ok. so yes i am in france (nantes, to be exact) and i will be posting pictures of france soon. but i wanted to share with you a walk i took through the venice canals in venice beach, california.
i was just in Los Angeles with big dance theater to workshop a new piece at the getty villa (which was awesome). we stayed in marina del rey, which is right next to venice beach. i remember the first times i visited california when my cousin lived there, and how enchanted i was with venice beach. i was super psyched to see an actual street called “electric avenue” and swore, if i ever moved to california, i’d call venice my home.
now, walking along the venice beach waterfront, i feel a little grossed out. the dirty, hippy aesthetic that interested me so in my youth just seems passé to me now. the beachfront is like a combination of the jersey shore and the east village - two locations that i would prefer to have separate. but there’s still hope. set a bit back from the beach is a quiet canal community. the homes are stunning and a peaceful plot of land on a canal filled with ducks in the middle of a bustling metropolis sounds like just the ticket.
