Leroy's Art Blog

One of my insecurities since my return has been how to answer the frequent question: What are you doing back here in Philadelphia?” That question combines the queries “Why did you come back?” and “What kind of work are you doing?”

I’ve been uncomfortable dealing with these issues, because I don’t want to inject a medical discussion into every casual encounter, and right now I am not able to define a “job,” per the usual discussion opener, and I can’t even really claim to be “job hunting.” We so much tend to define ourselves by the job we do. So I waffle about “settling in” and “re-establishing myself here.”

But I’ve been reading a number of books by Paulo Coelho this past week, and out of that I think I’ve come up with a workable answer. I will use: “I’m waiting to discover what adventure is next for me.” I think that comes about as close as anything could.