in case you were wondering

i am, in palenque. mexico that is. maybe you´ve been here. it´s a destination.

i´ve been here for 3 weeks. wow. never would have thought i´d say that. so the moving from place to place journey took a hiatus and palenque has been more of an inner journey. one thing and then the other kept me here over the last 3 weeks. and it looks like it will be at least 4 or 5 more days. it´s crazy... i have all these things i wanted to do and how to get them all done in the month and half i have left and who knows if or how they all will happen, but i´m kinda glad about that. a rare opportunity to let the plans go and trust that it will all work out.

right now i´m working on a project to build a building out of mud. we´re starting with just a little bench, and the building isn´t the important thing so much as the bringing together of people and doing it in a fun and artistic way...dance, music, food...and voila, you´ve got a house. of course, that vision is what hooked me, and i´m into it, but the reality of organizing and making it actually happen is turning out to be a little less glamorous and alot more work and trying to get the energy of this thing moving. the guy whose vision it is is an australian from atlanta who is a rare bird. incredible in many ways and friendly and open and hilarious and perhaps the most community minded person i´ve met, but not a organizer/leader really, other than his ability to enroll people in his vision. ultimately the project would maybe migrate into more local communities who actually need help and i´m down with that but i don´t know if i will be able to or interested in riding it out that far. there´s an empty spot where the leader should be...someone who speaks spanish and cares about people down here and knows how to organize and lead a group. strangely, i fit the description, but i´m not ready to step in there yet.

as far as community goes, i find myself part of one right now which is always interesting and challenging. we´re kinda loosely linked with a group of folks who work in the vegetarian restaurant...and they´re based around a teacher woman who works with us in meditations and things...so that´s my community right now. hmmm, what can i say but it´s good at moments and tough at others.

all in all i am doing well and i´m very happy and grateful to be having these experiences and learning what i´m learning. i wouldn´t say that every day i´m all stoked or anything, but i feel good about how things are going. and some days i am indeed having lots of fun, and hanging out with great people.

thank you.