A Moment in the Heartland
As I'm back east, in the NYC home, and I decompress and process life on the left coast while running head first into a new semester here's a little meander from the land of corn. Iowa, a week long stop before heading to the west coast for a month. Not every trip is a great festival of excursions and all night fun. Yet, even on the most remote trip the balance of life and art are what really make the locale. As life goes, research and work took me to Iowa. Yes, Iowa. Upon leaving I got many a side eye wondering why I was off to a seemingly banal place in the American Heartland. As one friend rather loudly noted, “You go everywhere! But why Iowa?! ” Jesting aside, as I sometimes pondered my choice in archives, I packed my bag, headed to the airport, and set out to conquer a state unknown to me. Perhaps this is where I should provide you with a trite saying like “if you lower your expectations that the joy will increase.” Eh,...