Pues

well (pues), if all goes according to plan, i will be heading back to the us of a tonight at 8.30.
it is so surreal to think about. i don´t know if im ready, part of me is because i am excited for another summer at camp, but there is so much i haven´t done or seen here and i would love to stay. i will be back some day, i don´t know when, but i will. i told my family in Llojjllata i would return one day with my kids. i intend on sticking to that.

the last week was insane. everybody on the program was working crazy hours to finish their products. my book is called El Hermano, La Hermana, y la Vaca (the brother, the sister, and the cow). i collaged all of the kids´drawings to make the illustrations. i think they look great, i included one here. there are a bunch of suns in the sky trying to tell the brother and sister where their lost cow is. i didn´t sleep at all really, so the week is sort of a blur of me yelling at photoshop and drinking lots of coffee and trying to explain to my host family--no, i am not done yet...

i have learned so much here from other members in my group, my host families, my professors, people on the streets---the culture has so much to offer and the people are so generous, you can´t help but feel changed. i have a lot of abstract thoughts in my head about decolonialization, the constructs of time as a line or a circle, living well vs. living better, hospitality, labels, development, etc. maybe i´ll figure some stuff out on the plane, but probalby not, and all of you will just have to figure it out with me.