The more you have, the more you try to have more

          My recent life has offered some new responsibilities, and new types of processes toward manageable survival that are becoming requirements. As I move forward in these types of spontaneous visions that occur regularly I have ended up as sort of a property manger, or as we used to call it back in Queens, a Super. In other words I have to maintain the property I'm renting, and coordinate the occupants that will be dwelling here. The cost for the property rental is more than just one or two people can handle, but three four or even five seems right. Still to this day I am still believing in communal living where open communication , honesty and compassion are the only rules. Of course there are the logistics, clean up after yourself, don't fuck anything up without fixing it, stay out of other people's stuff,  pay your share, and if you cannot, make some sort of effort to work towards group satisfaction.

        So while swimming in the drama of finding decent people to live with I am realizing that the more I have, the more I want to have. I wanted to rent this house so that we could play music,  make art, have a garden, and learn how to do things on our own. This type of "utopia" (which I incidentally is a term I used in my craigslist add for roommates and has called all of the woodworkians to arise) is obtainable, but at what cost?

        The big question that becomes of these concepts is whether or not it is worth it, or as effective a means for cultural change to embark on endeavors of this sort. Should I be renting spots, should I be buying spots, or should i be moving from one spot to the other? It seems that any individual that is living a life within a defined society is probably asking the same sort of question. The thing that I notice when entering people's homes on a daily basis (part of my job) is that there is some remorse, and there is some relief amongst homeowners. Buying a house and property can set someone in the same spot for quite a while. Whereas some find comfort in having a single little spot on the face of the earth to call their own, others may think that the whole of Earth is their own (or we are the Earth's own) and that it should be enjoyed by everybody without restraint.