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Monthly Archives: April 2009
projects are self education
This might be sort of a duh moment, but sometimes saying obvious things can lead to sublime insights. No promises… I am self educated. My last institutional degree was a high school diploma. Pros and cons? I celebrate the pros … Continue reading
Posted in bliss, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged bliss, degree, film school, high school, jambalaya, nephews, self education, vegetarian, vienna
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NVC
NVC stands for non-violent communication. Developed by Marshall Rosenberg, this approach to communication is about connecting to the feelings and needs of another. I had this on my radar screen years ago and now I’m ready to soak it up. … Continue reading
Priority
Almondz gots to get launched. To faciliate connections in Hawaii, I’ve got to refresh my own web presence, specifically Trickster Pictures and Artist house. I’ve got to clarify myself, Dan ghee. What about that pesky trademark? international name server and … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged artist house, hawaii, some almonds movie, to do, trickster pictures
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Vision version 0.11
I see the Desire project as a pragmatic application of the ideas that are presented in Bleep and Secret. It’s one thing to gas on about the creative power of the universe while making with the trippy graphics, but what … Continue reading
Posted in art, bliss, Desire project genesis, self education / research, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision / planning, visualization (magic)
Tagged dolphin cetacean, george orr, hawaii, jim kelly, lathe of heaven, mama pele, pragmatic, the secret, universe, ursula k leguin, visualization (magic), what the bleep, workshop
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Dan’s to do (historic)
Priority 1 Hawaii and Desire How to get there? shooters, craigslist, all sailing crew sites, container shipping, cruise ship jobs hobo train Michigan to Cali Find a boat (or balloon) from Cali to Hawaii To refer to myself as a … Continue reading
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Vision version 0.1
For the last week, I’ve been fighting a rather nasty flu with an expired bottle of Ayurvedic immune booster. Rumors of a deadly Mexican flu outbreak in nearby Queens means I might not make it through the night. So this … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning, visualization (magic)
Tagged ayurvedic, banyan botanicals, cetacean, cool people breed, ecosystem, flu, heiau, immune support, island, natural disasters, plague, planet, spaceship, swine flu, visualization (magic), war
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Plans
Kai is incommunicado until mid June 2009 as he sails from San Diego to Tahiti with…. For now, only Dan’s plans are in process. Dan here – planning is akin to visualization. Project a richly detailed simulation of an idea, … Continue reading
Kai fix
From May until June, Kai is sailing fom San Diego to the Marquesas / Tahiti. He is scheduled to catch a plane into Hilo, Hawaii on June 13. Desire has been parked on a lava flow with all her open … Continue reading
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Dive
I’m interested in scuba and free diving. Scuba requires equipment and training, free is mostly training. My recently re-discovered friend Jason has gotten me re-excited about free diving. scuba refresher course regulator fins wetsuit booties fins mask snorkel tank (in … Continue reading
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Tagged booties, fins, flippers, free diving, harness, jason lome, mask, regulator, scuba, snorkel
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Trek
The ability to sleep anywhere is handy – in a grassy glade, a construction site after hours or in the coat room of a fancy hotel. Yes, I have. I imagine a return to Mauna Loa, some backwoods exploring and … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, health / survival, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged hammock tent, kauii, mauna loa, shakti, shelter, sleeping bag
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Health
This includes medicines and supplements. Having recently rumbled with a flu in Brooklyn I’m sold on Banyan Botanicals Immune Support – another of my brother Steve’s recommendations. Here’s the short list of herbs, roots and potions. Eastern Banyan Botanicals Immune … Continue reading
Vision
Vision is an articulation of the elemental ideas that motivate and inspire a project. Why would two guys wander around the Hawaiian islands on a sailboat? Certainly this is a silly question – given the chance, who wouldn’t wander around … Continue reading
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Movie
We’re making a movie over here! “Some Almonds Are Harder to Skin Than Others” could be thought of as the prequel to “The Desire Project”, or a proof of concept. It proved that a 10 minute movie of Dan Kelly … Continue reading
Posted in vision / planning
Tagged avchd, battery, california, gear, hawaii, hvx-200, no jetting, on desire, prequel, production gear, solar panels, some almonds movie, underwater, Vixia, wilderness
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Research
Research is about the frontiers of this project, sparking the vision and pointing us towards interesting trouble. Also, what are some worthy skills? What’s out there, what’s worth knowing? Hawaiian language and culture podcast http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/olelo/hoolele101/ The body contains an ocean … Continue reading
Posted in hawaiian language, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged cetacean, hawaiian language, http://www.greatlakesscuba.com, http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/olelo/hoolele101/, http://www.scubanorth.com/, james lovelock, jason lome, michigan, NAUI, padi, research, scuba, traverse city
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Travel
• Sublet the Brooklyn crib for the summer • Travel to Michigan for pre-production, perhaps shakedown cruise on North Manitou with the new production kit • Train ticket from Michigan to Cali • Find a boat (or balloon) from Cali … Continue reading
Posted in sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged 8 seas, brooklyn, california, jeff gibbs, kalamazoo, kona, michigan, no jetting, north manitou, sublet, turtle island
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Plan and publish
This blog is a tool to both plan and publish. Electricity will be scarce on Desire so we’ve got to make the most out of keyboard time. I want to compute less and live more! Planning by blogging is an … Continue reading
Big lists
Kai called yesterday to report that he changed his ticket to fly into Hilo on June 13, 2009. I had just emailed him the day before guessing at his new schedule – I was two days off. They’ve had a … Continue reading
schedule
Kai April 30 – June 10 sail from San Diego, California to Tahiti June 13 fly to Hilo, Hawaii June 15 – July 15 Desire re-commission July 15 – whenever Big World Small Footprint Dan – revised 7/01/09 May 24 … Continue reading
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, April 22
Earth-day and B-day. Still on the hard in San Diego. I had hoped to be several hundred miles out to sea on this day but instead we are waiting for the new engine, having torn out the old one yesterday. … Continue reading
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, April 18
After several days at the Shelter Island Boat Yard and a bit more than a week tied up amidst the ‘muppet navy’ at the ‘cop dock’ we discovered that ‘Babalu’s engine is pretty much at the end of it’s life … Continue reading
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Astoria Virgin
Watch Astoria Virgin This is supposed to be a video blog, so finally I am getting around to catching up on the chapters of the story. Here’s the first Vixia video from April 7, shot with an HF-11 I later … Continue reading
Go west
There’s the getting there and the coming back. In the spirit of small footprint, I want to go west with low impact so no flying. Getting to California by train is reasonable, but leaping from CA to HI is another … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged amtrak, big world small footprint, BWSF, california, hawaii, no jetting
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Progress
There’s so much to do I want to post a regular progress report as a tool to amp up momentum. There’s a point of no return that needs to be reached ASAP which includes selling the car and subletting the … Continue reading
Posted in simplify, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged brooklyn, gear, Honda Odyssey, liquidate, sublet
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, April 2
Aboard ‘Babalu’, Shelter Island Boat Yard, San Diego, CA I touch down at Lindberg Field in San Diego having made a clean exit from Seattle. Erica and Hans ans Deduytsche had left Seattle a month ago. In the past several … Continue reading
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Music
As currently described, all three of Dan’s kits would probably fit into the big backpack. It would be super if I could bring the little Larrivee Parlor guitar too, but that’s probably pushing it. I have no idea how I … Continue reading
Documentation / production
I am thinking that my current set-up isn’t really appropriate for the Desire Project. I’ve got an HVX-200 but maybe something smaller would be preferable, perhaps two smaller cameras rather than medium one. I’m thinking a Canon Vixia Hf11 – … Continue reading
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Tagged desire, gitzo, hvx-200, production gear, simplify, solar panels, treking, Vixia, waterproof
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Camping / trekking
I am all about back country if the opportunity presents, sleeping cheap on the islands. I need at least a sleeping bag for bedding on our fine Desire. Add the basics – an internal frame pack that can hold a … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, ceramic water filter, dan kelly, kai schwarz, sleeping bag, tent, treking
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scuba diving / free diving
I am NAUI Openwater 1 certified, but it’s been awhile. I grabbed my books to refresh. As you know, I love water. It’s likely we’ll be interfacing with Cetaceans. I see bliss and insight in our future, in and out … Continue reading
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Tagged camera, cetacean, flippers, free diving, jason lome, mask, NAUI, regulator, scuba, snorkel, underwater, wet suit
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Dan’s plan
April 1st, count down. I am green to go, but it’s all visualization and hutzpah presently. I’ve got to sell a good deal of gear to enable this, so on my ride back from Michigan last night I made some … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, dan kelly, email, gear, Honda Odyssey, kai schwarz, liquidate, michigan, production gear, scuba, sublet, treking, visualization (magic)
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Big World Small Footprint Continuum
Big World Small Footprint Continuum ~The Desire Project~ RAW Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:04 AM (not foolish at all) From: “kai” To: “j gallone” Hello John, Here’s the scoop on what Dan and I are building. We’re calling it (working … Continue reading
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Tagged big world small footprint, BWSF, dan kelly, desire, john gallone, kai schwarz
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