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THE BEACH II
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION + PHOTOGRAPHY / / PIHA BEACH, AUCKLAND / / NEW ZEALAND / / 2015.
I DREAMT OF A BEACH BEFORE. THE OCEAN WAS THE MUSIC THAT HELD MY SLEEP STATE. I SAW THE WHITE FOAM REACH THE EDGE OF MY BED WITHOUT TOUCHING IT. I WAS SAFE, SLEEPING NEXT TO THE OCEAN. I COULD GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT AND WAKE UP TO PLACE MY FEET IN THE HOT SAND FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. WHAT A WONDERFUL DREAM. AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. AN YEAR AGO IMADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE AND BUILT A BEACH IN MY BEDROOM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SLEEP WITH THAT SENSATION. I WOKE UP AND PLACED MY FEET ON THE SAND AND STOOD UP THINKING I HAD DREAMT ABOUT THIS COMING TRUE. AND I WANT MY LIFE TO BE LIKE THIS. DREAMS COME TRUE. MY MISSION BECAME THEN A STATEMENT AND I WILL MAKEMY DREAMS COME TRUE FOR EVER.
AN YEAR AFTER, THE PLACE I CALLED MINE WAS THE ACTUAL BEACH. LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND, A DREAMSCAPE THAT I DIDN’T NEED TO DREAM OF. LET’S DRAG MY BEDROOM TO THE BEACH. INTEGRATE MY BELONGINGS TOTHIS PLACE AND CALL IT MY BEDROOM. I MOVED IN TO PIHA BECHA THAT DAY OF FEBRUARY. I WATCHED THE WAVES FOLD IN AN ENDLESS LANDSCAPE FROM MY BED.