There is unimaginable beauty here. Out on the river in the early morning the mist has only just cleared with the sunrise and all you can hear is the river – wind in the trees, bird calls and the splash of fish feeding all along the banks. No honking. No sirens, not even the hum of traffic.
I could probably live closer to civilization. Yeah. Where I could spend all my time dreaming about living someday in a place like this.
Years ago this sort of work setup would have been unthinkable. Living out on the verge of old wilderness Florida — and able to work anywhere on the planet from my studio in the middle of the woods.
There’s a convenience store a few miles upriver. And a little hardware store, couple of gas stations, a grocery and such. Some art supplies, of a limited sort, can be had in Crystal River, just 20 miles from here. There’s a Post Office just 5 minutes away.
Yet here I am at my ‘work’ location on the river. The pines are just outside the window. Art supplies are available online in seconds. I don’t have to travel around to show my work. I can post my own gallery. I can shoot a finished piece and sell it on ebay.
It’s a shame I don’t really do a lot of fishing.
