"The Gallery."
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THE GALLERY
I’m lucky to work in a basement. Yes, I said it. I’m in the basement of a building that houses two different art galleries. Nobody knows where I am; I have no need to hide. I go whole semesters without my department chair coming to see me. (I’m not sure she even knows where I am.)
Two years ago when I started teaching at this college, there were no more offices in the “real” building. A nice maintenance man took me around to three alternate sites and showed me offices that I could have if I chose. The first was a closet, and I’m not even kidding.
However, after the first two washed out we walked into a breezy open foyer, past two inviting seminar rooms, and then into one of the art galleries. A party was going on for our senior students, and I felt like an interloper. The maintenance guy, Carl, (aren’t they always Carl…and teddy bears?) walked me through the gallery to a small stairway that went down 2 flights. We ended up in a slate and brick hallway that ended at a red door. He opened it and there was my office, my first academic home.
There was a sliver of windows at the place the wall met the ceiling, and it was pleasantly lit from the outside. The office was square and empty and I said, “I like this one.”
Every day I go in through the gallery - for which I have my own key - and down the stairs to my office. But I rarely spend too much time there. I usually make my coffee and drag my books and briefcase up to the far end of the gallery. From there I can hear my phone if it rings, and I sit on my own chair inside the gallery and do my work. People move past quietly. Some students recognize me from class and sit with me for a while. And there is art everywhere. And it changes much more frequently than I ever imagined.
It’s the most genteel part of my day, and I love this place. Here’s a photo from this morning.
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