Gaia: Connect. Grow. Inspire. Empower.
What do you think about when you're feeling down?
Farland
I would quiet my thinking and open my eyes and ears and let my body feel the ground under my feet and the cool or heat of the air I would hold myself gently in... More »
What do you prefer to do with others?
Farland
Most of the time there is no preferring. I love doing things with friends and love equally doing those things alone where it does still seem as though there are others involved, even if they... More »
In what way are you a good traveler?
Farland
Such a delicate looking thing thriving in a rocky high exposed place. That is how I feel too where-ever I am.
What have you been paying attention to?
Farland
My eyes are greedy. Most of the time I am paying attention to the odd colored stone or pattern of rain streaks on the tree trunk. Sometimes my eyes let other parts of me take... More »
Why do you answer these questions?
Farland
Because you pose them. Then there is curiosity.
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.
How is online community different from the real world sort?
Farland
It reminds me of the make believe playing with dollies or teddybears when a child is alone.
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 »
QAR
August 2008 