02/11/2025
Recently, a guest mentioned that the quarry cover looked “dirty” — and it really shocked us, because we put in so much effort to dust, scrub, and care for the space. It made us pause and think about what “clean” really means.
The quarry is a hand built, naturally maintained body of water that changes with the seasons. In Goa, the rains, humidity, and warmth mean things grow fast — living things. Algae, moss, and even tiny plants become part of the surface; frogs, dragonflies, and sometimes even a snake pass through. It’s all part of a larger rhythm that we work hard to maintain without disturbing.
We choose not to use harsh chemicals or unnecessary plastics that might make everything look perfect but would harm that balance. It’s a slower, harder way of caring for the land, but it keeps the space alive — it attracts bees, butterflies, and birds, and allows plants like mulberry and black pepper to grow naturally around us.
It’s easy to forget that what’s truly “dirty” often hides where we can’t see — in the chemicals of cleaning agents, inside the filters of air-conditioning ducts, in the microplastics released by synthetic fabrics, the residue of detergents, or the invisible films that coat surfaces to make them shine. Meanwhile, the dust, mud, and algae outside are simply signs of a living, breathing environment.
Sometimes it just takes a small shift in perspective. Clean doesn’t always mean sterile or spotless — it can also mean natural, balanced, and alive. That’s the kind of clean we try to hold space for at Circle.
