In June I wrote about the work of living in the territory of the open heart. This is a strong personal claling for me.
Today I stumbled upon this video of the mayor of San Diego doing just that – approving a resolution to endorse same sex marriage in his city, in part because his daughter and some of his staff members are gay and lesbian. It’s a hard, tearful and emotional place to be, but it is worth it for the change that will come from decisions made in this place.
Liu Yang is a Chinese artist. This piece is from a series of works about huamn patterns in Chinese and German social settings. This one is called “At a Party.” German is blue, Chinese is red.
More here.
[tags]liu yang[/tags]
Harrison Owen – new age guru!
To celebrate the New York Times’ inspired decision to finally open up it’s archives to the public for free, here is a link to a famous article from 1994 on Harrison Owen, Open Space and Rockport shoes.
And as a bonus, here’s another from 1988, on the work of “New Age consultant” Harrison Owen who helped Owens-Corning Fiberglass find some spirit. This man has been ahead of his time for 30 years.
[tags]openspacetech, harrison owen, rockport, owens-corning[/tags]
My friend Peter Rukavina is a pretty good traveller. He usually make a couple of trips a year to Europe, some with family in tow, and he offers this wonderful guide to travelling in the continent, RuK style.
Tom Hurley and George Por enjoy a laugh in Belgium
George Por is a friend and an occaisional co-conspirator and colleague. What I appreciate about George is that he has been in this game a long time. He has been ahead of the curve for years – decades in some cases – with respect to the web, social networking and evolutionary consciousness and as such he has an uncanny perspective on things.
For a few years now he has been working with a number of thinkers in looking at Otto Scharmer’s Presencing ideas. Today I read a long and interesting piece from George about one aspect of Presencing practice: social presencing theatre. It’s worth a read, if only to see what George is thinking about these days. He blogs far too infrequently for such a curious and delighted soul.
[tags]George por, presencing, social presencing theatre[/tags]
