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Once upon a time, we had a big morning Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friends and faithful readers, we have a confession: we’re really, really busy. It dawned on us that perhaps we’ve been hiding this fact from our neighbors. After all, our public events are mostly done in the evening hours with lots of help from community members, and—speaking from personal experience—these events are staffed by CreateHere fellows who’d be there anyway. And while we’re in the thick of MakeWork season, most of our programs, from the outside, seem to be just what they always were: silly and serious, on the ground and across the horizon. A confident, well-oiled machine, right?
Well, yes and no. Yes, in that we’ve had consistent community involvement in our programs, which puts a spring in our step, and we’ve been told we have the basic mechanics of “Wow, that’s cool!” programming down pat. But no, also, in that we’re a team of human beings, with dreams and aspirations, in an inspiring, constantly shifting community. We don’t get much sleep these days because, by and large, we see good work going on all around. And we want to be better, to work harder.
This morning, we hosted 30 delegates from Selma, Alabama, interested in the big work going on in Chattanooga today. Our air conditioner is broken, though that doesn’t keep it from popping on in the middle of an important lecture, making it almost impossible to hear what someone is saying from less than ten feet away. Over the din of HVAC, and the careful addresses of our Selma panelists, there was, naturally, opera rehearsal, too (check out the video below for a sneak peek). And heavy furniture moving around. And spray painting and flower planting on the sidewalk. There’s also a team of 25 or so fellows doing their daily work, improving and rehauling our programs, office, city.
This is all to say, there’s always time to sleep tomorrow. Thank you, Chattanooga, for keeping us on our toes.
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