Moving is hard. Moving is never easy. Moving leaves a sense
of missing something, desiring that old comfortable spot where you know you
could go even if you had no reason to be there.
That's how it felt the first time I stepped into the new
Downtown Writing Center in the Post Office on the corner of Fillmore & Central.
I missed our tiny, slim hole-in-the-wall in the University Center
building. I could always just drop in, even when I wasn't working, because I
knew the people and the space were cozy, friendly, and inviting.
When I stepped into the stark room
down in a basement, at I first was startled. It was so huge that it felt empty,
despite being filled with tables, chairs, and splashes of yellow and orange
furniture. How could someone feel comfortable down here, isolated from the rest
of the university population? Was that why people weren't coming like they
normally would? Did they not know where we were anymore?
Slowly but surely as students
began to fill our appointment slots, I too began to feel more at ease
working down here. The space allows more people to come, more people to
collaborate, more people to just say hello and drop in to see us tutors working
away to help our students be better writers. It has allowed me to be more open
in my own processes; inspiration dawns on me when I sit at a table or in a cozy
orange chair like it never has before.
Despite moving, I realize change is good now. It gives
people new perspectives and new experiences, and now it gives me those things
in my own writing. I hope that students come in to feel more inspired in our
new space just like I have.
--Downtown tutor Amanda
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