Post-HierⒶrchy

“I took stock of what I’ve got here and holy shit, this place is a gift from the gods.”

acrylicist — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:31:44 +0000

My semi-squat is another supposed tragedy — on my god, Paula’s living in an abandoned duplex in the ghetto. The other half has been gutted and is completely trashed, totally uninhabitable. Well no, it’s not abandoned, I’m here. I’ve paid upwards of $700 a month for apartments that were not as habitable as is this one. For the first several months I was here, I hated it. All I wanted was to make enough money to get a “real” apartment. It slowly dawned on me that leaving this place to pay several hundred dollars a month for less space and more rules would be insane. I took stock of what I’ve got here and holy shit, this place is a gift from the gods. I keep expecting the man to come in here and harsh my mellow but I don’t even know if that will ever happen. There are houses on this street that have been abandoned for years and no sherriff’s sale, no foreclosure, no nothing. As far as the market is concerned, this place is quite literally worthless. It is not even worth the money it would cost to conduct a sherriff’s sale or a foreclosure.

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Tumbleweed Workshops Coming Up!

acrylicist — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:45:06 +0000

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/workshops

Upcoming Workshops

Madison, WI Feb 18-19, 2012

Seattle, WA Feb 25-26, 2012

Toronto, Canada Mar 3-4, 2012

Austin, TX Mar 10-11, 2012

Asheville, NC Mar 24-25, 2012

Miami, Fl Apr 14-15, 2012
On Sale Now!

Phoenix, AZ Apr 21-22, 2012
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Kansas City, MO Apr 28-29, 2012
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San Jose, CA Apr 28-29, 2012
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Santa Fe, NM May 5-6, 2012
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Boston, MA May 19-20, 2012
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Occupy Wall Steet

acrylicist — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:25:53 +0000

Occupy Wall Street — We’re all going to learn a lot from this movement, whether it succeeds or fails. Keep learning, people.

Nobody will never let you down.

acrylicist — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:08:05 +0000

Sustainable life is free life.

acrylicist — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:13:34 +0000

“A free life should be a sustainable life, because people acting as free individuals are not involved in institutions which are inherently oppressive as well as destructive.” — Pendleton Vandiver

Different Levels of Independence

acrylicist — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:12:53 +0000

Are you land-bound? That is, are you tied to the land where you’re staying now? Are you on a lease? Do you pay rent? If someone came to bulldoze your shelter, would it be a crisis? I thought it would be cool to take the circumscribed star and vary its “completeness” as a way to indicate how many seasons of independence you are capable of. If you can get away for up to three months, you’re one-season independent, and so on. If you never have to return to a land-base, you’re completely independent of the land.

How might you show how indepent you are.

If there is interest, I’ll make the SVG images available for the different stars. Leave questions or comments here.

Family on the Road

acrylicist — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:09:20 +0000

Family on the Road from The Life of American Vagabonds

Hello world!

acrylicist — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:32:56 +0000

Just getting started. Watch this space.