An observation today: (from a traveling weather man!)

In San Fran, every day has everything in it-every mood turns up eventually if you wait or walk. Originally, i moved here from Boston, after attending art therapy grad school.

In Boston, you knew in the morning if you looked out the window and it was dreary, the whole day would be dreary. There was a certain predictability there on the east coast. It’s the same in Texas. You kind of know what you’re going to get each day.

In San Fran, you wake up seeing the sun, then a storm, then fog, an unexpected rainbow, then a gorgeous sunset then…everyday contains all the moods.
And it changes each neighborhood. Micro climates micro cultures, all conjoined in a small geographical distance.

If it’s foggy here, walk up two blocks and its sunny and pleasant. For those not from here, it takes some getting used to-so many seasons in one day. So many tones in one painting simultaneously.
And you sort of get used to having all the moods in one day, though winter is rarely felt, as i know it in my bones from boston and chicago and other cities i know inside.

The variability of mood each day, is an acquired taste. But once you have it in you, you sort of get used to an every-season-in each day mentality.
Normal day to day predictable weather becomes sort of boring.

Having said that, when i’m here, i always carry clothing for all sorts of weather. I do the same spiritually and culturally. You just don’t know from one block to the next, what internal and external shifts may occur. So you wear a costume ward on your body to be sure, and carry several translation of the bible.

I like that about this city. And yet, at times it can be disorienting. For me, it’s natural—i love changing costumes often during the day depending on the circumstance and what’s needed. I have a theater background.

There’s a forced fluidity to the mentality here that i’ve come to appreciate. But, then again, improvisation is my favorite medium in all the mediums.

Still, it takes a bit to get used to when you first come here. At first, it’s like having mood disorder. Nice thing about the mood disorder here, is if you don’t like the mood of the place you are, walk two blocks and it will shift, or wait less than an hour, and the whole tone will be different.

I like dealing with the whole personality of a place in one day. That way, you can choose which part is yours to bless, and know which parts bless you the most. Just a long thought in a moody city today from a traveling weather man! I learn lots from weather in places, as I go!