sculpting my future

I'm getting interested in the idea of my workshops as a spectrum with the social side being arts n crafts night to the professional side as what's called integrated design process or IDP and . this is essential to achieving sustainable (or smart) design. basically it involves getting everyone to the table at the very beginning of the design process. makes perfect sense. don't want to be playing the telephone game.. . .

my new place is wonderful. the girls are amazing in what they do and how they do it. with so much grace. kristi mccrae came to visit last weekend which was SO nice. she calls herself a wild crafter. we went to the vancouver museum to see a show called from totems to turquoise.. a history of jewelry from the southwest to northwest coast. her present love is someone i met while traveling with yossi and remember thinking how wonderful this sunshine coast local was and soooo knowledgeable about the land on which he has grown up on. it was pretty funny to see him at the door. needless to say it was a wonderful visit.

I haven't been taking many photos lately.

now its time to start planning for the summer. part of the program involves landing ourselves a summer internships for 12 weeks to get some profession cred. but what I really want to is learn how to work and travel. the panama opportunity* is still strong in my mind as is sailing around vancouver island** as is burning man***. I'm really thinking about not having a home this summer and using the rent money to travel.

* http://www.turtleprotection.org
** http://www.vanisle360.com
*** http://www.burningman.com/

if and once I got to panama, I would have very little costs + I'd learn spanish + I'd learn muchos about tortugas. the van isle 360 race is expensive (~ $2000) but I must.. and apparently serge has bought be a ticket for burning man. that being said, I'm still going to shoot for the moon and try to land a position somewhere between design and architecture in the northwest pacific. currently updating my resume and portfolio... of course money is an issue as I'm just about to pay tuition + rent for this semester... i have enough but still as usual just riding 0.