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How do you allow for expansion in your life?
Farland
I think it has to do with leaving empty spaces in all the aspects of being human as if breathing is something that is bigger than lung capacity.
On what do you most enjoy spending money?
Farland
I like spending money when the giving and receiving goes beyond a simple exchange in a right there small economy way. The local thrift shop is an all vollunteer non profit that provides grant money... More »
How would your future self inspire you?
Farland
I am older than I ever could have imagined in people years so I feel like I am my future self and that self I think loves to be the caretaker of all the earlier... More »
What might you learn to live without, and why?
Farland
I took the girls to Moab this week. What an adventure to be so child centered without distraction. It was over 100 degrees and the tiny gnats that are usually gone by now have decided... More »
What is the most important story in your life right now?
Farland
There is not one story that is more important than any other. I love that if it were written down, whole pieces planned out would be crossed out and new ones scribbled in. Yesterday evening... More »
What is the role of art in the world?
Farland
I think art allows the eye to play and through eyes, the spirit and through spirit, everything. I could post a thousand pictures.
What pattern has characterized your life recently?
Farland
I like the pattern of the water slipping thin over this concrete. I caught one moment in the changing flow.
When was the last time you felt at peace?
Farland
I had planned on skiing high up with Katalin today. She decided to stay home with a cold and a book so I went alone under swooping clouds. The snow is deep melting fast half... More »
When have you felt the most free?
Farland
Right this moment and yesterday and even more tomorrow it grows every day feeling more free. I'm back in Colorado a hard leaving turning into the ease of being here. I worked a busy full... More »
What makes you feel wealthy?
Farland
Every day my shadow crosses parts of the world where there are millions of things seen and unseen and every one a thing like a jewel to my mind.
QAR
August 2008 