ARTIST in RESIDENCE REVIEW

The Georgetown Steam Plant

is a dirty machine;

it’a inner workings, and gears

are long silent.

The Industrial Cathedral is now

stewarded by machine men,

with machine minds.

Be mindful,

as you walk through those doors

—the machine is always looking

for raw materials to consume.

They will feed on your passion,

your long-term vision,

and your tireless labor,

and grind it down into fuel

to claim as their own.

Unless that is you are the lucky one!!

Watch them closely,

as you tend to the cathedral.

These machine men are charming,

full of confidence and self-care,

arrogant in their public service,

eager to be center stage.

Their ego feeds their ego.

They are the circus conductors.

BE WARNED!!

Never question their authority,

be submissive to their will,

adjust your personality to fit their will, or

you will be treated as friction.

For the machine men in charge

are gatekeepers,

for them, friction

is something to be eliminated.

The Georgetown Steam Plant

is not a community HUB,

it is a source of trauma on the landscape,

inviting you in to observe the machine,

as they swoon you with the history.