Have always wanted to live in a situation with a relatively large number of similarly-minded people in a freer sort of circumstance than is usually afforded by modern America (land of handshakes and "personal space"). Came closer than I had previously experienced last year with the F.A.M.E. floor, but it's really not quite there yet.
Imagine a 3-story building, in, say, South Boston. The first floor is one large room, nearly empty. The second and third seem like living areas--there are bedrooms and bathrooms and a kitchen, maybe two. There could be more than 3 stories; there could only be two.
The only remarkable thing about this hypothetical building, really, is what it enables its inhabitants to do. I imagine the bottom floor of this building to be a venue for the arts. I mean an art gallery and a concert hall, and a dramatic theater, and a projection hall. (I am thinking, to some extent, of SPACE gallery when picturing this). The residents of the building have a job: Run this space. It would, if carefully managed, pay for the whole building pretty easily, and could provide for its inhabitants just as any other job.
Imagine the room for creativity afforded to the people running this place. I don't know of any more positive atmosphere for artistic growth. Great things could be accomplished by these people. The photographers and painters and musicians and actors and directors and writers could all work in tandem--imagine the sorts of creations made possible by this situation. In addition to the events held downstairs, there could be magazines published, film distributed, sound recorded... the possibility for expression is limitless, and God knows the audience would be there. This would be the sort of thing that would be hailed by all as a Great Independent Art Center, and would actually manage to connect with people of all types.
I don't know if it is ever likely to happen. But it's something I really and honestly long for. Who knows?
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