Starry Eyed by Spyrit Opening Thoughts With this spring equinox, Alternatives begins its second year publishing. No complaints though, we'd rather work 20 hours a day for ourselves than 8 hours a day for someone else. Once again, we have invited people from our region to write from their personal perspective about what they do and how they feel about it. We are vitally interested in stories told by those who are passionately and consciously engaged in life. This equinox, we look into the heart of community.
Community is as ubiquitous to humans as water is to fish.
Community is awesome. Creating community can be as artistically challenging as crafting a love letter, or as intellectually demanding as steering a corporation. Our community can provide endless entertainment and support, or it may be an existential ice house. While most of us passively take on the community culture we inherit, some actively seek to invent new social forms. People attempt to reinvent their community for reasons that range from power tripping to spiritual service.