located studio. I’m downsizing things and stuff and upsizing life – my writing and acting. http://www.adolphusward.net http://www.amazon.com/Adolphus-A.-Ward/e/B00OSDSSRC