Why? -The Community

Vision ideas:

An "outward facing" community: The beginning and end of community would not be within the walls of our house. We would foster community in our house, which would provide resources for our communities beyond our household. Resident will be engaged in other Seattle communities which interest them (not limited to residential communities nor communities that are at all related to our vision.) The point of outward-facing is not to proselytize, but give outlet to our diverse interests and to bring more energy and diversity into the house.

A new housing model: The Seattle Housing market often traps our citizens in the rental market and denies any hopes of paying monthly into an investment instead of to a landlord. The ability to own property is not a human triumph of dominion over the land, but is an empowering act financially as well as creatively. This empowerment creates rich soil for a community to grow in. We would also be denying the isolation of the single-family home, and the destruction of older buildings and open space (i.e. yards) in favor of high density condo buildings.

A comfortable and nurturing residence: This would be an ideal we could aspire to and an on-going project to embark on. Clearly, conflicts are inevitable, but we can aspire to prevent them as much as possible and deal with them as best we can.

Creativity as a central theme: Creativity through dance, music, building things, fixing things, growing things, costume theme parties, etc. I foresee us stewarding the creative work that is the building we will reside in. I expect a generally "equal opportunity" environment that is LGBT friendly and sex-positive. A lot of our creativity will be directed towards finding a balance between [traditional/natural/sustainable/slow ways of being] and [modern/technological/innovative/fast ways of being] We will share resources within bounds we define for ourselves.