This might be my most unexpected entry of "Things I Love About Dubai". Yes, for one moment, I'm going to appreciate the Heat, of all things.
Living in San Diego means living in Heaven. Quite literally. The weather and outdoors there are SO beautiful and well tempered that it invites you outside, to participate in its beauty almost every single day, even every hour on the hour...and any denial of this leaves you feeling full-on guilt at times. As if you wasted the day or beauty away by staying indoors.
This beauty can be incredibly inspiring. There's something to photograph or marvel in around every perfect corner, but what it doesn't do is allow you to fully enjoy the INdoors very often and one thing I can say for Dubai is that you FULLY get to appreciate the INDOORS.
As an artist and creative person, having time alone and indoors to actually CREATE is vital to what we do. Dubai in the summertime affords you an abundance of this and I have to say that it's something that I can truly appreciate. No guilty feelings for saying no when pulled out to the beach by friends, no sunset bbq's, no morning runs along the ocean. Just full-on day in and day out of being inside, looking for ways to pass the summer time along...painting, reading, writing....creating.
So....
Dear Heat, thank you very much, but I will not be bothered by you! You are an artist's best friend.