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Artist-Free ~

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:31:56 -0000

It's a chilly, pale, overcast winter day here...delicious! great for creative endeavors. The more I learn, the more I realize the amazing diversity of the human mind/spirit. As an artist, I know we make lousy slaves, but it's so interesting to see science back it up, like the Neuroscience study from earlier this year about the differential pre-frontal cortex brain activation of improvising jazz musicians. Pretty cool (and enlightening)!

What's the most abundant resource in your life?

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:42:22 -0000

Creativity!

Organic 4 Life...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:58:16 -0000

The DC Green Festival was this week and, besides Amy Goodman, Code Pink, Greenpeace, John Perkins (the "Economic Hit Man"...creepy) and a host of my favorite vendors, Maryland-based Terressentials (love their flower therapy) was in the house and the star of the following rap video was promoting their OG products.

Enjoy!

How do you like to be woken up?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:15:46 -0000

Physically, I awaken naturally with the dawn. Spiritually, I've learned that it happens when it's meant to happen.

What is your relationship to waiting?

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:19:31 -0000

Ah, there's that time issue again.... Ok, I'll sequentially bite: I can be patient (well, about some things; I'm glad the US election was decided a mere 3 hours after the east coast polls closed). I usually love anticipation, it's waiting for the unexpected to become known to me. I also believe you have to "wait" for some things down the road, as it were, so that all that is necessary to those things down the road can present themselves before those other interesting things.

In reality, of course, all that necessary to present already "is."

Election Day in the USA

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:43:37 -0000

Finally! The lines were long, but I only had to wait 2 hours. Everyone came prepared, however: chairs, books, newspapers, ipods, water, snacks. In fact, lots of folks, even teens and kids, were helping out. My favorite helpers were the 3 little boys that walked up and down the massive voting lines serving free snacks and coffee. how cool was that?

El Dia de los Muertos

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:05:39 -0000

The weather was beautiful in Washington, DC on November 1st and the National Musuem of the American Indian hosted a Day of the Dead event with Native artisans showcasing paper arts, sugar skull-making, pan de muertos baking and dance.

Los Tecuanes peformed a dance in which the human spirits were fighting against evil (represented by the concept of the Jaguar and the Christian element of the Devil). As you can see from the video below, the negative spirits stalk, encircle, taunt & terrorize the humans who must defend against them. Tecuani means "the thing that eats/devours" and "the Dance of the Tecuanis" comes from a part of Mexico where people were attacked by animals and spirits, so this dance is part of fighting back.

My favorate ofrenda (offering) however, was the one I photographed at the top: the Marigold Paddler. It was created by Guatemalan artist, Evelyn Orantes, based on a vision she had of a Mayan Day Paddler on the occasion of her 33rd birthday. These paddlers transport the Mayan Corn God in a "celestial canoe" (the Milky Way Galaxy) to and from the worlds of the living and dead during the cycle of day and night.

Is the Marigold Paddler traveling the waters of the living which reflects the sky or the waters of the underworld reflecting the moon? Orantes said that she wanted that to be fuzzy, blurring the line between coporeal and spirit just as the Day of the Dead does.

Join the Menstrual Militia!

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:56:31 -0000

As light as a pack of lip gloss, more accurate than the famous Bloom County Chartreuse Flamethrower, easier to fire than the infamous Padinator 4000 (darn pads kept getting lodged in the firing cylinder), Women's Wear, LLC (that's right, the inventors of the "Auto-bra" that goes from semi to full automatic in the flex of a pec), brings you the Tamponator 5000!

Take no more crap from NObody ANY time of month!

(smile)

All major credit cards accepted, ammunition sold separately.
Hail Eris; All hail Discordia!

http://www.tamponcrafts.com/

Happy HallowEEEEEEn!!!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:07:47 -0000

I'm usually more goddess-like with the Holy Wheel of the Year; but I've pitched a tent in Camp Whimsy right now 'cuz I got them mid-term grades done - whoo-Hoooooo!!!

I'd like to say that I'm the first to spin the camp's whimsy wheel, but network tv has beat me to it by showing Rocky Horror tonight. I always loved Tim Curry's deliciously wicked laugh.

Ah, the memories of watching midnight theatrics in bras, briefs, garters and corsets (of course, the only garments applying to women were the bras)...

Do you give yourself enough time?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:50:26 -0000

I try to. I don't like the mad rush that some others do...busy all the time, on the cell phone, racing here and there, etc. I don't want to live like I'm on the stock-market floor.

So, if I feel like things are getting unruly, I'll stop everything (for an hour or a day) and just "be." I burn a lot of mental energy so I sometimes need an insanity break (or is that sanity?). I'll draw a mandala, write some poetry, read a book. One of the reasons that I love public transportation is that it gives you time to kick back before the typical daily grind: watching the clouds go by, pondering rippling water of rivers near train depots, taking a snooze, etc.

Do you know your purpose in life?

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:34:26 -0000

Transformation, evolution, teaching, learning...to end where I began where I ended where I began...and carry whomever wants to go along for the ride. Multi-faceted creation wisdom can address everyone's specific paths on what is limitedly perceived as a single trip...

What have you learned from moving?

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:04:51 -0000

That I haven't quite decided where my physical "home base" should be yet.

Rupert the Micro-Deer

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:51:09 -0000

Ok, I had to share this in case you hadn't seen it. The Mayan Code folks posted it (see the story at their site). This is Rupert delivered by cesarean after his mom was hit by a car and fatally wounded:

Where have you been looking?

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:23:36 -0000

..to the side....in sly glances...

How did you start on your spiritual path?

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:10:27 -0000

I think coming out of the woods where it's silent except for the sounds of nature (fall leaves, babbling brook, etc) makes one reflective. There were no immediate neighbors and my siblings were much older and at school; so, I was with myself (well, and my imaginary friend). One's mind expands so in such a space. One feels vast and connected. That kind of experience probably led to my early childhood contemplations about being in a shell of flesh. It seemed so limited and unnatural and...odd. But, yeah, who are ya gonna tell that to, the other 5 year olds? Ah, but it's cool; I just had to walk my path and they theirs.

What does home mean to you?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:18:17 -0000

Home is where you are at peace with yourself ~

Of what are you a connoisseur?

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:47:38 -0000

I'm a connoisseur of tea, mind-manipulation discernment (Roberts Wilson & Shea might call that "Chapel Perilous"), and the perception of...space (inside & out) ...

morphing 4D shadow

When was the last time you fell?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:02:03 -0000

Physically? In the midwest snow. It's been a while because I tend to have good balance; I had to walk on uneven ice most of the time in Minnesota. I fall "soft" ~ it's like a slow motion "poof" and I just get up.

I lived in a highrise on a slight hill in Minneapolis proper that was surrounded by a sheet of ice in the winter. I'd have to get a running start to make it up the hill to grab the doorknob before I slid back down the hill (sometimes, that took a few tries); I never fell, though. It was like ice surfin' ---

Living in Amerika

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:30:56 -0000

...yep. as the economy crashes & burns because of greed and pseudo-ideology ~

Well, just in case your head is down (watching your step, trying not to fall into the abyss of thoughtlessness): Heads Up!

Living Color - Cult of Personality
(Lyrics)

Look in my eyes, what do you see?

The Cult of personality ---

I know your anger, I know your dreams;
I've been everything you want to be ---
...I'm the cult of personality.

Like Mussolini and Kennedy;
I'm the cult of personality.

Neon lights, a Nobel prize;
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies.
You don't have to follow me;
Only you can set me free ---

I sell the things you need to be;
I'm the smiling face on your TV ---
...I'm the cult of personality.

I exploit you ---

...still you love me...

I tell you one and one makes three!

I'm the cult of personality ---

Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi,
I'm the cult of personality, the cult of personality,

...the Cult of personality ---

Neon lights, a Nobel prize;
When a leader speaks, that leader dies ---

You don't have to follow me...

...Only you can set you free...

You gave me fortune,
You gave me fame,
You gave me power in your God's name ---

I'm every person you need to be!
I'm the cult of personality!

What section would you add to the newspaper?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:34:06 -0000

Everyone's answers were so inspiring. So, here's my contribution: a snapshot of the front page of the currently fictitious "Anahata Daily" ~ A special inspirational thanks to Mila, Dan, Tom, JustDave and whoever suggested the "asking for forgiveness" section.

A slightly cleaner view of the Daily is in the photos section.