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 This page is the informal log of my transiency process, in reverse chronological order.
+July- 21 August
+A full month in Lithuania.
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+It has started with an extremely intensive and complex week in Panevezys where i facilitated a project Migrating Birds. The aim of the project was to bring a divers group of people to create ideas and projects to revive the city. The goals where achieved, projects created and participants inspired. But a small group of organising team that we where was left with a bitter taste and completely drained of our energy. My colleague that agreed to assist me wasn't familiar with the methods i was using and was stressing out all the time.The second assistant that was suppose to help out had to concentrate on the other issues that appeared after being too generous to accommodate many wishes of the participants. I was mostly left alone with a lot larger group than agreed and deal with the problems that i had not much experience with (such as writing press reports and so on...).On top of all this during the week we realised how complex the topic we are working is. The city that after independence became ruled by mafia gangs, 3 very large industry sectors collapsed and got abandoned, cultural life that lived only on the legends of a few intellectuals that past away years ago and even a river that sometimes runs backwards against its current... We new this before we arrived but we couldn't estimate beforehand how deeply these problems still are rooted in the daily life of the citizens. (Even the hotel we stayed in is obviously build on illegal money...) How much energy it took for us to keep everyone calm and not start fighting. Well we kept it all under control... Or almost under control. The last evening blood was spilled... and the largest quantity on the mayors jacket. Such a reality check...
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+As part of my transiency i can only say i managed to facilitate the whole event on my own. From the initial design to the implementation. All worked well and gave me a lot more confidence to do this in some less complicated circumstances. And be strict with organisers about things we agreed upon ( number of participants, extra activities, help needed...) Also measure well the energy spend vs getting back.
+On a plus side i've visited one of the abandoned factories Ekranas. I feel very sorry that i couldn't spend more time there in the compleet vastness. The space is huge and so empty like a set for cinema.
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+After that the holiday followed. But it seemed as if all the good weather was spend on the week in Panevezys and all we had left was only dark clouds,rain and low temperature.So instead of settling somewhere we traveled around without meeting too many people. One of the top destinations was a city of Visaginas. It was built as a town for workers engaged in the construction of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (exact replica of Chernobyl).
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+It is a city- museum. I never been in city build only in Soviet style. The development of the city stopped after decision to close the nuclear power plant was taken. So it is really unspoiled and feels like traveling back in time. Even people still dress the same.
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+Another very nice trip was visiting Liepaja in Letland. A small city on the coast of the Baltic sea that survived the war without too much damage. Wooden architecture so nice and warm and almost no people on the streets.
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 Perhaps the most busy week of the transiency so far. I mentored two people (two sessions each). One of them insisted to have a few session during his Europe visit. I never advised a person that i knew so little about before. I felt it was a risk to go for it and unfortunately i was right...First of all this person didn't know what to expect from the sessions and perhaps thought just being there is enough. That meant working energy had to come only from me. And perhaps this is how paying client-mentor relationship is, but for me it was only a very good test to see if i'm ok to advise someone that i don't feel connected too or i see that the person is not doing much to advance.In this case growing was not there... Another set back about it was a simple task this person had to do to cover his stay at FoAM. He had to paint a wall in the kitchen. When i sow the result (it was really not good) i understood that maybe it should be a test to do before i agree to mentor someone or not. You paint a wall carefully and well- i'll advise you, if the result is otherwise - goodbye...
 Next to mentoring i had a few meetings and a few other things to finish up before i leave on holidays. We also had a short catch up dinner with Maja and Nik. I think i did expect to have more "transiency" talks with them during these months of laying fallow.I'm ok not to have them but do miss them. Especially Friday aperos. I catch myself thinking on what would i tell during our weird and serious conversations and what would i get in the return. This link would be definitely on the list http://boingboing.net/2016/07/08/this-man-has-made-220-videos-o.html
 In the beginning of my transiency i made a list of things i want to do this year. One of the things was going to see exhibitions and shows. So far i failed this part big time. Only the last week that i managed to see one exhibition and one opening. To be honest i realise that i don't want see anything (or very little) at the time. Having time to spend alone has been a lot more rewarding than socialising.