Ownership, this space here is ours.
This website holds spaces for creatives, story tellers, and those of us who would appreciate having secure access to a not for profit, free website.
Since 2011 I used this website for my community facilitation work and formally retired back in 2023.
When the message came through a few months ago that the domain was coming to an end I thought about how I could use the website now.
So I renewed the domain, set up a hosting account and I am offering some of the space here to those who are curious about arts and crafts and story telling as advocating for global justice via system change.
Creative Living
Get in touch if you could use an online space to find out how this works.
I will make it as easy as possible for you to set up a page and posts.
All I need for that is your email, (create a new one if you want to keep this separate to your other online stuff).
You can then add posts as often as you wish and manage those via your page.
There is no charge for this. I am happy to offer it for free and play a small part in taking back our shared spaces that are the source and core of our online and in person alt communities.
The Thisness of This
This is my email;
mark@markthis.co.uk
This website is where I share some of my stories and I am happy for you to share your stories here too.
The space here does not involve money, I pay a small amount for the domain and the hosting, but can cover that with my own income for now.
So, if you have anything you feel like sharing, you can share it here, for free, and you can add your name, or tag, or whatever, or be nameless.
It’s up to you how you use this space here.
What’s important to you…and me?
If we go along with the core themes that all us humans need just to exist, I’m going with these four first.
Space to live that provides food and shelter and some level of safety, and in this piece I’m calling that housing and freedom from violence.
Healthcare, being able to find and access people with the skills and resources to help us deal with and recover from the illnesses and aliments that all of us are susceptible too.
Education, I use this term lightly as there are so many ways to learn. In this description lets go with, access to the support from others who have skills we would like to develop and also understand how to share those skills in a kind and generous way.
Transport, access to the means to travel. The options to make choices around getting from one place to another may have different limits depending upon how much of a rush we are in and the impact our need to travel has upon our shared resources.
For me these four are the base we start from;
Housing
Healthcare
Education
Transport
Beyond these essentials I need to add community and creativity and I find it hard to separate these two as they go together hand in hand, I don’t think we can have one without the other.
There is space in this website for you to riff on any of these themes here and feel free to expand and open up other themes to.
This website is part of my and your community and creativity.
And for info, thisness…
I am currently experimenting with story telling via dance, theatre, music, writing, nonviolent communication and de-escalation.
Get in touch if you want to use this space to share your stories.