"Before I had friends here, I would come and sit to be with the people. Like, to be alone, but around people." E pours milk into her tea as she says this and I realise I do it too. She puts it down to having siblings; living in a house that's full of people but spending a lot of time technically alone. I've been thinking about this a lot here, in my tiny room in New York City, on my first international solo stint (ever! - something I didn't realise until I said goodbye to a sleepy household in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning).
Hamilton is playing across the road from my hotel, which is a terrible tease but also an exciting, hopeful pillar of encouragement for me as I step out into the freezing morning.
"I am the one thing in life I can control. I am inimitable, I am an original. I am not falling behind or running late. I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait."
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