| Thursday, February 27, 2003 |  |
| Worldwatch Institute Symposium | 0 comments |
 27 Feb 2003 @ 19:40Upcoming Symposium with the Worldwatch Institute and UCSB Friday, March 7 & Saturday, March 8, 2003 Santa Barbara, CA Are you in the Santa Barbara area? The Worldwatch Institute and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be presenting our second annual symposium, The Challenge of Sustainable Development, on March 7 and 8 at UCSB. Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin and Senior Researchers Hilary French and Molly O Meara Sheehan will participate in lectures and panels that explore the environmental challenges of the 21st century, and present solutions for achieving an ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially just future. For more information, go to arts and lectures or call 805.893.3535. About World Watch magazine: This bimonthly magazine is published by the Worldwatch Institute. Launched in 1988, the magazine has won the Alternative Press Award for investigative journalism, the Project Censored Award, and a number of Utne Reader awards. Recent editions have featured articles on the imminent disappearance of more than half of the world s languages, airport sprawl, the rapid growth of organic farming, and human genetic engineering. To order a subscription, please visit Worldwatch Magazine. About the Worldwatch Institute: The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations. By providing compelling, accessible, and fact-based analysis of critical global issues, Worldwatch informs people around the world about the complex interactions among people, nature, and economies. Worldwatch focuses on the underlying causes of and practical solutions to the world s problems, in order to inspire people to demand new policies, investment patterns, and lifestyle choices. For more information, visit the Worldwatch Institute. More > |
| Trusting Admist Uncertain Moments | 0 comments |
 27 Feb 2003 @ 14:27I have been writing poetry since I was 12 years old. Originally this occurred in somewhat of a trance-like state, strange suspensions in temporality in which I would not remember pen to paper until it was over. Later, as I began writing songs and discovering my singing voice, I was able to access the same creative zone, through more of a conscious process. Here are two of my favorites: TODAY... Today I excite the senses, To bestow upon me their everlasting grace, Like notes adorn the symphony of conscious Being. A hive with nectar and queens who guide an army of delight and devotion, Wings of an Angel fluttering in my ear, Whispering, urging, Gyrations of their lilac scent and rose adorned countess lips. Today I step with newly chiseled high steps, Mirroring the future through the looking of explorers eyes. I course the labyrinth where the sun breaks seeds through soil, Where men caress the edge of time, Where no prediction gifts me with its’ sight. I jump sparkling like an opal dove, Into Uncertainty. ------------------------------------------------- IN QUIET MOMENTS In quiet moments, When stillness becomes my world, I stand inside myself, I stand beside myself. Present and lost in love’s magnificence, Bequethed with the freedom that wisdom brings. Sanctity caresses every breath, Every gesture, Every word. In quiet moments. I revel and shake, The mystery that lives in my bones Since before the earth was formed, Before the first whisper of the moon’s sacred marriage to the sun. Sometimes these secrets explode within me, This vessel turns from steel to gold, And I lose myself, I lose myself In this familiar wine. Yet deep inside I know, I must pass this drink, I drink so that all may be drunkards when Spirit shines, When spirit shines, In quiet moments. These two poems were from a small booklet that I self published several years ago. There are more online at my website. Also, there are lyrics to read from some of the songs I've written. More > |
| Palindromatic Systems | 0 comments |
 27 Feb 2003 @ 14:16So here's a thought. Maybe, and I say maybe, 'cause I think It's All made up anyway, all self organizing systems, i.e. Life, is a three dimensional palindrome, where everything meets in the middle, the center, the still point where all things are born and all things return. A Palindrome is a word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. Like "Damn! I, Agassi, miss again! Mad!" Letecia sent me this really fun site, since she knows I love palindromes. Not that I ever make them up, but I am fascinated by the concept and how it might apply to consciousness. More > |