Homie Mother Friend
FAITH WASHINGTON
FOUNDER AND SOLE-PROPRIETOR OF TOMORROW–HOUSE INTL: A NEW YORK–BASED PROCUREMENT AGENCY, FACILITATING LUCID GUIDELINES FOR A UTOPIC TOMORROW
HOMIE
A 10 YEAR ± TENURE IN THE INDUSTRY I CALL HOME – WORKING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HOUSES SUCH AS HERMAN MILLER, KNOLL, MAHARAM, DWR CONTRACT (now MILLERKNOLL). PREVIOUS WORKS INCLUDE – BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO – SPECIFICATIONS IN BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND CONTRACT ARENAS, FF&E1 AND OS&E2 PROCUREMENT, AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. MOST RECENTLY AT VITSŒ, A PLANNER AND LOGISTICS LIASON BASED IN NEW YORK.
MOTHER
MY SON (b. 2008) AND I BEGAN SOURCING TWIGS FOR OUR FIRST NEST WHEN I WAS NINETEEN. HE WAS THREE. A QUAINT ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT IN NORTH DALLAS, TEXAS, LACED WITH THE SUMMER 2011 IKEA CATALOG. HE EITHER CO-SLEPT WITH ME, OR HIS TWIN MATTRESS PULLED FROM BENEATH MY BED EACH NIGHT. I COULD NOT AFFORD THE USD 600.00± RENT THEN.
LIVING IN NEW YORK, WE UPGRADED TO OUR OWN BEDROOMS – AMONGST OTHER ROOMS AND CORRIDORS. SINCE RELOCATING, OUR DOMESTIC SPACE (and headspace) CONTINUED TO EVOLVE. I WILL DELVE FURTHER ON THIS PARTICULARLY INTIMATE SUBJECT AT A LATER TIME.
HOWEVER,
IF YOU (or a friend) ARE READING THIS MESSAGE AND WOULD LIKE TO START A SIDE CHANNEL, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. THERE IS A SAFE SPACE OFFLINE – WITH ADDED RESOURCES, ASSISTANCE, AND STORYTELLING – TAILORED FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY. WHO/WHEREVER YOU ARE, I AM HERE.
FRIEND
TO SOME, A HOMIE AND A MOTHER. TO OTHERS, A FRIEND AND/OR HOST. ORIGINALLY FROM THE SOUTH – HOSPITALITY, HOMEBUILDING, AND THE ETERNAL PURSUIT OF UTOPIA ARE NOT FAR REMOVED FROM MY ANCESTRAL BEING.
IN SHORT, I AM BUILDING A HOUSE FOR THE HOMIES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. A PHYSICAL HOUSE ULTIMATELY FOUNDED UPON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE METAPHYSICAL (a lot of philosophical appeal here).
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INITIAL INTEREST IN THE TOMORROW–HOUSE PROJECT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JOURNEY AHEAD.