Around here - Where Art turns into Real Life

This was a very interesting post on art turning into life which I thought you might like to read from the "Artist as Family" blog.

Happen Films produced this 12 minute film a while back which you should watch as it's amazing how this family live and produce most of their own food, barter and work part time.  Their backyard is a thriving food bowl using permaculture principals.

They also built a couple of little tiny houses on their property from recycled materials.  They are not so much the large tiny houses as one room accommodation.  One is rented out on Airbnb and the other one usually homes any workers - wwoofers [World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms].  They live on 1/4 acre [1011 square metres] in near Daylesford, Victoria.  My last house we had an 880 square metre property so not much more than that.  I can say that their backyard seems really cosy.  

They grow most of their own food, don't own cars and ride their bikes instead, use very little electricity and forage food and materials from their local forest.  Not everyone can live this way in the big city however "Homesteading" is a term used for people who don't live in the country.  You can still cook from scratch, bake bread, grow veggies, have chickens etc. living in the city.  We don't all need to move to the country to do some of these things.  The family below is a perfect example of this.

Another Happen Films that I think I featured a while ago is another family who homeschool and live on a normal suburban block in the city.  This film runs for 8 minutes.

I hope you are all staying safe and well.