There is a way of working inseparable from living. The same forces are embodied: tempo, energy, motivation, attention. What happens in the studio happens elsewhere as well. Waiting creates distance. Looking again. Sleeping on it. A pause. A practice. Not intervening. Not forcing direction. The body is aware. Sometimes you know before you can say it.

A personal reflection on history, power, care, and the practice of waiting—moving between thought, experience, and the studio.

We Have a Choice is a reflective essay for art collectors about consuming less and valuing care, attention, and time. Through everyday observations — a crooked plane tree, shared books, waiting behind a garbage truck — the text explores an alternative to fast transactions. It reflects on living with art and objects as a conscious practice, asking how we choose to relate to what already exists and how small, careful choices can open other ways of being.

This essay reflects on waiting as a way of being. It moves from a quiet moment before a Pilates class, through memories of blossoms, poems, and missed expectations, to objects resting in a thrift shop. Waiting appears not as delay, but as presence — in making, in daily life, and in allowing time to unfold without expectation.