Sunday, August 15, 2010

we all enjoy the waters edge, with certain conditions of course


?The storm photo is credited to a discrete snap of a photo i wish to credit. I believe it to have been taken in over 50 years ago... If you claim ownership of rights to this photo and wish it removed please express this to me. If you however wish to allow me to continue to use it as a visual expression of the beauty of life on the edge of reason I would like to thank you for its use by some method of recognition of your .

13 comments:

  1. I think it's interesting that the sunny day loads at 90 degrees... that's a pretty sunny day :)

    The photo reminds me of the power of the wind and the water, and the things we cannot change.

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  2. weather patterns hold no malice or blessing in their consciousness. the sun shines or the wind blows as it will distressing or delighting all that live upon the earth.
    if we choose to live at the waters edge we must accept it's storms as we enjoy it's calms. we are observers upon the Earth, with all our prowess, we are but strangers here.

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  3. to carry the thought further, the communication patterns, the technology, that carries our words, thoughts and impressions and supposed facts is, like the weather patterns, without malice, blessing, or intent. we choose how we engage with this technology. we can spread a positive message or a storm of controversy more quickly than a cloud can pass over the earth. We alone must discern how we live at this waters' edge of communication. here the metaphor fails, because we can choose to be more than observers, more than strangers in a strange world.

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  4. choice is dependent on awareness.
    this is where gsp will concentrate its focus in the first phase of the business plan.
    food, water and shelter are beyond our subjective observation.
    They are autonomic. We need not discover there importance further. Our mission is to allow them manifest with the least friction where they are most needed.
    Commercial gains from this will be realized once the affected population is educated as to their required participation within the sustainable model of cooperative exchange.
    This is not a Utopian dream, this is a chosen strategy within reliable information with credible critical review invited from all disciplines of approach.
    can someone please put a tune to that? strum along now,
    hear that beat, snap your fingers,
    and
    stomp your feet.
    lets leave our porches
    and
    march down the street.
    sing on,
    right on
    turn on
    blog on
    off on


    food
    water
    shelter
    the path to happiness is never far from them.

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  5. You said "Commercial gains from this will be realized once the affected population is educated as to their required participation within the sustainable model of cooperative exchange."
    What do you see with regard to civil order? What about those who are not willing to participate or cooperate? Will there be jails, behavioral/mental facilities, gas chambers? (just kidding about the gas),within the community?
    What does 'cooperative exchange' look like?
    Who will decide who gets how much in the case of limited supply?
    How do you see people becoming "aware" enough to make the choices necessary to live in peace?
    Past the revolutionary building aspect, and the autonomic rights of each individual , whether they are 'cooperative' or not, how much will GSP be involved in social structure and education. What will be taught in the education process with regard to their required participation?
    Sorry, I know that's a lot of questions...
    Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me...

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  6. The inclusion of a civil order component is essential to be considered as an acceptable proposal by the committee. Since at this time I am the committee I will address some specific criteria in this regard here in the blog.
    It is accepted that life, individually to the extent a reliable certainty of entirely, responds positively when minimum requirements of life are available. There are large populations of persons currently suffering without minimum standards of the consortium of international agencies, see UN goals". By recognizing cultural expectations while executing a response using best available means and developing new means from within collaborative cross discipline teams of regional universities and feeder programs and exploiting the industry partners willingness to establish markets in designed community development by a reliable transparent cooperative would solve the equation present and required to establish trust resultant in an organized change of location and behavioral requirements of establishing financial stability within changing consumer needs.
    in other words,
    only a fool bites the hand that feeds him.
    or
    we aint stupid.
    or
    if he dont learn, maybe he dont understand im trying to help as he bights. when i get the splinter out... he trust me a little more...
    but he'll still yelp if i step on his toes...
    or
    how many songs must a song bird sing
    till we wake up and hear his sweet song.
    and how many times must a thirsty child cry
    before we can taste his salt in our own fears

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  7. so we are trusting a culturally sensitive capitalistic approach.........? much like......Iraq minus the military?

    "Ain't No Way, for me to love you, if you wont let me.." Aretha Franklin
    or do i miss the point?

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  8. right. not sure i followed ALL of that , but
    that doesn't mean it doesn't make perfect sense on
    some level...thank you.
    i don't know how many songs. i don't know how many tears. i do know it hurts my being,
    when i taste it with my heart.
    namaste'

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  9. crisis situations bring out the best and the worst in human nature. i don't think we can assume that everyone will comply and do as they are told, nor should we assume that they will be 'grateful' and/or become 'trusting'. quite likely, some are bound to feel their natural autonomic entitlement to basic needs, and resent those who tell them when, where, and how much they can have. crazy humans!! so, i guess you are saying that gsp will work in a collaborative relation to those who understand how to 'handle' the 'fools' and the 'stupids'... the question is... will they have automatic machine guns, or will there be people and places where understanding and compassion calm the savage beast, to bring real understanding and a cooperative spirit ? equanimity who? compassion and understanding, where?

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  10. those that do not have any food, water or shelter, and realize that there expectations of applying force are less effective than a clearly presented offering of articulated wisdom recognized within their vocabulary of trusted symbolic gesture of good will are more likely to conform to minimum behavior expectations of others. Challenges associated with transmitting a universal message of interconnectedness of intricate systems must be addressed at all levels of society. And yes, there will continue to be casualties on all sides, such is the nature of life. Our struggle and suffering will go on. It is our path.

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  11. i guess i wasnt too clear, it did make some sense on some level to me too......-:)
    i dont see imposing on anyone things for their "own good" as working. i dont know if i know what is good for anyone else. i do think it wonderful that food, water, and shelter would be AVAILABLE to all. i think it hinges on the word available.
    Availability. To have access to. To be able to purchase, physically procure, make use of.....food, water, shelter. The whole thing about hearts and minds being won over needs............................a song EVERYONE would sing. dont know that there has been one written.

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  12. Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope, and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
    - John E. Kennedy

    ommmm shanti shanti :)

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