This dream visualisation first came to me in 2009, I started drawing, which turned into a painting that started to visualise a concept of communal living/working that I had been very interested in exploring. The picture went something like this...
My dream involved starting this project with a team of enthusiasts, my partner (designer/potter/painter), son Merlin (muse), Mum (artist/permaculture/landscape/strawbale dreamer), Dad (craftsman/carpenter/builder/astronomer) and me (knitter/fiber artist/general maker of things). We would find land outside Melbourne, build separate sustainable dwellings, some shared artist studios, run workshops, invite artists and craftsmen from around the world to share their passion with budding makers.
The land would become a place for gathering, for doing, fulfilling, for living and working and have many different income streams so that life could become as self sustaining as it can possibly be in today's world.
As you can tell, this is a work in progress firmly situated in the dream space, but as time goes on, I hope this blog will slowly reveal the transition from dream to reality.
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