Headed to Peru

Off to Peru in the morning.

Chris has been here for 4 days, and we´ve consumed enough meat for my arteries to board the Pain Train. Luckily we´ve diluted this with wine and gelato, thus completing our south american heath regeme.

I keep contemplating a move down here for a year or so sometime in the near future. Argentina is at a high point right now; thinking is pretty positive, the economy is growing, there is art everywhere. As I understand Argentine history, it could slide back down at any moment. So people here are really enjoying it. At least the upper classes are. Much of the country´s huge middle class slid into poverty after the 2002 collapse. It seems schizophrenic right now-- in touristy areas rents are comprable to los angeles, while one neighborhood away priced drop by a third. one more, they fall off the shelf. So you have inflation rocketing up at various speeds depending on location. The price shifting is similar to eastern europe 10 years ago, I imagine.

What this opens up for an artist is the opportunity to set up a great studio a bit outside the main areas, and have a great working situation. Cost of living is low compared to quality of life.

more to come
miss you all
kenito