"…a flower cannot be made, but only generated from the seed" – Christopher Alexander in "The Timeless Way of Building" ‘A tiny seed awakens the infinite power of life hidden within the earth…’  Lately I get concerned that we don’t realise how everything we do and get, it is a choice. Not that there are not [...]

"Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines. If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting." – Hundertwasser I need to keep munching on this concept – while I [...]

"But what minutes!  Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."  – Benjamin Disraeli "How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you’re on".  – Zall’s Second Law My question today, and you may find it nice to ask yourself this question to, is:  "Did [...]

"What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher. What we can’t understand we call nonsense. What we can’t read we call gibberish. – Chuck Palahniuk  Image: Salt Mines – Bolivia

I have been musing on the increasing myopia I am seeing in the world, both expressed physically, in part a response to the ‘tools’, eg computers, we use and lifestyles we lead, and mentally, in the time horizons set for businesses, the lack of sustainable futures focus, the fact that ’5 years’ is long term planning. This thought has popped up [...]

When you read this please ask yourself: What is one small thing I can do to bring about healing? Small things have always made huge differences. Remember the butterfly effect if you don’t believe me. – Have you noticed? Over the last year the earth has been shaking/shaken up quite a bit. Both the ‘man made’: [...]

In discussion the value of story, Steve wrote, "I strongly agree that the value of the story lies in the state of reflection in the listener, rather than the surface value of the entertainment. This is, in effect, the Copernician Revolution in storytelling. Thus Copernicus pointed out that the movements of the stars would be [...]

The Bite: You can change your life by renaming it! (And I can help if you like) And to begin the process I have created a new catagory for it. The first renaming exercise: everytime you here Problem or Issue rename it "challenge" and "contradiction". Huh? Keep reading. And even if you don’t keep reading, please [...]

I am reading chassidic stories in preparation for a storytelling workshop – I have always found them fascinating so I thought I would select one from their bouquet. I saw this one and though it might not be the one I select, thought you would like it. Have you ever felt like you were on [...]

I wrote myself an email last month to blog this, then didn’t. The beauty of which is now I write this in the future, reporting on the past, in a state of presence. 18 Nov 2005: "I am working on presence at the moment ie being HERE in any given situation. Hard for me. Especially [...]