hahahahahah okay, a woman from Colorado, an artist in debate with the art process, a seeker of a better way to live in closer harmony with myself, my community and the natural world we seem so disconnected from.

stayed from November 17 to January 18 … mas o menos

How I found out about Finca Luna: Intentional community website

Why I came here: Living in Barcelona gave me a really good look at how I did not want to participate full time in how a city functions, consumes and lives... so I started looking for alternatives close by... I found finca luna and decided to jump... thinking... what the hell change and a little hard work won´t kill you.

WHAT I LIKED about working at Finca Luna: Seeing myself grow in terms of my view of relationships and my view of myself in relationships. Seeing both my strengths and weakness magnified by being in a community. Being around people who were also exploring and trying not to judge through this process made it easier to get through times of confronting my weakness.

WHAT I DIDN´T LIKE about it: how much work confronting yourself and others can be.. hehe.. but well worth the effort. Feeling out of sorts, with the dichotomy of freedom in method... how much I need to learn how to ask for help.

NEW things I experienced, tried and saw whilst here: the menstrual sponge… incredible!!!! Why gynocologists are not telling this secret!!! !in cahoots with tampon companies I am sure!!!! hehe
There really are too many things to list them all… but milking, making cheese, watching things grow, learning bits of so many things that each person brought to the finca.

WHAT I LEARNED here: Okay so see above… what I liked what I didn´t like and all the new things are the best explanation.. plus learning how to think of piss and shit in a whole new way… who would of thought it could support plant life immediately! : and why having the flora job for a short while will truly change your view of flushing a toilet!

WHAT was challenging: See above, plus, seeing so many things unfold, in terms of relationships… what people want, how they say it, how we are all so fragile and yet stubborn as hell.

WHAT I would do differently next time: spend the amount of time I had originally wanted, not get attached to any one role… seeing and acting out someone elses daily routine of a role and watching someone else do your role is incredibly enlightening… a sort of self evaluation of patterns in your self and others. How to appreciate and be more realistic of expecations… maybe more important… removing so many expectations (this could all go with what I have learned as well!! )

MY FUTURE plans: Try to live in Ridgeway, Colorado and see how I can work on my relationship to, well everything, or should I say really focus, work, garden, art, new paths… to work on all of the things I have learned here and to continue to explore as much as possible..

stella always catching me at the most beautiful of moments