So, I have been reading this book called "Drawing Down the Moon" about druids, goddess worshippers, pagana and so on. It has totally got me thinking about the times we live in, especially after reading about this very far out "religion" called Feraferia. It talks a lot about Utopia, nature living, small communities, peacefulness between humans and animals and technology. Technology is interesting to me. The man who started Feraferia is not in cahoots with technology or cities. It got me thinking about blogs. Who is going to be able to read these in the future? Will they all be wiped out and deleted? Where will all of this information go? It is not like a diary that lasts and can be put into print, like say Frida Kahlo's amazing diary. Future humans are probably not going to find "relic" blogs to publish about history and famous people. It makes me think that I should probably be writing, and I mean ACTUALly writing in a journal as well as on here. I understand the need for technology and use it every day, but it really takes us away from actual life. I like books way better than the internet, but the internet has virtually (whoa, no pun intended) taken over the world of books. People put stories and books online now. Instead of researching a lot of things at the library, we turn to Wikipedia and other online sources. I just do not feel completely confident in our technology crazed world. I have not even gotten a digital camera for fucks sake. I have so many pictures on my computer that I feel will be lost in the eternal abyss of my crappy hard drive someday.
The idea of cities is also another idea these people talk about. They call for smaller communities with more food, less people and no animal agriculture. For the past few years I have been sort of yearning to live on some piece of land in the woods by a river where I grow my own food and live with like minded people. A commune, I suppose you could say. But this idea never really manifests and it may just be because I have not tried hard enough. Also, i do like some of the perks of living in a larger urban area. But every time I go to San Francisco, I cannot possibly imagine living in a space like that where so many people are crammed into such a small area. Its overwhelming and unpleasant. Everything is so smooshed there, if you know what I mean. And its dirty and loud. I used to think I wanted to live there and am not glad I never made that move. What are we doing, being so seperated from each other and nature? We need to get back to our wildness.
I think I should be a Buddhist-Pagan. And maybe throw in some ancient egyptian mythology into the mix. Oh yes, and faerie magic.
Besides from all of these hectic thoughts in my mind, everything is going pretty well. The figure drawing class was fun. I made money, drank wine and met some interesting local artists. One of the guys even gave me one of the pictures he drew of my body. I went to a good show at the Blue Lagoon last night with some awesome local bands like The Spurts, Depth Charge Revolt and Sheena (although I missed this last band). Depth Charge tore up the stage and put on a really good show. The Spurts were really fun.
Peace, my friends.
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