Z

Being unemployed while being technically employed (yep), is interesting, a regular day for me would be doing virtually nothing besides planning out a painting, applying for grants and fellowships all day and praying that the next day I have enough strength to be outside. I woke up today thinking about food and what my breakfast would be; a breakfast I have been thinking about since the night before. It ended up being cheesy eggs, not very eventful. I stayed in the living room where the kitchen basically is waiting for my work to be picked up for my upcoming solo exhibition. I knocked at my boyfriend’s door and talked for bit then went about my day. Being unemployed to many and employed to a niche group of people makes me question whether or not I am doing anything with my life. I am an artist, primarily a painter and this is how I get by. I hear a lot of people telling me to get a real job, but in this not so fun late stage capitalism, if you are able to get by that’s all that matters in my opinion. Anyway, I took a nap. I had and had a dream about the airport and tombstones while a song by Tay-K was playing in the background. I woke up and told my boyfriend that this is nothing like the dreams I generally have and that it was more of his fashion to have a dream like this. We both laughed. We chatted a bit more and had an early dinner; creamy lemon ginger pasta with ginger chicken. We then watched “The Dark side of the 2000’s” on Hulu. My day was pretty stress-free and fun overall.

Ps: my work never got picked up but will be tomorrow.

Z is a 24 year old certified yapper and painter! You can find her at @ztheratt