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De-struct

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Lance Barker
Exploring my own creative expression and building things that help people.

Alone in the hovel today - tearing it apart.

Feeling a mixture of relief, anxious anticipation and revulsion.

I wish I had done this right away after I bought this place.  I would have known what this thing is really about.  But I was not in a position to do it at the time.  I was a full time student and reeling from some major changes in my life.

One of the hard things about this is undoing some work I’ve done over the years. 

Gotta go backwards to go forwards sometimes.

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The Plan

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Now that Greg Willis is here to help me with this … project, we have developed a plan. The first step is to map out what is here and put it down on paper in the form of drawings. This is often called “as-built” drawings. Important to have these for communication purposes. This will probably take another couple of days to finish up.

What I'm Afraid Of

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When it comes to the hovel, I’m afraid of things I don’t know and don’t understand. I have put off doing a thorough inspection of this house for years. I guess I didn’t want to know what is really going on under the floor and above the ceiling, partly because it is a huge mess and partly the feeling that I wouldn’t understand what is going on anyway. The stuff I’ve looked at so far just doesn’t look good. What frightens me is the prospect of finding things that will require a huge amount of work and expense.

The Next Stage

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Finally, help is on the way and this means that the hovel is moving to the next stage!