Did you know that if you type "hiatus" into Google, one of the first hits that comes back is about GI disorders? No? Well, neither did I. I've always heard of it referred to as a hiatal hernia rather than a "hiatus hernia," and it never occurred to me "hiatal" was a derivation/conjugation of "hiatus." But, I guess it makes sense. If we're talking about an interruption in the continuity of something, then the stomach moving up into the chest cavity certainly qualifies. Talk about a break in the routine.
Sometimes a hiatus in the everyday sense is something that is long planned for, something that a person may look forward to and view as a light at the end of a tunnel. Sometimes a hiatus is only recognized in retrospect, "Gee, once I became a clinician I really took an extended hiatus from creative writing." Other times a the start of a(n) hiatus may sneak up on you, only to have you realize that it was waiting there for ages to be recognized.
It turns out that for all of the superpowers he has drawn and imagined, my dear David cannot manipulate time. In fact, some days he feels he can barely keep up with its passing. Here he is, drawing better and faster than every before, being contacted by new editors, and honing his skills for other markets, and it's all very exciting. Yet, he can't stop to reflect on that excitement. This should be his time to revel in his achievements and be prepared for the next to come down the pike, but there is no time. Something had to give.
And so, to my surprise, one night David casually mentioned to me that he sent out an email to the Periscope crew, announcing his intent to take a hiatus from the studio. He hopes that the door is open in 6 months or a year, if he wants to return, but in the meantime he wants to forge it alone. He wants to regroup as David J. Hahn, Illustrator, and emerge as his new and improved self.
Now everything's getting regrouped here at our house. He reorganized his home studio, which in part entailed repurposing his closet as the entertainment center. The studio is definitely more functional and more spacious, and I for one feel that it's easier to think in there than it was before. Our dining room, however, now has the closet doors propped against a wall and discarded collectibles swarm on the dining room table. Fortunately we eat in our breakfast nook 98% of the time, so we won't have to take a hiatus from eating.
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