Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
A revolution is born!
After a little over a year of late night and early morning (but mostly late night:) sessions Lach and Jordan launch a blog to chronicle the mountain-top conversations and the email brainstorms that are the manifesto in the making!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Re: Everyday Magic
The Cult of Everyday Magic. i don't know if i like "Cult" but its sort of tongue and cheek.
have you seen this http://expandedspectrum.blogspot.com ? Its done on blogger through google for free and is really easy to set up. Maybe thats a nice idea - we create one with a name we can get behind and enable both of us to post on it and by midnight on Thursdays we have to have posted something that progressing the thing forward in some way?
And then I think making up a logo and stamp, seal, embosser, etc. could come in handy. put the seal into the rubber bumper of the pedal car, even the steering wheel cover maybe. Yeah, something sort of future primitive, alchemical. Like the Knights of the Templar who were fighting monks:)
J
have you seen this http://expandedspectrum
And then I think making up a logo and stamp, seal, embosser, etc. could come in handy. put the seal into the rubber bumper of the pedal car, even the steering wheel cover maybe. Yeah, something sort of future primitive, alchemical. Like the Knights of the Templar who were fighting monks:)
J
Everyday Magic
Yes All of that stuff. I like the idea of referencing
some medievil seal with a name that matches etc, lets
work that some more. I remembered that Thursday is
cath's birthday, so we might be doing something I'm
not sure. I'll let you know and we can work around it.
In the interests of artistic exploration I like the
idea of working on different art styles and one off
pieces for now. It fits nicely with larger projects
like Burning Man and a possible gallery show
afterwards. It would be nice to work within seasonal
cycles that might influence the direction on a small
number of excellent projects. We also have very
different skills so we can think about how to combine
them for some stuff and also just do our own work. A
Blog might be good too. Somewhere we can post
progress. That idea also helps with motivation and
discipline.
You talked about "living an exceptional life" on the
weekend. The broader awareness of art in it's newly
developing form and everything we talk about around
interacting with people and next level thinking wants
to be represented in our work. It's a complex
philosophy but pretty grass roots at the same time.
Maybe we should try and get a handle on exactly what
that might mean, to "Live an exceptional life".
The Cult of Everyday Magic. Not bad.
L
some medievil seal with a name that matches etc, lets
work that some more. I remembered that Thursday is
cath's birthday, so we might be doing something I'm
not sure. I'll let you know and we can work around it.
In the interests of artistic exploration I like the
idea of working on different art styles and one off
pieces for now. It fits nicely with larger projects
like Burning Man and a possible gallery show
afterwards. It would be nice to work within seasonal
cycles that might influence the direction on a small
number of excellent projects. We also have very
different skills so we can think about how to combine
them for some stuff and also just do our own work. A
Blog might be good too. Somewhere we can post
progress. That idea also helps with motivation and
discipline.
You talked about "living an exceptional life" on the
weekend. The broader awareness of art in it's newly
developing form and everything we talk about around
interacting with people and next level thinking wants
to be represented in our work. It's a complex
philosophy but pretty grass roots at the same time.
Maybe we should try and get a handle on exactly what
that might mean, to "Live an exceptional life".
The Cult of Everyday Magic. Not bad.
L
Monday, February 25, 2008
Re: Gettin Started!
yep. i'm with you sir. i want action too but am also aware of the information and skill building that needs to be going on now simultaneously. That's why I'm so attracted to the idea of "Art" at the moment. As an artist you work with theories, do research and sketches and then you complete a "piece" or a series of pieces. Then the process begins again. The "pieces" are whole in and of themselves - they can be experienced out of context and are supposed to impart something to the viewer/participant. Rather than needing to have your full philosophy at the beginning of your work (which isn't too hard for most businesses - because its "too make money" period) , your philosophy emerges through the years as you do your work, and then when you're dead they exhibit all your stuff and tie it all up into a nice bow that can only exist in hindsight.
I love this aspect of the form of being an artist, as compared to say a business, nonprofit, etc. The biggest drawback is that in recent times, the artist is given the freedom to evolve a philosophy and produce work that doesn't know what it is yet - as long as that work doesn't really do anything. If your work is meant to be used and functional then you're called a builder, designer, decorator, architect,scientist, doctor, teacher, etc. and you have to play by different rules.
I think all of this gets turned on its head through spiritual science. Where aesthetics and poetry, metaphor and myth is actually useful. Not just in a "bettering yourself" sort of way, but in a literal, "applied knowledge of the world" sort of way. There is a new science emerging (and its been subtley emerging for a couple hundred years of course) where imagination is not a "flight of fancy" but a new "objective" way of understanding and interacting with our environment.
This new way of seeing is similar to lucid dreaming in that your awareness of the dream does not stop the dream from occurring. A reuniting with the participation of our "inner" worlds with the "outer" worlds does not necessitate that we give up the conscious awareness of the process that logic has brought us. This is what is new! It doesn't have to be one or the other, it's not just awake or dreaming, its a waking awareness for the full spectrum of consciousness that makes us whole (including the third of our life that we spend sleeping!).
So, to get back on track with the activism/action idea - I think its a matter of imbuing everything you do with this awareness. We could create an identity called "The Cult of Everyday Magic" with an embosser and wax seal or some such thing and then we would create "pieces" - a wigged out pedal car, a modular structure that is in tune with the heavens, psychic battery energy generators (lanterns that generate their own power for light and can be taken anywhere), etc.
The income stream is still a question since the objects aren't necessarily meant to be mass produced - but at the same time they are a type of "artistic prototype". Obviously, gallery showings are a possibility that I'm really into at the moment, and while its hard to imagine these pieces being purchased as high art for tens of thousands of dollars - its definitely something that could happen down the road.
In the meantime, I think perma-culture concepts are important. Industrial design influence is important, architecture and installation creation - but you're right about just doing stuff as well. CREATION is important. Just digging in and creating soulful objects is important. Should we create a blog for these types of emails to get posted on? I think it would be a good idea. "The Future is Now"? "Applied Imagination"?
lets work on it:)
namaste.
Jordan
I love this aspect of the form of being an artist, as compared to say a business, nonprofit, etc. The biggest drawback is that in recent times, the artist is given the freedom to evolve a philosophy and produce work that doesn't know what it is yet - as long as that work doesn't really do anything. If your work is meant to be used and functional then you're called a builder, designer, decorator, architect,scientist, doctor, teacher, etc. and you have to play by different rules.
I think all of this gets turned on its head through spiritual science. Where aesthetics and poetry, metaphor and myth is actually useful. Not just in a "bettering yourself" sort of way, but in a literal, "applied knowledge of the world" sort of way. There is a new science emerging (and its been subtley emerging for a couple hundred years of course) where imagination is not a "flight of fancy" but a new "objective" way of understanding and interacting with our environment.
This new way of seeing is similar to lucid dreaming in that your awareness of the dream does not stop the dream from occurring. A reuniting with the participation of our "inner" worlds with the "outer" worlds does not necessitate that we give up the conscious awareness of the process that logic has brought us. This is what is new! It doesn't have to be one or the other, it's not just awake or dreaming, its a waking awareness for the full spectrum of consciousness that makes us whole (including the third of our life that we spend sleeping!).
So, to get back on track with the activism/action idea - I think its a matter of imbuing everything you do with this awareness. We could create an identity called "The Cult of Everyday Magic" with an embosser and wax seal or some such thing and then we would create "pieces" - a wigged out pedal car, a modular structure that is in tune with the heavens, psychic battery energy generators (lanterns that generate their own power for light and can be taken anywhere), etc.
The income stream is still a question since the objects aren't necessarily meant to be mass produced - but at the same time they are a type of "artistic prototype". Obviously, gallery showings are a possibility that I'm really into at the moment, and while its hard to imagine these pieces being purchased as high art for tens of thousands of dollars - its definitely something that could happen down the road.
In the meantime, I think perma-culture concepts are important. Industrial design influence is important, architecture and installation creation - but you're right about just doing stuff as well. CREATION is important. Just digging in and creating soulful objects is important. Should we create a blog for these types of emails to get posted on? I think it would be a good idea. "The Future is Now"? "Applied Imagination"?
lets work on it:)
namaste.
Jordan
Gettin' Started
Hey man
I definately need to get on track. I think Thursday is
gonna be great. I watched Zeitgeist last night and was
blown away. Imagine if everyone could watch that film?
I keep thinking that there has to be a way to inform
people and get them thinking? People power eh! So
often things get talked about and then forgotten in
the ratrace of daily life. We need a mission. Not a
corny mission statement just a broad directive for
what we see as important. Maybe it's a cause of some
sort, maybe an event that draws attention to
interesting issues, maybe both? An identity, a webpage
and cards, and about $200,000 of grant money with no
strings attached.
It feels a bit like the type of Information hub we
talked about a few months back, what do you think? I
don't want to get bogged down on computers though,
there's plenty of that going on. I want action.
Sculpture and art and video......with some form of
measurable progress, we really are gonna save the
world (along with others) and being conscious creators
of our own reality I'm getting started now!
All sounds pretty lofty, but don't you know that from
little things big things grow!
I'm gonna give this some thought and dreamtime
tonight.
L
I definately need to get on track. I think Thursday is
gonna be great. I watched Zeitgeist last night and was
blown away. Imagine if everyone could watch that film?
I keep thinking that there has to be a way to inform
people and get them thinking? People power eh! So
often things get talked about and then forgotten in
the ratrace of daily life. We need a mission. Not a
corny mission statement just a broad directive for
what we see as important. Maybe it's a cause of some
sort, maybe an event that draws attention to
interesting issues, maybe both? An identity, a webpage
and cards, and about $200,000 of grant money with no
strings attached.
It feels a bit like the type of Information hub we
talked about a few months back, what do you think? I
don't want to get bogged down on computers though,
there's plenty of that going on. I want action.
Sculpture and art and video......with some form of
measurable progress, we really are gonna save the
world (along with others) and being conscious creators
of our own reality I'm getting started now!
All sounds pretty lofty, but don't you know that from
little things big things grow!
I'm gonna give this some thought and dreamtime
tonight.
L
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