This is the second day in a row I’ve woken up at 5am for no reason. A friend in Phoenix posted an article from The Wall Street Journal about Arcosanti and it reminded me of SLC and our walk back to the Hyatt and stopping at the ginkgo tree.
The piece was written a few days ago and was titled The Dying Dream of Arcosanti.. brutal. But I’m kind of surprised to see a recent article on it since nothing’s really changed, and in wsj too, weird. I want an Arcosanti bell to hang on a tree outside. It’s obscure and weird and maybe it’s just an AZ thing. Those bells are hella expensive online and idk if that’s due to their age at production, or if they’re no longer being made and aren’t available on site. I’d like to go on site and see for myself, but idk if I’ll ever visit that state again (I don’t have business there anymore), even if I have friends there I am moving the furthest away from it I’ve ever been. I kind of regret never visiting the site (because I’ve always been curious whenever I’ve driven past the sign on the freeway) but I was nervous about going by myself. When I read up on what it was my brain played some messed up sci-fi Logan’s Run / The Island dystopian setting where I’d be trapped and couldn’t return to real society. My brain probably took that way too far but the place is detached and I wasn’t sure how I’d do there on my own, especially overnight. I wish I’d coordinated a group thing with friends years ago to go look at it together.
The Darker Days remix of It Generates by Iris is stuck in my head.
I should try to sleep a little more.