Dismantling Dreams, cannibalizing the parts to save the heart & brain of the envision-or.
All things must end, though their time may vary, memory creates the story that will inevitably come to its natural end. Tiny Texas WareHouses amputated next!
I began Tiny Texas Houses to prove what is possible using 95% salvaged materials to build sustainable energy-efficient houses that could be ported to the paradise that others might be making in the world. Some went as far away as the Badlands in the north of the USA, others to Oklahoma, Ohio, and all over Texas. After more than 75 different designs, from as small as 10’x10’ to as large as 12x30 with a giant loft, they form a collection of examples of what is possible, can be beautiful, and profitable to create. The goal was to inspire millions of others to consider this alternative to the big sheetrock boxes that have become the homes of today, many with nothing more than laminated paper-thin layers of wood over particle board with glues that outgas chemicals in the house. Real wood with character or color naturally is becoming hard to find in new houses, let alone wood floors and cabinets that are not created using chemicals and processes that will take years to outgas and finally make for safe habitat. Now, as I set about dismantling the entity, it is good to review the purpose and motivation behind concepts and ideas that people create, nurture, and then watch die… if they live that long.
Many people do not consider how many life hours are invested into every incredible dream that is realized through hard work and a life of dedication. What drives people to do the work, to create the solutions to problems is often the money to be made from such business endeavors but some of us do it because it needs to be done, to be demonstrated by example as possible, not just to talk about how it could be done. The people who prove it can be done are not necessarily the ones who will determine through building codes and other means, forcing the people to use the global corporation designated methods of building that force people to use their products rather than such alternatives as I have proven is possible, saving the materials of the past to create the future instead of destorying the last of the virgin forests in the world to ship to America and other richer nations for their construction projects.
The common sports games, parties, and vacations are seldom participated in by those dedicated to making a change in the world, to creating solutions or incredible examples of what could be done. They work with a faith in their success that is often not shared by others who are pessimistic and doubtful rather than supportive… thus they are often alienated from the pleasure seekers who have little interest in such extreme dedication to a dream or goal. They are determined to enjoy themselves with distractions, often self-destructive, rather than focus on what they might do to make the world a better place by using their talents and life hours in a positive way.
Those who are dedicated instead to what they dream of doing, whether it is to create an edifice, artwork, or invention that they are driven to do, often without consideration of the reward beyond self-satisfaction. Dedicated people do what they do for reasons other than money, though it helps to not have to worry about the cost of living, it does not satisfy the need to create, to fulfill what is often a life mission or purpose. Those who do not have that in their gut will not be able to understand the sacrifice and suffering some will do to fulfill their dreams, to manifest their visions. Truly they are a rare breed who spend tens of thousands of hours truly focused day after day, regardless of the social turmoil and trends, focused on a fantastic goal. Whether it is an incredible work of art, measured intangibly by social stature or wealth, even positions of power such as a politician or president, success, if measured simply by money, to become a billionaire, all stories will come to an end.
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