• Diane Roark: NSA Whistleblower

    Interview with Diane Roark. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/united-states-of-secrets/the-frontline-interview-diane-roark/ Rarely do you ever hear of Diane Roark, one of the initial NSA Whistleblowers who has endured many years of harassment by the US Government for daring to try to speak out against unconstitutional practices at the NSA. I learned of her story from an interview with NY Times reporter… Continue Reading

  • Dean Potter

    Inspired by Dean Potter. Part 1 of his documentary, (it is a playlist so other parts should autoplay). Amazing slackliner. Also does BASE jumps with his heeler pup. Former partner Steph Davis is also amazing.

  • The Seismic Shift of Choice.

    Hurricane Sandy ushered in a change in people’s lives beyond that which is brought by the force of wind and water. It may be merely symbolic, but since that day in late October a series of events occurred that seemed to show us the ills in our world, (the mass killing at Sandy Hook, the gang rapes ignored by authorities in India and Steubenville, OH). But if you look closely, a seismic shift has occurred and provided a small glimpse into how the escalation of corruption, cruelty, and the senseless destruction of life does not go on forever.

  • Living the Paradox

    All things are true. This is not to say what is right or fair or just. Only an open heart can start to make sense of how. When we keep choosing between right and wrong, we spend life sorting it rather than living it. We are all asked to ask for what we need only… Continue Reading

  • Amor fati

    The rains have begun. The apples have fallen off the tree, now in a circular path, arranged as if some protective ring of abundance and color against the harsh concrete. She sits in the chair, under the failing roof designed as a pergola, designed as a shelter. The grass is returning to the color of… Continue Reading

  • the fallen sky

    Divine impulse, divine harvest, there is no need for any of these objects, placemarkers for the theodolite memory, sitting stationary and waiting for the winking of light in blackness. Let me tell you that the brief sonata that recurs, seems to disintegrate with time, has immediately resurfaced a memory, a little segment of clear texture,… Continue Reading

  • Something’s Wrong Here

    The clip above is from the Mongolian film, Khadak. A portrait of the overlay of a numeric grid (economy) onto a nomadic people. But in Khadak, the grid is broken. The protagonist and the woman above, lead the shift, undermining the coal industry and all it has taken. Returning them to what was familiar and… Continue Reading