I have a dream

... No it's not a Dr. King dream... Well, maybe it is in my own little way. This building was built in 1903 as a school house and I have been in love with it since I saw it. I temporarily gave up the dream and bought my townhouse. But something about this place keeps coming back to me and I keep feeling prompted about it's potential.

The beauty about this building is that it has a half-and-half zoning. So, I could live upstairs and have my business downstairs. It also sits on a pretty good chunk of land where I could landscape for outdoor photographs and have a garden (yay!). It also has this fun little room on the back that would make a perfect dark room, with a porch for alternative processes.

I have this new thought about some alternative processes (well, for me it's new). It's so exciting to think about art and all its possibilities for breaking all kinds of rules. I never was a very good follower person... So, I need to figure out how I can start experimenting without making a permanent mess in this house. It all starts with buying new glass :/

The next fun thought I had was to start an arts program. The building is a hop, skip, and a jump from Quest Academy, and there isn't anything else out where I am. I have many fun thoughts from after school programs, to community art programs.

There is so much potential and now the challenge is to get to it before anyone else does, because chances are they would just tear it down which is what most people say I should do... But I love the building, even though it needs a little bit of love :/ If you would like to see more photos of its current state, check out my Facebook.