SPEED CREATING:
What Puts the Color into Your World #29&30:
For the “final” speed creation…I combined #29 and #30.
Yesterday, I had the idea of doing some Spring cleaning to our loft and thought it would be a great idea to build a huge flower bed to go in front of our huge window. And…
this.
is.
why.
I.
love.
my
roommates.
Mike and I instantly began measuring and sketching out just what we wanted the flower bed to look like. He was probably more excited than I was to get on this project, being that he loves to build. So we did this:
This morning, Mike woke up, earliest I’ve seen him up in weeks, and was ready to go. After a trip to Home Depot…and a HUGE thanks to him for being able to actually “build” this flower bed (I could have never done this myself)…it all came together. (I’m also going to take this time to say that Mike is one of the most motivated and talented people I’ve ever met.) I’m SO excited about this project that I am actually documenting all of the steps we took to make it:
…and that my friends is how you make a custom built indoor flower bed!!!
I have been doing a lot of thinking the past few days…few weeks I should say, while work has finally slowed down for me. I know that I constantly talk about how amazing my roommates are and our apartment…and by apartment, I don’t mean the physical place (although it is really great)…I mean the energy we create here. And something really profound dawned on me…
A few years ago, I decided to go and WWOOF (look it up, it’s amazing www.wwoof.org). Basically it’s a program where you go and live/work on an organic farm somewhere in exchange for food/lodging for as long as you want. I went to Hawaii, and stayed at a Meditation Center/Farm for a little while where I lived with Hare Krishnas and learned the importance of being a Vegetarian, how to meditate, bhakti yoga, chanting, and some farming. The whole experience was insane and life changing. Majority, if not all, of the people who were on the farm or who decide to Wwoof were searching for an escape, a chance to get away from their reality and try something extremely different and new. If you will, a new perspective. At least, from my experience, that’s what I’ve found…
And that’s what hit me. My apartment offers all of this. A new perspective. A new reality. A chance to get away to discover how to get here. Here. and Now. I don’t have to go to Hawaii or anywhere for that matter to learn how to build flower beds by hand, to learn how to make homemade tortillas and fresh ciabatta bread. I don’t have to go anywhere to learn guitar, do yoga, or meet new people. I don’t have to go anywhere to gain a new perspective because I’ve been learning to do this myself, from the inside, with the help of friends. We’re always pushing each other to be positive, to try new things, to think. It’s really unbelievable how much we have all learned from each other and I know how lucky I am to be surrounded everyday by these people. Living here the past 5 months has been like a mental boot camp…like wwoofing, but at “home”. I feel so grateful.
Our door is always open. Always.
So, seriously…if you want a change or a new perspective or just to have some fun, just come over and hang out. We’re all in it together.
