Metabolic Rest 🥭

It is not our intention to resist, but the system we find ourselves in is deeply uncomfortable at the very least, and devastatingly deadly at its worst.

People need rest.

In a world designed on a mechanical system, rest becomes revolution.

I was raised on the #girlboss mentality and pushed into #hustleculture, but I am tired. I still believe in grit and hard work, but not at the levels that the world imposes on me.

The largest irony and hypocrisy is those who perpetuate this mindset are the ones that have the capacity to rest, ignoring the fact that they can take golf trips or expensive dinners under the guise of "business negotiations" and inhumane levels of "productivity".

Discovering Index Space and their conversation with post-office in Amsterdam was immensely inspiring and relieving for us. "Co-working in the front, revolution in the back" perfectly captures the shared desire for spaces to hold us exhausted creatives.

Balay Kasamtangan is meant to hold those who are looking for reprieve. It is meant to wrap you in a blanket and serve you a healthy bowl of soup. It is meant to comfort people as a family should in response to the high-individualistic mindsets that fragment us to keep us weak and paranoid.

~ Nikki