POST NINE : mini posts, small musings

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CASUAL JOURNAL 
This penultimate post will share a few little things of the many I have experienced, learned or seen, in parallel, during the length of our course, before leaving Indonesia and then staying in Germany. Taking part in sustainable living or not, could here be a short quiz.
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1. ORGANIC COFFEE PLANTATION 
I learned coffee beans had a gender.
As previous post noted, gender is not only an issue or tension for coffee in Indonesia.


The female bean is oval and flat on one side. It comes from a double chamber cherry.

The male bean (single chamber cherry), is called a peaberry, is smaller, rounder and said to be stronger in taste.

Separating the beans.

Cooking and thanking
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2. LITTLE THINGS MADE SIMPLE

Around the corner in Berlin, there was a little outside booth the «Give box», right on the street, where people brought and took things, books, shoes, clothes, and... old tech... It's nothing new to have -dropping-sharing- facilities of course, but done this way felt it was community oriented, and put a smile on many faces I am sure. Sharing or tangible proof of our overconsumming?

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3. COLORS


I saw Berliners had an organized sorting system for recycling. 3 colors for glass and textile boxes everywhere (besides the usual.) Compost was also found. Strangely, our rental miniature rental apartment had room inside recycling bins, but nothing but a garbage pale. We made some and invited the owner to encourage it.


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4. NATURAL 


I saw happy hens in the German countryside give green eggs and learned why. Why?

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5. ADAPTATION ?...






I saw nature had no choice...
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6. OFFERING MAKING CLASS



Bamboo leaves

Fairly easy so far.

Make a bunch of 6

6 of these ones as well, lovely...

Grouping them

Not bad! A little more complex


7. VALUES-BASED APPROACH?
Having seen women and young girls preparing them everywhere, I noticed the modern method encouraged staples. I asked to learn the traditional version thinking of the multiplicity of daily staples in the streets.

Ellipse, class was an hour 30. We are now at the little basket.



Offerings are everywhere. This person also had one on his car.


8. QUANTITATIVE SPIRITUALITY ?
Daily quantity to create depends on rooms and space in a home as well as activities. (+ car, business, temples, fridge, etc...)


A little last one. Multiply again.

Cutting is part of the secret.




9. WOMEN'S TASK
Desak, our cuisine teacher would have to make 50 offerings a day -a women's task once more, who are allowed to buy them prepared, if they lack time from working outside their home. But it remains too expensive for most. Our bike guide's wife lived in a 2 room place so she -only- had to make 15 a day.


Tadam. Their we go.
We learned 3 models of offerings, (depending on divinity or ceremony).


Then all these creations were inserted in one another, and, one could wondered why spend so much time, if even the third eye can't appreciate the details...



10. CREATIVITY
The slightest improvisation liberty was not entitled. There is only one side and way to pierce, on way to lay flowers. to please Brahmā (creation divinity) or Vishnu. The instructor moved all my flowers around and refused that I would like to offer Brhamā some monochromy.
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