This month has been spent testing out my strengths and agendas.
An attempt to understand consumerism and freedom and beauty.
The Dress Project. I'll be the first to admit I'm not totally a fan of the whole thing, but something about it hit home. The vision of simplicity and honesty is why I was determined to wear the same thing every single day. My failures within the project came when I realized the impracticality of such an endeavor and when I felt as though I was dressed in uniform. No different really than when I worked for the giant corporations, or local hometown folks who believe in conformity. I was conforming in a non-conformist way. So as the month goes, I try to create a new way of looking at the vision. I have come to understand my consuming and my clothing. The two key elements of our American Dream. I will give a full run down when the month is officially over.
The Home Project. Learning to live. This space is small. Glorious. Honest. Nice. Home. I have been facing the true test of my simplistic lifestyle. With my own place I can determine the events. I can decide what comes in, how it goes out and what it's used for while inside. A true test of my strength in sustainability. With good friends who have been examples I try to make decisions which will prove righteous and honest. The groceries I bring in. The essential utensils I have had to scavenge for and collect. (still collecting). Out of the things I bring in what then goes out as trash, recycling, or how it can be reused within. Everything from the beer I choose to the trash bags I collect. Everyday I see and think of something I can do differently. It's a never ending path. So I take what I have learned and keep going. Home Sweet Home.
The Life Project. It all comes down to this. Everything that I do is an attempt to just live a simple and pure life. No ideal too great, no vision to small. I just move forward. There are times when it seems as though I must be insane. Lost. Unknown. But I realize this experience is beautiful and exactly that, my experience. So I wake everyday in greater and greater appreciation of all that comes to me. The healing hands of autumn are here to cool me down. Bringing perspective and love along the way...