ADA LEA / ONE HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL THE OTHER SEWING A GARDEN

ART WALL ADA LEA

It feels like I'm only just beginning the process of getting to know myself - and every version of myself, how these versions exist in succession and change over time and depending on who I'm with. I'm between Montreal and the Quebec countryside at the moment. I rent a 24x24 foot wood cabin tucked away in the forest, far from the main road, in a town with a population of just over 1000 people. I moved early in the pandemic and it has pretty much become my entire identity. I’d be curious to hear how my neighbour/ landlord would introduce me though. In relation to him, I'm the "jeune fille" from Montreal that in the summer sits outside (inappropriately) dressed for most of the day, reading, painting, pacing... chit-chatting with friends - always working on the tan - and in the winter, that needs to be checked up on because there's been no visible activity for days at a time and the porch needs to be shovelled. No one quite understands what I'm doing out there, especially me - but I truly love the experience and the space and quiet it provides. At the moment, I'd say I'm mostly seen as a singer-songwriter, but I do have bucket list dreams of bringing the craft of painting and drawing to a strong level, as well as writing, going back to school to study literature, with the goal of each discipline informing the other to create longer works where ideas and narratives have the potential to be fully explored.

I've chosen some drawings I'm working on that will be included in "the songbook" - a small book I've been working on for (too many) months, featuring lyrics, chords and drawings to accompany my upcoming [second] album one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden.

Magic, Montreal, drinking, music, parties, smoking, friends, memories, animals, calling, rooms,

working, cities, LA, books, imagination, growth, Ferrante, neighbourhoods, reading, New York, cab, bus, being out of control, driving, being in control, being in motion and especially, the great mystery of memory and the passage of time, forgetting, and if you're lucky, stumbling into remembering - are themes of the songs on the album :-)

I'm really really looking forward to releasing the songbook and the new album "One hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden", on September 24th through Saddle Creek. Can't wait for everyone to hear it!