I’m 24 hours into my ACRE residency, and the most marked change has been physiological — I am incredibly hungry before lunch and dinner, and feel fatigued when not working. Bi-products of perhaps the other major change over the past 12 hours, which has been an intense concentration. I’ve finished two large pieces today (though the basic elements I had assembled previously), which has been great. The only difficulty is, of course, that one is expected to be social outside of working time (Cooperative is, after all, the “C” in ACRE), and while I would normally have no problem with this, it is difficult for me to just pull out of my very internal working mode.
What am I making? Well, here’s a hint:
