May122009
hi, i'm still here.
i promise. my thoughts have come back to this blog every now and then. i start to feel a little guilty even— as if somehow this thing has started suffering from feelings of remote loneliness, and i am ultimately the one to blame. i guess i can take some refuge in my intention to keep it alive. yes, i still care. and to prove it, here’s a list of things i should have written about between a week to three months ago, and hope that by putting it all down i’ll finally get to expand on some of it. at some point. soon. mostly because i’ve learned some pretty neat things along the way, some thoughts continuously evolve over time, and i think it’s worth getting it down on some kind of permanent platform.
And here it is:
1. the day i found myself picketing in washington dc with a mob of highly spirited, highly upset protesters. this post will be a stream of reflections on the flaws and limitations inherent in our democracy, the culture of protest it promotes and will question the value of the protest method for making this land a better place for all. in other words, thank you Micheal Karlberg, for helping me make some sense out of my unforeseen/unplanned experience as a political dissident by association.
2. on what is beauty really? (far from being hereditary, i think it is earned.)
3. peace prayers. i’m going to start collecting/sharing them here. because i think we can all agree that there needs to be a little more peace in the world and in our hearts.
4. on love. and how i’ve experienced or seen its power at work in the world.
5. on community. what is it, and how we can nurture and contribute to the one we are currently part of.
6. on art — featuring the work of more local artists/friends.
7. on the art of being a good neighbor.
8. on education and knowledge.
9. on the dangers of patriotism.
10. on self-knowledge.
11. on gratitude.
12. on why tolerance is simply not good enough.
13. on children and junior youth and the learnings of our junior youth group.
14. on preserving the stories of older generations.
alright, i’ll stop there for now. wish me luck!
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