I yearn for stillness of movement and mind,
Timelessness found
always and only
in the presence of this moment.
I yearn for solace for my bereaved soul.
Sanctuary found
deep within
Where Love waits.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Peace on Earth: Comments about Religion and Technology as great Forces which Connect and Divide Humanity.
Religion is a ancient, powerful force. No doubt about that!
But religion has a long war record in human history. How can humanity achieve peace, while there are such differences between groups of people?
A relatively new power- but prevailing upon humanity with impressive force- is technology. We need to consider the profound and transformational effect that technology has had on humanity. We should be asking how this technology relates to the pursuit of peace on earth for mankind.
One of my professors said, "Technology giveth and technology taketh away." So I think a good question is: How has technology advanced *AND* thwarted the pursuit of peace among humankind???
Historically, distinct groups have often warred, but in "flat", linear expansion/contractions at borders. They also used to be able to ignore each other more easily/often, or at least find respite within their own borders.
One of the things technology has done is to bring the ends of the earth into closer proximity than ever before. Groups have less respite because our technology has everyone so connected that the (over?)exposure is multidimensional and permeates on these levels throughout groups and societies. It is as if everyone is heaped forcibly onto each others laps, so to speak, yet are strangers!
Maybe we have let our technology disrespect healthy personal boundaries. Maybe we needed that natural space. Maybe I am way off... I am not a historian, nor a Poli-Sci major, but I am just trying to think this through- and have a discussion with you.
But seriously, technology has advanced so quickly that humanity has not been able to catch it's breath, much less figure out how to manage it most beneficially.
Back to religious differences:
Different groups living in one community peacefully do so because they have some basic knowledge about each other (removing ignorance goes a long way to removing fear).
Firstly, religiously illiteracy is a problem, not only in our country but in the world (ignorance is a common culprit).
Secondly, thinking that peace between religions is achieved by melting away differences (koom-ba-ya) is the wrong approach!
Unity is not achieved by disrespecting real distinctions- but by understanding and respecting these differences.
Remember when this country was known as a melting pot of diversity? There were subcultures within the mainstream American cultures, where people could reside in relative peace. We respected the differences between us while living united under one flag (or tried to), didn't we?
The American tapestry was woven together (subcultures intact), and was all the more strong for her diversity. United but distinct. I think THAT is where/what America needs/wants to be.
But religion has a long war record in human history. How can humanity achieve peace, while there are such differences between groups of people?
A relatively new power- but prevailing upon humanity with impressive force- is technology. We need to consider the profound and transformational effect that technology has had on humanity. We should be asking how this technology relates to the pursuit of peace on earth for mankind.
One of my professors said, "Technology giveth and technology taketh away." So I think a good question is: How has technology advanced *AND* thwarted the pursuit of peace among humankind???
Historically, distinct groups have often warred, but in "flat", linear expansion/contractions at borders. They also used to be able to ignore each other more easily/often, or at least find respite within their own borders.
One of the things technology has done is to bring the ends of the earth into closer proximity than ever before. Groups have less respite because our technology has everyone so connected that the (over?)exposure is multidimensional and permeates on these levels throughout groups and societies. It is as if everyone is heaped forcibly onto each others laps, so to speak, yet are strangers!
Maybe we have let our technology disrespect healthy personal boundaries. Maybe we needed that natural space. Maybe I am way off... I am not a historian, nor a Poli-Sci major, but I am just trying to think this through- and have a discussion with you.
But seriously, technology has advanced so quickly that humanity has not been able to catch it's breath, much less figure out how to manage it most beneficially.
Back to religious differences:
Different groups living in one community peacefully do so because they have some basic knowledge about each other (removing ignorance goes a long way to removing fear).
Firstly, religiously illiteracy is a problem, not only in our country but in the world (ignorance is a common culprit).
Secondly, thinking that peace between religions is achieved by melting away differences (koom-ba-ya) is the wrong approach!
Unity is not achieved by disrespecting real distinctions- but by understanding and respecting these differences.
Remember when this country was known as a melting pot of diversity? There were subcultures within the mainstream American cultures, where people could reside in relative peace. We respected the differences between us while living united under one flag (or tried to), didn't we?
The American tapestry was woven together (subcultures intact), and was all the more strong for her diversity. United but distinct. I think THAT is where/what America needs/wants to be.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
What is NOT disposable?
My mother used to say, “Waste not, want not.”
Ah, the WWII generation!
Those were the days when leftovers were quickly eaten
or promptly “recycled” into the next meal.
A young couple would buy their first home,
raise all of their children in that home and then
retire there (after 30-40 years at the same company).
The dinner meal always took well over an hour to cook.
You know I am telling the truth- and it wasn’t that long ago.
Fast forward (a whopping three minutes, or so!)
and what do you find?
Suddenly, everything is extra-disposable and extra-fast.
An obvious, commonplace example of this,
especially in the West, is the drive-thru
(Apparently, it takes too long to write “through”).
Billions of people around the globe regularly partake in a diet of
fast-food in paper wrappers eaten while hurrying off to wherever.
We thoughtlessly throw things out as quickly
as the plastic cards made them appear.
Landfills are overflowing.
Courts are overflowing
(with divorce, bankruptcy cases, et cetera).
How many people do you know (outside of the WWII generation) who have lived in the same house for more than twenty years- or even fifteen?
Is it not commonly advisable to change jobs-
or at least positions, every three years or so,
to avoid looking professionally stagnate?
Whew!
Then there are issues like how often and easily people are aborted, euthanatized, and sold as slaves- though I admit these are not new problems...
There have always been the poor, the homeless drifters.
But now even the affluent have become transients-
perpetually moving into new neighborhoods.
There has always been murder,
though now many ways of taking human life are socially acceptable and accessible to the masses.
There are always been slaves, but technology has exacerbated
human trafficking problems exponentially.
I am going to pause..........
Who wants to offer a comment or two?
Let's get the discussion rolling!
Ah, the WWII generation!
Those were the days when leftovers were quickly eaten
or promptly “recycled” into the next meal.
A young couple would buy their first home,
raise all of their children in that home and then
retire there (after 30-40 years at the same company).
The dinner meal always took well over an hour to cook.
You know I am telling the truth- and it wasn’t that long ago.
Fast forward (a whopping three minutes, or so!)
and what do you find?
Suddenly, everything is extra-disposable and extra-fast.
An obvious, commonplace example of this,
especially in the West, is the drive-thru
(Apparently, it takes too long to write “through”).
Billions of people around the globe regularly partake in a diet of
fast-food in paper wrappers eaten while hurrying off to wherever.
We thoughtlessly throw things out as quickly
as the plastic cards made them appear.
Landfills are overflowing.
Courts are overflowing
(with divorce, bankruptcy cases, et cetera).
How many people do you know (outside of the WWII generation) who have lived in the same house for more than twenty years- or even fifteen?
Is it not commonly advisable to change jobs-
or at least positions, every three years or so,
to avoid looking professionally stagnate?
Whew!
Then there are issues like how often and easily people are aborted, euthanatized, and sold as slaves- though I admit these are not new problems...
There have always been the poor, the homeless drifters.
But now even the affluent have become transients-
perpetually moving into new neighborhoods.
There has always been murder,
though now many ways of taking human life are socially acceptable and accessible to the masses.
There are always been slaves, but technology has exacerbated
human trafficking problems exponentially.
I am going to pause..........
Who wants to offer a comment or two?
Let's get the discussion rolling!
Friday, March 19, 2010
uNpLuGGeD !
Later this spring
(brrr! This is Minnesota)
I am planning a little experiment
which will take me into
(drum roll, please)
...technological isolation.
I will be media free,
television screen free,
computer free
and mobile phone free…
I'll even be people free.
That’s right folks.
I’m going off the grid and into the woods!
You see, I have been wondering
if modern society has gotten
into a state of mind where it is
psychologically inconceivable to
truly unplug.
Think about it.
No electricity or running water.
No music.
No media.
Nothing tethering me safely down.
Just my gear in a pack and
a couple of great books.
Techno-Nekked
Alone with nature.
sigh
Nature...
Doesn't that include
"Cougars and Spiders and Bears- Oh my!?"
Ummm.
I might lure my eldest son into coming along.
In any case, when I return I will post
a report reflecting on my little experiment
which I will (predictably) call "Unplugged"
or maybe I will just call it "Nekked!!"
Until next time... ciao!
(brrr! This is Minnesota)
I am planning a little experiment
which will take me into
(drum roll, please)
...technological isolation.
I will be media free,
television screen free,
computer free
and mobile phone free…
I'll even be people free.
That’s right folks.
I’m going off the grid and into the woods!
You see, I have been wondering
if modern society has gotten
into a state of mind where it is
psychologically inconceivable to
truly unplug.
Think about it.
No electricity or running water.
No music.
No media.
Nothing tethering me safely down.
Just my gear in a pack and
a couple of great books.
Techno-Nekked
Alone with nature.
sigh
Nature...
Doesn't that include
"Cougars and Spiders and Bears- Oh my!?"
Ummm.
I might lure my eldest son into coming along.
In any case, when I return I will post
a report reflecting on my little experiment
which I will (predictably) call "Unplugged"
or maybe I will just call it "Nekked!!"
Until next time... ciao!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Oral Culture- Words Cover More...
Just as clothes do more than just cover nakedness, oral language does so much more than simply deliver a message from sender to receiver.
Conversations reflect the cultural moorings of the times, do they not? Yes! Attitudes and values are reflected- indeed imbedded- within even the simplest conversations.
In everyday speech, these secondary "messages" go largely unnoticed by both speaker and listener; it is a subliminal process for most people.
However, the embedded secondary messages within the language spoken become blantantly obvious when one listens to recorded language being conveyed from outside of one's own time and place.
Listen to how language expresses the perceived American cultural values in 1964, in the television entertainment show, "Bewitched".
If the point I am making is not clear from reading this post- it will become blazingly clear after listening to the Bewitched video (the narrator's lines were especially "interesting"). That show gave this post birth, so to speak! It is funny in kind of an eye-popping, brow-raising, sort of way!
Of course, television shows merely imitate natural conversations. The shows are largely written from the motivation to entertain people. But the embedding of cultural moorings within the language used still occurs.
Advertising is another example of a deliberately crafted message. The sender intends to harness lingual power for their benefit. There is no need for the receiver to be aware of this intent in order for their to be impact. And the embedding of cultural moorings within the language used still occurs.
Whether intentional or not, these linguistic reinforcements invariably influence people's behavior.
Language is power.
Conversations reflect the cultural moorings of the times, do they not? Yes! Attitudes and values are reflected- indeed imbedded- within even the simplest conversations.
In everyday speech, these secondary "messages" go largely unnoticed by both speaker and listener; it is a subliminal process for most people.
However, the embedded secondary messages within the language spoken become blantantly obvious when one listens to recorded language being conveyed from outside of one's own time and place.
Listen to how language expresses the perceived American cultural values in 1964, in the television entertainment show, "Bewitched". If the point I am making is not clear from reading this post- it will become blazingly clear after listening to the Bewitched video (the narrator's lines were especially "interesting"). That show gave this post birth, so to speak! It is funny in kind of an eye-popping, brow-raising, sort of way!
Of course, television shows merely imitate natural conversations. The shows are largely written from the motivation to entertain people. But the embedding of cultural moorings within the language used still occurs.
Advertising is another example of a deliberately crafted message. The sender intends to harness lingual power for their benefit. There is no need for the receiver to be aware of this intent in order for their to be impact. And the embedding of cultural moorings within the language used still occurs.
Whether intentional or not, these linguistic reinforcements invariably influence people's behavior.
Language is power.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Can't Touch This!
I thought I would lighten things up on the ole blog today!
Besides, encouraging the happy heart is a noble pursuit, is it not?
So if this short post makes you smile or laugh-
even just for a few moments- then I am glad!
How this blog started:
Last night I ran across an old- very entertaining- video.
Well, ummmm- Let me rewind~
A more accurate translation of events is:
I could not sleep.
Ignoring at least five choices in books on my bedstand,
I got out of bed.
Stupid move: Gaurantees a minimum of 1.5 hours additional sleep loss.
Then I started to wander around youtube-world...
(add minimum of one more hour sleep loss)
I guess I wasn't too concerning with getting a solid night's rest.
Anyway~~~
Like I was saying, I ran across this old, but very entertaining, video.
It made me smile.
It relaxed me
...not long afterward I crept back into bed.
Laughter is sooooo good for the soul!
I wonder how many of you remember this?
Many of you, I bet!
(If you like it, there is a second video. Check out Judson Laipply's website.)
************GOT LAUGHTER?**********************
This is another oldie but goodie.
I started thinking about the issues of
Reader's Digest that I used to read as a kid.
Many of you remember those magazines, right?
One of my favorite sections was called:
Laughter: The Best Medicine.
All sorts of funny stuff was there~
one liners, stories, jokes- whatever would tickle your funny bone!
Laughter really is good medicine!!!
Laughter is really good *food* for our spirit!!!
We need to smile and laugh- It is part of healthy living!
I hope you have a truly happy day!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
International Women's Day approaches
In 1975, during International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating March 8 as International Women's Day. Please take a moment to listen to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as he speaks in honor of this day.
This has been a year of upheaval and reflection for me.
I work to stretch my mind around the circumference of this world.
There are so many issues concerning the human family.
But I also need to grasp the ramifications of these for my own little world.
My little neighborhood, my circle of friends,
my dear family...
This is what I touch and am touched by.
This is where I raise my children.
I believe that to reach the depth of my own capacity
to understand global issues,
I need to find a way to connect them to my own...
To empathize with what is happening in the
lives of women all around the Earth,
I need to gaze, long and deep,
through the intimacy of my direct experiences.
What about you?
Technology makes issues, like woman's rights, increasingly prominent to a worldwide audience. In principle, this is nothing new: Humans have always needed to bridge the gap between direct experiences and stories they heard from others.
How do you connect the big, wide world of indirectly known experiences with your little, directly experienced world?
This has been a year of upheaval and reflection for me.
I work to stretch my mind around the circumference of this world.
There are so many issues concerning the human family.
But I also need to grasp the ramifications of these for my own little world.
My little neighborhood, my circle of friends,
my dear family...
This is what I touch and am touched by.
This is where I raise my children.
I believe that to reach the depth of my own capacity
to understand global issues,
I need to find a way to connect them to my own...
To empathize with what is happening in the
lives of women all around the Earth,
I need to gaze, long and deep,
through the intimacy of my direct experiences.
What about you?
Technology makes issues, like woman's rights, increasingly prominent to a worldwide audience. In principle, this is nothing new: Humans have always needed to bridge the gap between direct experiences and stories they heard from others.
How do you connect the big, wide world of indirectly known experiences with your little, directly experienced world?
Friday, February 19, 2010
This Sea of Life
"Normal" is boring *sigh*
Sometimes I just want to shake things up!
But sometimes I just want to blend in...
to be liked...
Be liked? ...for who I am not? Really?
Why?
Do I hide behind various masks out of fear?
...not always.
Well, okay. Sometimes I do.
But sometimes
...I am simply too busy to think
about who I am or what I choose!
(stupid excuse!)
Autopilot, sleep-walker, robot... lost sentience!
Both Fear and Busy make lousy ship captains.
They furiously paddle and splash,
rudderless!
until I stop them.
How far have they taken me?
Am I Lost?
whispers cries of, "who am i? what is this life?"
A lost Soul in a Sea of unrecognizable Moments!
So I am thinking~
What a waste it is to hide or sleep through life!
It is just a way to
refuse to be
truly "present" in this unique moment.
LIVING life with naked authentically...
Now that takes guts!
Who's with me?!
Please~ I hope you will take a moment
(click on this link and the video will load)
spoken by the poet himself,
William Ernest Henley.
William Ernest Henley.
Have a lovely, thoughtful weekend, everyone!
This blog is dedicated to my cousin, Jason.
You inspire me. Thanks for daring me to be me.
You inspire me. Thanks for daring me to be me.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Just for laughs... The IPAD skit
I seem to have found a way to post video's again! Yay me! haha
This is very funny, so hit play if you want 87 seconds of giggle time!
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This is very funny, so hit play if you want 87 seconds of giggle time!
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CRANKY! (humph!)
Somehow, I can no longer post video's, like I had been easily doing.
I don't know how this happened. I noticed it as I was editing my "Sexting" post. That video was posted successfully, but has been lost. A link is in it's place, but this does not give the visual effect I desire.
I think I better work on something else!
Read Bailey's book, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History
The Silken Veil
By Paula Koenigsmark
Weep but do not forget to
Quench the water from your eyes with the
Blazing fire of rage over the
Atrocities which beset the poor.
And why are there poor at all?
Who has set a price upon their poverty?
The valued treasury of slaves!
Upon whose ear rings the cries of the poor for deliverance?
He will lift them up to the cool, pure waters of heaven
Within a silken veil of tender mercy.
By Paula Koenigsmark
Weep but do not forget to
Quench the water from your eyes with the
Blazing fire of rage over the
Atrocities which beset the poor.
And why are there poor at all?
Who has set a price upon their poverty?
The valued treasury of slaves!
Upon whose ear rings the cries of the poor for deliverance?
He will lift them up to the cool, pure waters of heaven
Within a silken veil of tender mercy.
Just a quick note~
I have changed the post layout so you can easily scroll down and see previous postings. They were hidden unless you clicked on the title of the blog, listed in my righthand column.
I hope this will encourage those of you who have just joined to peruse the previous postings and leave comments.
We could share some really interesting discussions together, don't you think?
Warmly,
Paula Rose
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Separated for the First Time...
My daughter is working at the Bimini Biological Feild Station.
It is our first long separation...
I miss her already!
Last summer, she went studied in Bimini for 8 days.
This time she will be gone for three months.
It is our first long separation...
I miss her already!
Last summer, she went studied in Bimini for 8 days.
This time she will be gone for three months.
(sigh...)
Here she is with a Tiger shark.
My little girl riding De's horse.
Here she is as a chubby toddler!
She is being silly with me!
With her baby brother...
I love you, Arielle...
You are beautiful and unique.
Somehow fragile yet- ohhh so strong!
Sometimes confused yet- ohhh so smart!
Someone proud yet- ohhhhh so honest!
Somewhat silly yet- ohhh so diligent!
Someone far yet- ohhh so near!
I love you, Arielle...
Love, Momi
Let's take a break with "Grocery Store Musical" !!!
i LOvE tHiS video, so I am posting it on my blog!
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The video won't post, so here is the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnY59mDJ1gg
Please take a few minutes to enjoy this with me!
It makes me think of how wonderful diversity is, yet how often humankind resists it (uncomfortable, unfamiliar, unlikely)... When we stop segregating ourselves off (by religion, or race or whatever), and choose to widen out & open up instead, then our world is richer- much richer still!
♪♪♫¸.•*¨`*•.•´*.¸.•´* .•´*¸¸.•♥ *¨`*•.♥♥ ¯`v´¯) `*.¸.*´ ¸.•´¸.•*¨`*. ¸.•*¨*.¸¸.•*¨`*• ♥..♪♪♫
The video won't post, so here is the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnY59mDJ1gg
Please take a few minutes to enjoy this with me!
It makes me think of how wonderful diversity is, yet how often humankind resists it (uncomfortable, unfamiliar, unlikely)... When we stop segregating ourselves off (by religion, or race or whatever), and choose to widen out & open up instead, then our world is richer- much richer still!
You Sexty Thing, You!
Surely Sarabhai would be happy with this use of the Arts (i.e. CollegeHumor's dance song skit!) to deliver a cautionary message about a common virtual-flirt move called sexting.
Sorry, I was editing and lost my video link! Arghhh...
Please bear with me. You can find the video here, along with an article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/28/lets-talk-about-sext-vide_n_371847.html
I will try to retrieve the video again later.
Our sexuality is part of our humanity. This is a broad statement.
Let's include everything from the most conservative behavior to most liberal behavior- but let's not include deviante behaviors than transgresses human rights (like sex trafficking, rape, etc). Okay??
Before technology, we encountered one another exclusively in person. Examples range from conservative courtship rituals (for marriage) to orgies, right?
Eventually literacy led to private letter writing and public print (from love letters to erotic stories).
Then the telephone brought audio-calls. Ahhh, talking for hours with your beloved...or much more erotic conversations.
Online is the newest environment for humans to relate sexually with one another(including the imfamous mobile phone "sexting" phenomenon).
This media offers audio, picture and video venues for interacting with one another. The behaviors may happen live, but it almost certainly leaves a record (even if "deleted"). Additionally, it is usually quite easily forwarded, as the Collegehumor video points out!
Sorry, I was editing and lost my video link! Arghhh...
Please bear with me. You can find the video here, along with an article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/28/lets-talk-about-sext-vide_n_371847.html
I will try to retrieve the video again later.
See more
funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.">
Our sexuality is part of our humanity. This is a broad statement.
Let's include everything from the most conservative behavior to most liberal behavior- but let's not include deviante behaviors than transgresses human rights (like sex trafficking, rape, etc). Okay??
Before technology, we encountered one another exclusively in person. Examples range from conservative courtship rituals (for marriage) to orgies, right?
Eventually literacy led to private letter writing and public print (from love letters to erotic stories).
Then the telephone brought audio-calls. Ahhh, talking for hours with your beloved...or much more erotic conversations.
Online is the newest environment for humans to relate sexually with one another(including the imfamous mobile phone "sexting" phenomenon).
This media offers audio, picture and video venues for interacting with one another. The behaviors may happen live, but it almost certainly leaves a record (even if "deleted"). Additionally, it is usually quite easily forwarded, as the Collegehumor video points out!
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Krishnan remembers her anger much stronger-
more vividly than her memory of the pain/raping.
Perhaps it was this anger which empowered her to become a woman whose lifework has become saving others
(over 3,200 so far).
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Now, as she rescues these people,
she asks herself:
"How can I get out the POWER from this PAIN?"
Trafficking is not limited to "certain countries" or the really big cities.
I live in the midwest (Minnesota) and yet we need/have a sex trafficking vice squad here. Minneapolis/St. Paul isn't that large, so I was surprised that we needed a specialized department to handle this- right here in my home city.
Now let's look at another innovative suggestion for approaching human right's dilemmas.
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Sarabhai stresses the value of the universal language (i.e. voice) of the Arts to the advocacy of Human Rights!!
Artistic devices, such as literary expressions, are in a unique position of giving a public voice to the very private realm where struggles with women’s human rights often occur.
I think that Sarabhai makes a good point about arts being a universal language. It touches and speaks in the language of the heart...and the heart is the seat of motivation.
What do you think about using the arts for political aims? Effective? Persuasive?
SUPPORT THE ARTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
more vividly than her memory of the pain/raping.
Perhaps it was this anger which empowered her to become a woman whose lifework has become saving others
(over 3,200 so far).
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Now, as she rescues these people,
she asks herself:
"How can I get out the POWER from this PAIN?"
Trafficking is not limited to "certain countries" or the really big cities.
I live in the midwest (Minnesota) and yet we need/have a sex trafficking vice squad here. Minneapolis/St. Paul isn't that large, so I was surprised that we needed a specialized department to handle this- right here in my home city.
Now let's look at another innovative suggestion for approaching human right's dilemmas.
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Sarabhai stresses the value of the universal language (i.e. voice) of the Arts to the advocacy of Human Rights!!
Artistic devices, such as literary expressions, are in a unique position of giving a public voice to the very private realm where struggles with women’s human rights often occur.
I think that Sarabhai makes a good point about arts being a universal language. It touches and speaks in the language of the heart...and the heart is the seat of motivation.
What do you think about using the arts for political aims? Effective? Persuasive?
SUPPORT THE ARTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
"MANSPACES"
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I have seen many instances of "manspaces".
Have you?
For example, let's talk about garage conversions into manspaces...
That's a place I have never seen converted into a "womanspace"!
But how many of you have seen garages that look like they are another room of the house? I have seen them heated, sheetrocked, decorated (commonly a hobby or sports theme), media-presence (television, radio, etc), et cetera...
Manspace! They are often quite impressive.
Women take their spaces, too. But too often it is the whoooole house.
If she is married, doesn't it seem a bit unfair when even the master bedroom is 100% feminine frills?
Hahaha! Come on! Tell the truth... You've seen what I am talking about, haven't you??
Feel free to comment: I'd just love a little feedback!! ;-)
I have seen many instances of "manspaces".
Have you?
For example, let's talk about garage conversions into manspaces...
That's a place I have never seen converted into a "womanspace"!
But how many of you have seen garages that look like they are another room of the house? I have seen them heated, sheetrocked, decorated (commonly a hobby or sports theme), media-presence (television, radio, etc), et cetera...
Manspace! They are often quite impressive.
Women take their spaces, too. But too often it is the whoooole house.
If she is married, doesn't it seem a bit unfair when even the master bedroom is 100% feminine frills?
Hahaha! Come on! Tell the truth... You've seen what I am talking about, haven't you??
Feel free to comment: I'd just love a little feedback!! ;-)
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Metaphysics of Media
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Interesting points, although I may not agree with everything Dr. Fallon says.
Change announces itself tumultuously. But humankind is so resiliant! Doesn't society "recalibrate" under the pressure of a major shift? Since rapid technological advances have thrust humanity into a new age, a paradigm shift is to be expected.
It sounds like propositional thought (see III.A.2.b.1) simply relates to the ability to process abstract concepts. So it is important! One example: Higher math is all about abstract concepts. But then, developing critical thinking skills (CTS) should help ppl strengthen their ability for propostional thinking, shouldn't it? CTS can be put into curriculum- it is a teachable skill.
We need to focus on making necessary adjustments to help keep humanity on a straight path amidst this new media environment inwhich we now spend so much time relating to one another. Researchers in various fields, such as my own (Communication), are busy studying this new environment and how it is affecting all of humanity.
I choose to believe we can learn how to live in our digital world.
Interesting points, although I may not agree with everything Dr. Fallon says.
Change announces itself tumultuously. But humankind is so resiliant! Doesn't society "recalibrate" under the pressure of a major shift? Since rapid technological advances have thrust humanity into a new age, a paradigm shift is to be expected.
It sounds like propositional thought (see III.A.2.b.1) simply relates to the ability to process abstract concepts. So it is important! One example: Higher math is all about abstract concepts. But then, developing critical thinking skills (CTS) should help ppl strengthen their ability for propostional thinking, shouldn't it? CTS can be put into curriculum- it is a teachable skill.
We need to focus on making necessary adjustments to help keep humanity on a straight path amidst this new media environment inwhich we now spend so much time relating to one another. Researchers in various fields, such as my own (Communication), are busy studying this new environment and how it is affecting all of humanity.
I choose to believe we can learn how to live in our digital world.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Valentine's day of Love
Last week I brought two pieces of my childhood from my mother's home into mine.
First, this small golden chaise. Peice of me are woven and gently stuffed into it.
How many hours I spent in the arms of this chaise, and in the arms of my mother as she read!
How many times I stretched out and curled up my little body~ reading, playing, daydreaming or sleeping~ but never watching television.
Mom was firm on this point:
Television had no rightful place in the living room or the bedroom;
it was relegated to the family room downstairs.
Secondly, this marble coffee table.
Cool and lovely, it was always graced with one or two of my mother's favorite books. For little me, it obligingly transformed (with the help on a blanket) into my fort, or I would simply lie underneath it~ observing the different way my world looked from down under.
I remember a book lying on the cool marble called "The Prophet".
Please share an excerpt from this book with me,
in remembrance of Valentine's Day...
Of Love
(from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibron)
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
(The painting is by Kahlil Gibron: Kahlil Gibron and Mary Haskell)
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