From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Variety, the colors of an active market

October 22, 2008

@CCSeed

The beauty of the market was driven home to me walking beneath these scarves while walking down Canal Street in Manhattan on my way to Pearl Paint Art Supply.  Storefronts of fabrics, electronic, teas and plastics spill onto the sidewalks on both sides of this busy thoroughfare.  Chinese and Spanish words weave with English throughout [...]

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Show Submissions

October 21, 2008

Fresh Paint
Judith sent off three submissions for entry into the Lyme College of Fine Art Alumni Show.  Thought I’d share this one since winter seems to be rapidly approaching again.

On the banks of the Delaware, February
24″ x 32″
Oil on linen
Other good news: Judith invited back to teach at the Woodstock School of Art next Summer. [...]

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OMG a Twister

October 20, 2008

Dreams Unfolding
I’m working at a laptop at a desk in a public trailer.  I’m in Evanston , Ill, where I lived about twenty years ago.  A group of women show up and they seem uncertain about my presence.  I show them my key and they back off.  Talking to them I notice some severe weather [...]

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A question of value…a blog into twitter conversation

October 20, 2008

@CCSeed

In yesterday’s comments, Kim (@lunasoul on twitter) asked if it’s worth it, meaning the work that’s unfolding here.  It was a question that triggered a pretty passionate response from me, so I thought it would be interesting to reframe it and send it back out into the twitter stream this morning.
I micro-shared:
Interesting question came into [...]

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Fire Keeper

October 19, 2008

@CCSeed
 

When we were considering the purchase of our place, one thing concerned me: the outdoor wood furnace. How much wood does it burn? 12 to 14 cords. How many times a day do you feed it? 2-3 times. For how many months? 7 months. What do you do when you go away?  Umm…no answer.  
Little [...]

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Mindfulness: How’s Your Ship?

October 18, 2008

AziMuth

During my travels earlier this week I made it a point to spend part of an afternoon in Gloucester, MA.  I first discovered the town in the poetry of Charles Olson who resided there while writing his epic The Maximus Poems.  
Olson’s work and practice has been the single greatest influence in my life.  Over [...]

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Patience alongside the Twitter stream

October 17, 2008

@CCSeed
 
Worked pretty hard making a splash in the waters yesterday, hoping the waves would ripple down to Texas.  Thanks to all of you who supported the effort, especially Beth Kantor, Liz Strauss, Barbara Rozgonyi,  Jeb Dickerson, Juliann Grant, Kerry LeVsseur and Shannon Hurst Lane.   Based on what the analytics over at twinfluence say about [...]

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Reflections on #NMS08

October 16, 2008

@CCSeed

I put these notes down half way home to our cottage in the mountains, knowing that its now or never.  
My highlights:
Vision: Don Peppers laying out that we are only on the front end of the data bloom.  
Innovation: David Meerman Scott showing that juicy content, creative force, and authenticity build influence. 
Practice: Chris Brogan taking [...]

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Blog Action Day 08 ~ Seeing Poverty

October 15, 2008

AziMuth

I’m pretty sure that many folks will provide excellent action plans throughout the blogosphere on addressing poverty.  What I’d like to add to this data bloom is a personal challenge I’ve undertaken, and invite you to consider it for your practice.  Where are the root causes within us?  
Seeing poverty is intimately tied to my start in blogging. It has [...]

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The Splendor of the Twitter Stream

October 15, 2008

@CCSeed

Coming down off of Copple Crown Mountain in New Hampshire on Sunday, I fell into a gap.  The younger kids ran off ahead and a philosophical discussion slowed those behind me.  I had a few hours to myself (beyond the reach of any data signal).
I fell into a rhythmic reflection as my eyes absorbed the [...]

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