I got there. Twice. On my first adventure to the UK, I went to the Globe, did the tour, twice, saw two amazing plays on their stage, “Julius Caesar” and “Much Ado About Nothing”. A long, deeply held promise to myself if I ever made it to the UK, realised.
The trip was to celebrate my daughter turn 30. WOW. Each time I share that, that Jasmine is now 30, there are a whole bunch of people that are like, “Wait.. what… but she was just a little girl… just the other day!” I know right! Time is moving quick.
I enjoyed the UK a lot. We were mostly in Scotland where Jasmine lives, but I did London on the way in and out. I will be heading back late 2023 for her graduation ceremony. I will also be aiming for Scotland, probably that land between Glasgow and Edinburgh, to build a Crucible/Hearth/Sanctuary. For she is my daughter and I want to be with her as she starts her family. We have already decided I get to be called Babushka. Never quite felt like a Granny nor a Nanna.
Planning to grow old in community, to have a spaces we co-create throughout the world is all part of the Alchemical Worx dreaming. Scotland, Vancouver, probably somewhere Spain/Portugal… as well as starting here in Melbourne. Always had that dreaming from the start. That this is a world wide conversation to be had. We intend to own some boats too. Sail boats, and something large we can convert to pure renewable heaven, with a version of “decadence” that is more about what truly feeds us, not the song and dance routines of distraction. A whole lot of doing with, not for.
So much dreaming being done, so many visions to be shared. I do wonder what it is we shall do with our collective wealth. Each project we co-create, we share. So, if it’s a collection of digital classes…. Every one that worked on the content will be paid for their time, that was in the budget that was approved of by the board. Once the project is complete we have a ceremony of Reflection. We recognise all the work that made this project real and ready to be shared with the world. Then we allocate the earnings. There will always need to be a recouping of costs to begin with, then once the product has paid back the coop what was invested, and then the monies needed to launch and support, there will be a % allotment for each person that did the work.
Probably a permanent %20 for the coop, or sometimes more, or less depending on the project. Then there is a reflection on the work, consensually decided the future rewards of the work shall be split with each person, from the creator, with probably the largest percentage, right down to the sound editor for the 40 hours of balancing all the levels.
That sound editor may work on 20 projects in a year. 2-5% of 20 different projects may well be quite a lot of money at the end of the year, every year that project is for sale. Tis a really lovely way to make sure there is no extraction going on. We are all sinking cashflow back into the coop too. 20 projects all adding %20-%50 per project will turn some decent taps on. That’s what I am considering collective wealth.
A cooperative of Artists, Educators and Professionals. We will be working on all manner of projects. From performances, experiences, parties, film, audio products, writing/books, art it so many ways. Our crucibles shall begin to become more than studios, stretching out into maker spaces, learning environs, always with a big space to dance, to move/yoga/martial arts. Then, when the engineers and scientists arrive we can start on some of the really transformative work. The mushroom and hemp options. The EV options, the hemp fibre glass small aircrafts, the solar collecting paint.
What happens when we create from Her, from the Earth in centre? When our creative forces are functioning from there, from the core of human listening to co-create what is next for us to learn more, listen more. Be with Earth. Become what is next to become. Build the parallel structures that our great-great grandkids get to reap the wisdom of. We know they will need the tools to do the next 1000 year clean up of these last 200 years of separation.
Sex as engine. Money as servant. Community as purpose. Thriving With. Creating new narratives for a time that needs the Thrutopia storytelling… not Dystopia, nor Utopia, but a Thrutopia, where we tell the stories of how we create our way through all this mess. Every single solution we need, we already have, all we seem to lack is the will to use them. This is us, exercising the will to live well, with.
They say that Shakespeare wrote all the story we need. It’s why we all come back to the work over and over again. And true, there is a lot of humanity shared in those pages. But there is more. We are much much more than what has been written so far. We are more than consumers, or employees, or citizens. We are part of incredible Earth and as we return to our custodian state, we will find our own true self.