March 24, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings
That chasm of contemplation Gloomy sky. The end of a holiday. A tinge of sadness. Time went so fast. It has been a week of simplicity. Everything paired back. Bare feet. Cold showers. Minimal clothes. Learning to ride a much smaller surfboard. The curve is steep....
March 23, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Outage to inrage I consider the image of four people walking along a dirt road, supposedly in Gaza. They seem to be walking casually. You cannot tell if they are armed, male or female. They could be teenagers. And then they are gone. A drone takes them out, and we...
March 22, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Disruption To be disrupted. To break apart. Shatter into pieces. Split. I am on holiday, camping in a National Park on the East Coast of Australia, meters from the beach. I woke this morning to the sound of dingos calling. Their distinct sound is a wailing-type peal...
March 21, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs
unEmpire-like I am reading one of the most important books I have read about the whole state of the world. The Nutmeg Curse by Amitav Ghosh. As Naomi Klein says about this book. Do not think you know what it is about. In Critical Path, Buckminster Fuller discusses how...
March 20, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Scaffolding a life Nature has a hierarchy. The atom is part of the molecule that is part of the cell, that is part of an organ that makes a creature. Without the atom, we are nothing. The atom does not need us. But we need atoms. This is not a power hierarchy. It is...
