Living A simple green Life: Donations ??????????????????? why ????????????

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Welcome to my wee blog.My name is Andy ( The Dafthermit ) . For the last 20 odd years i have ben trying to get back to a simpler way of life and finally in my old bus up here in the Scottish mountains i am finally getting there. My time now is spent taking pictures of the highlands ,making films to show the world the beauty all around and writing something that has surprised me having had a few of my stories published , Having picked up a camera and laptop in 2008 i have really enjoyeed the journey the camera has taken me on again having had a couple of pictures in national magazines, last year three of ,my films where shown at the Loch Ness film festival. anyway i hope you enjoy your visit to my wee blog

love and light

Andy

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Donations ??????????????????? why ????????????

I was asked today why i have started to ask for donations for my work
on line , well it was put more hurtful than that..

It is simple like everyone else i have to find a small amount of cash
to keep my family fed and to help with the upkeep of my blog etc

Like a busker that goes down the street and plays he lays his hat doon
in the hope the people that enjoy his music will flip a coin or two
into the hat

or anyone else that goes to work, they hope to get paid , so i think .
why not me and as i don't charge for any of my work on line and
considering the hundreds of hours i have spent learning my various
crafts ..

to me to ask for the odd 20p donation seems fair and after all from
the comments i get my work makes people smile, laugh, cry ,think and
much much more not bad for 20p

anyway what do you think is it right to ask for a donations ?????

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2 comments:

go green1 February 2012 18:31
I think you can ask for donations if you wish, but I wouldn't put too much hope into this endeavour as you may not get any donations.
This is at least my experience.
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Dafthermit2 February 2012 12:17
Many thanks for the comment my friend , we have been shocked by the donations flooding into the wee hovel, and now we are able to replace the wind genny that was damaged during the winter gales up here, i was worried about doing it but i reckon i put hundreds of hours into my work and as we live a simple life i dont need much to live, anyway love and light from us wee hermits
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A wee film about us on STVs the HOUR SHOW click on STV logo to see the film

Andy the Daft Hermit lives 45 minutes outside Inverness with his wife Mel in an old bus parked in a layby. This current home of theirs is the longest they have ever stayed in one spot. “I’ve been travelling now 25 years,” said Andy Lowe. “Mel’s been travelling 15. One of the reasons we’ve come and stayed up here is because of Mel’s health. I wanted to bring her to the mountains for fresh air and clean water and just a slower pace of life.” Mel has had breast cancer twice, skin cancer once, and for three years believed she had bone cancer after being wrongly diagnosed. Andy’s belief in the restorative powers of the north made them pack up ‘The Black Bus’ that they live in and cross the border into Scotland. New Highland home for hermit couple Andy and Mel “I think we both believe in trying to get to a more simple way of life,” said Andy, “but it’s strange for us because we are sort of hermits, or we like to live separate, but it’s not being anti-social… it’s just the way we are that allows us to be creative.” Andy first began travelling when he left the army. Fed up with bureaucracy he packed a rucksack and left for France and has been travelling ever since. By investing any money the couple have earned into solar panels and wind generators they now live a self-sustaining existence, without electric bills, and collect rain water “straight from Heaven”. “It’s not easy,” said Mel. “There might be time when there might not be enough facilities around, but you always find a way, you know?” Rather than rejecting technology, Andy blogs about his travels online and collaborates with artists from around the world via his ‘Scratchy Heid Film Studio’, which he runs from a static trailer next to the couple’s bus. He explained his philosophy: “My belief is that if you can go through life and you drop dead and you’ve got a balance there that slightly outweighs the good than the bad, you’ve done alright. “Yesterday, with what Mel’s been through with the cancer and all that, I had a woman on one of my sites there that thanked me for the writing, for the positive things, and to me that’s worth everything. You can keep your millions, we’re not interested. That is what we do.” To check out Andy’s artwork and video projects check out his website. MORE FROM THE NORTH