Day 24 | What Now? “It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.” -Edgar Allen Poe “People will continue to do what is comfortable to them, but I think reaching out and trying to provide education can help. I am hoping that is
Day 21 | You Seven Are My Desert Odd Kin Question Set 2, Interview 5: Jack Has this experience changed or affected your definition of happiness? If so, how? “It hasn’t really. I think I defined happiness quite a while back. This fits in to my idea
Day 19 | Living With the Heat We have finally hit the time of year where the days are hot and they show no signs of cooling back down. Out here, our days hover around 110 degrees and there is little relief. Most of us have started
Day 16 | "It's Too Late to be a Pessimist" Question Set 2, Interview 1: Na.Ru Has this experience changed or affected your definition of happiness? If so, how? “I still don’t know what my definition of happiness is. However, it has clarified it a little more.
Day 13 | Reflection Today is day thirteen. I have been here for almost two weeks with these other women. Today I am continuing my reflection on this experience thus far and the challenges that come with living off of four gallons of water a day. When
Day 12 | People and Moments Interview 8: Me “While I think it’s important to know how to make yourself happy, my most happy moments live in the people I love and the important moments in my life.” -What is your definition of happiness? “Happiness to me
Day 11 | Climbing Bugs. In the city, I would swat them away, freak out if I thought they were harmful and came close. Here, they are a part of everything and they are everywhere. It is really fascinating the difference and abundance in the types of
Day 10 | Guests A few nights ago we had three guests come to drylab. They were members of the Feral Exchange Network. A group of rebel travellers who fly under the radar of governments, allotting a space in their suitcase for goods that will be given
Day 9 | Beautiful Signs from the Universe Day 9 | Beautiful Signs from the Universe I am growing happier here. There was the originally shock. It’d describe my initial acclimation as a trip, hit, fall, and scrape into this space. Now I have settled in, I
Day 8 | Free The heat. Water. Sweat. Food. Sleep. The heat. My mind continuously falling into more basic needs and feelings. Rotating through immediate discomforts and thoughts. I notice my body more here. I have the time now to acknowledge the way that if feels and
