1) We don't generate a lot of trash in Musoma. Food items are not often bought in cardboard boxes and we don't have packages arriving on the doorstep with any frequency. Glass bottles are returned, refilled, and reused. Trash is generated, it is just a lot less than in America.
2) I've lived with an artist for the past couple of years. She has a different way of seeing the world than I do. When we had a small hole in the ceiling and I was worried about bats coming through it, I suggested covering it with duct tape. Sarah responded with "ok, that, or a mermaid?" We ended up going with her idea and had a beautiful mermaid (whom we called "the Green Lady") guarding our house from bats. I never would have seen a hole in the ceiling as an opportunity for an art project.
So, when a small product was delivered in an oddly large brown cardboard box I decided to make a project out of it. I even sketched out my design before free-handing it onto the box. That felt like a really artistic move.
It was fun having a project to work on. It was fun that that project was mildly artistic. It was fun giving my nephew a play house. It was fun seeing trash through new lenses. It was also fun to not be intimidated by arts and crafts (which has historically been the case). And it was fun seeing the finished product.
Who knows how long it will last, but it was well worth the effort to make.
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