openning week:
WOW! I’ve never had so much information shoved into my brain before. Not really any survival skills in particular. we didnt bow drill, make traps, or flint knap. but it seems like we learnt things that were just as important. we learnt how to see. we learnt how to walk quietly and respectfully. we learnt a lot about eachother, finally splitting up into clans, playing get to know you games, learning about the six directions and where we stand. we learnt routines that we wont only be doing for these nine months: well be expanding on them for life. I remember sitting in cedar lodge with izi, playing guitar, and making jokes at eachother. everyone was doing something: some were reading, journaling, finishing our tourist test, napping. but it struck me in that moment that all these people were going to be more than my friends, more than my family. they were going to be people i was going to get to know, whether i like it or not. they were going to encourage me, help me grow, and help me become who i am suppose to be. I hope ill do the same for them. Were spending nine months together. remind you of anything? nine months of hard labour, and nine months into rebirth from our big pacha mama, our mother earth.
