My Summer of Training and a New Chapter as an Artist

This summer has been very different from pretty much every summer since I graduated from circus school. For the most part, all I did was train, and train very hard at that. But... not on German wheel. I did a bit of that, but I think most people would be a bit scandalized to learn how little wheel I did in three months. Especially since when I head back to work, wheel is what I'll be doing.

Ah, work. I leave tonight for France, over a week before I actually resume the tour. Once again, France was slow on the uptake and my new carte de séjour was not ready before I left the country in the spring. Only this time, I escaped being held hostage and managed to get a new temporary visa. It was a small victory as I still had to change my flight dates in order to get back into the country before bad things happen. But that is all beside the point.

Training.

I head back to France a different artist.

For a wide variety of reasons, I have been sitting on this news for months. Since the end of April, to be exact. I know that for most people, this news that I find so exciting will likely be met with just a shrug. But for me it's a big deal. I was hoping to unveil my news in conjunction with some other big news, but that fell through and I then I could never seem to find the right moment to make my announcement.

And now this post is getting a little long and I still haven't said anything. What I really wanted to share are the following three photos. For me, they represent my summer projects and the long, long commute to the training studio every day. So I guess I'll sit on my news a moment longer, so that I can give it its own post. And one that isn't so linked to my feelings of leaving home yet again.

In the meantime, here is my summer as represented by the shabby little garden at the Dorval bus terminal.

July

August

 

September

I think that sums it up nicely, don't you?