The Sun Shines on Where We Live
The photos for this entry were all taken by the wonderful photographer Eva.
Hey folks! Spring is in full action so there’s little time to stop to sit down at the computer… luckily the beauty all around us offers plenty opportunity for reflection:
This is a boat that floats in the pond outside our house. Translated, its sail says “Of what there is, nothing is missing”. It is a mantra for meditation and a tool for revolution in front of a culture of consumption.
The first floor of this building is the ceramics workshop where we are working and the second floor is where Eva and I lay our sleepy heads to open ourselves up to the dreamworld. Somewhere in between and all around is where our life is happening and therefore we are grateful to call it home.
This is Mauricio Petinaroli’s bathroom in the process of being born. Eva has some great photos of it at http://evalarevolution.blogspot.com/ .
A bicycle powered flour mill that Simón VandenHeede and I have built to take out to the Rio Azul for Alex to use. I am excited about mills in general and want to learn more about making rolled oats. I think these processes are so important for circumnavigating the “market” and being able to harvest, process, and nurture ourselves with gifts from the soil.
Some of Eva’s work in the workshop. I spent the last month working on tiling jobs and am really excited to now have time to dedicate to making ceramics pieces…..
Here Claudio and I are working on the kiln (about a month ago). It is basically finished now and we are waiting for it to dry and finishing pieces in order to do our first firing. Claudio and I designed the oven so it is a prototype and we will see when the good day comes how well it works.
In general things are great, more soon!
