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Category Archives: Around Lake Michigan
Checklist sundries
revised 10-05-23 Light √ flashlight [Sure Shot] √ dive flashlight [Intova] √ x4 lighter √ x3 chemical light sticks √ candle lantern √ x5 candles Hygiene Health and First Aid √ scissor √ tweezor √ utility knife √ finger nail … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, training / practice, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged first aid, hygiene, miscellaneous, reference library, rx, sundries
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Checklist clothes
revised 10-05-31 √ x2 socks wool [Icebreaker] √ x2 underwear poly/merino √ x2 underwear cotton (1) √ merino top [Icebreaker Bodyfit 260 XL] √ x2 merino bottom [Icebreaker Bodyfit 260 L] (1) √ black cargo pants √ pile pullover √ … Continue reading
Master Checklist ALM 2010
revised 10-05-19 This is based on the 09-08-31 Master Checklist, posted only 5 days before the September launch. We’re posting this 18 days before launch – that’s progress. revised 10-05-31 Launching 23 days late and this will be the final … Continue reading
20 days and swim for 101 Facebook Fans!
The On Desire tribe reached it’s objective yesterday of 100+ fans for the Facebook page and the Around Lake Michigan movie project. “This milestone demonstrates that we’ve got a solid core of kick ass collaborators,” said Dan Kelly, ALM’s guide. … Continue reading
We need Facebook fans – today!
This is an all points bulletin. Facebook fans are needed at… http://facebook.com/ondesire The Facebook interface is halt and lame – I can’t argue with that. It’s a sinister black ops app, designed to identify stylish shamans and target them for … Continue reading
21 days – Artifacts
Here’s a rough sketch of an introduction to artifacts, one of the components that’ll help explain and set-up the Search for Sustainable Civilizations. I’m running late on the mini-movie / extended trailer, let’s see what happens this weekend. Without further … Continue reading
23 days and 8 minute miles
I just ran 4.5 miles in 36 minutes, so I’m down to 8 minute miles. Steadily building my wind – feels good. I have a tentative date with Brook this weekend to do the entire Swami Bua workout. I’ve being … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, training / practice, video chapters
Tagged brook hash, burris, run, swami bua
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Winslow’s bell
Winslow the blacksmith has been talking about a bell for Hello World on Facebook, but I kinda hate FB’s interface so I thought it would be easier to post some illustrations here and then make some comments. It’s important that … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged bell, Hello World, meat cleaver, safety, winslow morgan
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24 days northern spring
Beauty is a feeling and this morning I have it. It’s the combination of rapport, getting fit and making progress. In the past two days I’ve reconnected with Brook Hash, Susan Gilbert and tonight Kari Tomashik will be stopping in … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, open source, poetry / lyrics, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged awaken, brook hash, global life supporr, kari tomashik, leaf, nephew, renew, run, spring, susan gilbert
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25 days calm and serene
Calm and serene – that was the mantra of the Marietta college freshman crew team. Yeah, we were buff brothers and precisely sychronized, but coach Ralph Lindamood (1922-2001) was a savvy old coot, he knew relaxation was the third leg … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged centered, chill, crew, deadline, empty, fighting, happy, marietta, ralph lindamood, relax, smile, stress, warrior
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26 days
Lovely chill morning. Yesterday I surprised a fox as I came out of the house. Sienna and umber, pretty big too. He wasn’t in a huge hurry, eventually trotting off past the nitrogen accumulator (outhouse). Last Friday I passed a … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, movies, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters
Tagged advanced, beavee island, calling card, capitalistic, chill, dick burris, fox, global life support, industrialhello world, kits, life support, mason, mini movie, mir, modern, nasa, peru, stones, sustainable
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27 days
This is calling card weekend, three days to create a short movie that explains the project. I’ve already got a 40 minute rough cut of the September trip (presented at the Evening of Exploration in November). My plan is to … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged analogy, boat, body, cycle, earth, island, life support, machine, mechanism, planet, space station, spaceship, starship
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Party pix
Pix from the party under the catamaran on Friday March 26. Jim, Dan, Patrick and Robert out by the cauldron. Kate, Dan, Vince and Susan under Hello World.
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, food, training / practice, wilderness
Tagged catamaran, party, pix
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28 days
Is there ever enough time to properly prepare? 28 days until launch and the to do list is daunting. To make my departure date i’ve got to handle the absolute essentials first. It’s very confusing to have to scrap great … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, self education / research
Tagged clone, damn, help, manage, tasks
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April snow brings May… oh!
The iPhone didn’t catch the flakes flying, even though there was quite a flurry. The top two pictures are a before / after… eventually it started to stick. This is blog worthy because there’s only 29 days left until launch. … Continue reading
Road rushing
I got back from NYC on Tuesday. The round trip from Beulah to Brooklyn is 1800 miles. Each 900 mile leg is about 14 hours of driving. In contrast, 900 miles of leisurely sailing might take 2 months or 1440 … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged ALM, Around Lake Michigan, colin fletcher, george tiller, lake michigan, lee thompson, monsanto, music, npr, rico, scott roeder, sound, soundtrack, terror, terrorism, terrorist, wilderness, wilds
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For Facebook fans
The On Desire Facebook page now has an easy link http://facebook.com/ondesire. If you’re on Facebook, go ahead and fan On Desire for an RSS feed from this blog and contributions from other Facebook folks.
Back in Beulah
From Monday eve… Waiting at Newark airport for the arrival of nephew Lucas who’ll be riding shotgun on the return to Michigan. The intention is to drive through the night. If we can get out of here by 9:00 pm … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, vision / planning
Tagged bear lake, beulah, coma, drive, lucas kelly, new york, newark, park slope food coop
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On the road
In the recently acquired 2003 Odyssey with the antique cat, heading east and listening to Stevie Wonder. BK’s just 9 hours away.
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, vision, vision / planning
Tagged car, cat, drive, nyc, road
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Starting the search…
I watched one of the worst movies last night, one that I had seen long ago – Dino De Laurentiis and David Lynch’s Dune. There were so many awful things, but especially bad were the voice overs of characters thinking. … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, movies, vision
Tagged alan watts, ALM, Around Lake Michigan, automatic control system, david lynch, dino do laurentiis, dune, earth, premise, voice over
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Hilarity ensued
Good times under the catamaran last night. A core cadre libated and kibitzed until the wee hours. Pictures to follow. Patrick stayed over and helped clean up. Now the lake temple is once again presentable. Can a party have a … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, food, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged blessing, Hello World, hilarity, party
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On artifacts and the incomprehensible
In a scalding tub, burning away the muscle ache from yesterday’s kooky backward run. I skip showers for several days running just so I can dip neck deep in steamy agua caliente. Today I bought a minivan from my fam … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, art, bliss, movies, open source, self education / research, sustainable, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, vision
Tagged Around Lake Michigan, artifact, artifacts, artist, community supported agriculture, csa, future, jetcar, sail boat, sailboat, soylent green
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Inherent artifact
44 days until the scheduled launch. In 3 weeks I’ll look back wistfully and think, “I remember back when there was plenty of time.” The logistics of sailing and camping for three months are significant. There’s the boat itself which … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, repairs, self education / research, simplify, sustainable, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged boat, camping, island, logistics, plan, planet, planning, sailing, spaceship
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Online addiction
I’ve been so focused on social phenomenon that my first thought when I wake up is to get online. With only a month left before launch, it’s time to kick the habit. I’m replacing my morning urge to compute with … Continue reading
Second* day of spring
8:30 am on Crystal Lake and it’s quite brisk and still. Strangely though, it feels different than the deep silence of a couple days back. This morning i don’t hear so many creatures speaking and their timing isn’t concerted, they … Continue reading
You’re being followed… on Twitter
Either by… Tweets by ondesire or Tweets by FutureArtifacts Thanks for taking the time to check us out. My name is Dan Kelly and I am working on the documentary movie. From May – August of 2010, I’ll be sailing … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, movies, open source, vision
Tagged follow, local, on desire, ondesire, twitter
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I hear water
Open water on Crystal Lake, the ice is off. Woke to the murmer of a gray lake and an empty wind in a deep silence. The kwhoo of a morning dove, caw of a crow, and the trill and warble … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, poetry / lyrics, wilderness
Tagged ice, lake, silence, water
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The clean shaven look
I did it. Redesign and radical simplification of https://ondesire.movie has been implemented. There’s more to come but the major scaffolding is in place. Here’s the landing page. Pretty sparse eh? The idea is push some of the complexity deeper into the blog by establishing a traditional branching structure and with limit overwhelm. There are basically […] Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, design, fred oeflein, movies, navigating, overwhelm, software, story, tamarack software, technique, views, workflow
Tagged blog, bounce rate, landing page, ondesire, structure
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I’ve cloned myself
Just over a year ago I started cloning myself. I am amazed to announce that the process is complete, pretty nearly. As long as I am alive and ever changing my clone is also a work in progress. Last night I finished duplicating 25 terrabytes of my archive, effectively creating two sets of myself. I […] Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, cloning, conquistador, firewire, hardware, people, real life, SATA, technique, terrabyte, time, workflow
Tagged archive, clone, credit card, daughter of god
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The freaking Facebook ® fan page
Is the social phenomena getting out of hand? I trust that I’ve peaked on the Facebook learning curve with the establishment of the On Desire fan page – complete with RSS feed. I’d like to shift gears and get back … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan
Tagged arcane, assistant director, blind, brain, exploding eyeball, interaction, intern, rss, wave
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You are here
On Desire • our collective destiny – Desire • philosophy (coming soon) • open process (coming soon) • history • guestbook • definitions (coming soon) • open process projects and events • Around Lake Michigan, Search for Sustainable Civilizations • … Continue reading
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Staging area
I needed a break from social phenomena this morning so I went outside and cut down some trees. How does that jive with the project ethic? About 20 years ago I allowed the lawn around the Artist house to grow … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged chainsaw, electric, Hello World, poplar, staging area, tree
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Lake ice
Thaw is coming and Crystal Lake is preparing to move. From crispy white to frosty green and deep blue, the solid ice is thinning. Soon enough – great sheets of quartz splinters blown ashore by big wind and singing a … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, training / practice
Tagged ice, roads, run, train, training
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Bounce rate rebounds
Jonathan, Luke, Steve and I were looking at analytics for ondesire.movie last night. After posting the Premise page on Friday, bounce rate shot back up to 40%. The point of looking at bounce rate is to see how effective the landing page is, but several factors could be influencing the results – other than the […] Continue reading
Posted in analytics, Around Lake Michigan, landing page cross post, people, real life, story, technique
Tagged bounce rate, dan kelly, jonathan kelly, lucas kelly, steve kelly
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Deconstructing doom
Jonathan has been questioning the veracity of the doom assertion in the ALM / artifact premise. A premise or pitch is a shorthand introduction to a project – typically delivered in less than 15 seconds (and often in an elevator). … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, self education / research, story, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged ALM, alm guide, Around Lake Michigan, artifact, consumer, dan kelly, delusion, disconnection, diy, doom, elevator, jonathan, jonathan kelly, pitch, premise, survivable, sustainable, toxic consumer culture
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Drowned men
Sheila Stafford says that many drowned men are found with their flies open, suggesting that boats and urination can be a dangerous combo. This was one of many topics we covered during an arts luncheon today with Flora Ricca Hoffman … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, training / practice
Tagged boats, men, sheila stafford, urination
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Meeting 10-03-06 ondesire landing page
We’ve had two dream team meetings, in Brooklyn (Faisal, Erica and Dan) and last Saturday in Beulah (Steve Elrick, Melonie, Jonathan, Lucas Kelly and Dan). Inviting collaboration and contribution was the focus of Saturday’s meeting. Components of the ask package … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, document / journal, music, open source, self education / research, vision, vision / planning
Tagged androgenous, artifacts, blog, confuse, dan kelly, definitions, desire, erica velis, faisal azam, future sustainable civilization, jonathan kelly, lucas kelly, media, melonie, music, steve elrick
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Winter storage
Hello World floats above the kitchen facilitating daily communion.
Prime Directives from artifacts
A sustainable civilization is a diverse proposition that includes all our future activity and experience. An artifact of a sustainable civilization is any object, process or behavior that points to the fundamental operating principles of a sustainable civilization. These principles … Continue reading
Action for everyone
Sign a petition and help Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox to protect Lake Michigan by closing the locks in Chicago. http://StopAsianCarp.com
Guys in camo, the Asian carp video
Great Lakes Restoration has posted video from a February 12, 2010 meeting on Asian carp. With luck, I’ll approaching carp entry points by the end of May. My brother in Arizona can’t stand my singing, and he’s about the same … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, sea monsters, vision
Tagged arizona, asian carp, lake michigan, singing
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Social presence and priorities
Today I am thinking about the indivisibility of story and audience. Which comes first? In May 2010, Hello World and I return to the Big Lake. I’d like to start with a more robust social presence than the project had … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, latest news, story, vision
Tagged arthur c clarke, audience, kate wilhelm, performance, philip k dick, ray bradbury, science fiction, story, ursula k le guin
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Blog and Twitter heros
Wanted: Folks publishing with integrity and insight about the connections between environment, sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. Comment with your recommendations.
In training
Getting fit for my return to the water in May, just 66 days away. Not only do I need to be eye candy, but I’ve gotta muscle 300 lbs of sailboat ashore over sand or stone. Anastasia opined that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, training / practice, vision
Tagged five fingers, prospect park, rain, run, snow, train
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ATD facilitators
On December 13, 2008 I attended an Awakening the Dreamer symposium at Boricua College with Melanie Ida Chopko, aka Melonie Amazing. On Valentines Day weekend 2010, I trained with 34 others to be a symposium facilitator. The symposium is a … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, open source, self education / research, sustainable, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision, vision / planning, visualization (magic), wilderness
Tagged awakening the dreamer, facilitator training, gaia, memes, mother earth, script, symposium
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Dream team
The primary lesson I learned making Daughter of God or DOG is this – finishing a movie by yourself takes forever. To complete DOG and support ALM this year, I’ve assembled a team of two knob spinning freelancers and five … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, vision
Tagged after effects, ALM, andrea maio, Around Lake Michigan, art department, atmospheric, blender, california, canada, carrots, cars, cruise ship, dan kelly, daughter of god, dog, dogthemovie.com, erica, experimental, experts, faisal azam, freelancers, fund raising, geographic, jeff gibbs, jonathan kelly, julie constantin, lorax, melonie steffes, michigan, new york, saldaje, steve elrick, venture capital
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Visit On Desire
Last year my documentary about sailing around the Hawaiian Islands morphed into a documentary about sailing around Lake Michigan. In September of 2009 I soloed 300 miles on the 16 foor catamaran Hello World, searching for sustainable civilizations. The plan … Continue reading
ALM guide – inherent
There was another way of doing things once, a way that has become marginalized and almost forgotten but perhaps not quite totally annihilated. A way that isn’t self destructive. We all know the legend… the native people of several continents … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged alignment, battle of krojanty, behavior, invader, lineage, nazi, polish cavalry, tank
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Confused!
I thought I had a plan for making the mothership blog, but not quite. Now I am confused. Here’s a little map to illustrate the flow. FORUM collaboratory || feeding BLOG Mothership (holyboners.com) BLOG Daughter of God (dogthemovie.com) BLOG Around … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, policy, vision
Tagged domain, holyboners, mothership, visualize
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So far on ALM
We’ve been writing and writing. What has all this writing accomplished? Here’s what we know so far. Objectives for the project are identified The story centers around the guide character – his motivations, experience, starting point and transformation Several character … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged ALM, character development, cutaway, guide, objectives
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Shut up about the xroll already
Holographic scenes are trembling moments of pure gestalt. Put them in a sequence and call that a movie. Perhaps an alternate sequence reveals more. If you play it backward you hear, “I buried Paul.” I’m imagining a burst of experience … Continue reading
The team
Making movies – I’ve discussed how much work is involved and how there’s not enough me to go around. I need to amp up 1) art / production and 2) fundraising and outreach. I am in the process of contracting … Continue reading
Redeconstructing motivation
The last several ALM posts have been about clarifying DK’s journey, why exactly did he get on the boat? Is he really searching for sustainable civilizations or was there another reason? Why is this trip shrouded in mystery? Maybe he … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged extra terrestrials, gods, judo, kurusawa, mission, murder, mystery, obfuscate, rendevous, ritual, sanshiro sugata, satellites, secret mission, treatment
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Xroll installed
Dan Kelly is on this journey of discovery, he’s off to become miraculous, he’s searching for sustainable civilizations, he’s just an average American with an FBI record. Whatever his journey is, it’s open ended. Perhaps he has a general idea … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged experience, graph, linear, map, mental map, spatial geography, thought, visual structure, xroll
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ALM guide, everyman
introduction for character Dan Kelly (everyman) Unless you’re totally evil or from another planet, you are probably concerned about the future of this one, our earth. It’s old news to talk about how much trouble we are in, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged air, art, collective future, compact fluorescent, consumption, duck and over, earth, edward bernays, evil, food, foundation, recycle, science, sierra club, smoke, sustainable civilization, torches of freedom, toxic consumer culture, water
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ALM guide, becoming miraculous
introduction for character Dan Kelly (becoming miraculous) During intense experience I often get a clue about my full potential, what I am capable of. If I get into a situation that calls for a little something extra then lo, something … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged ambulance, coccyx, darkness, divine intervention, extraordinary energy, fluke, george lucas, global life support, healer, healing, knee, light saber, luck, magic, massage therapist, miracle, name, paralysis, power, proximity radar, science, spinal cord, star wars, surgery, undocumented features, vision
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ALM guide, the time traveler
introduction for character Dan Kelly (time traveler) Yes, another movie about how much trouble we are in. It’s also about how we got out of the trouble. If you remember the future as I do, you’ll know that we almost … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, simplify, story, vision
Tagged after future, future, mistakes, moment, pre present, present, sailboat, sprout, time travel, time traveler
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Designing the ALM guide
Who is this character Dan Kelly, ALM guide? Why is the audience intrigued by his journey? Based on my discussion with Andrea, I can’t assume the audience will understand my assumptions and motivations regarding ALM. The 900 lb gorilla in … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision
Tagged ALM, andrea maio, character development, dan kelly, fictional, gorilla, terrorist training films
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Coherent plan – objectives (ALM)
2.1 Objectives common to both projects… 2.2 Objectives of DOG 2.3 Objectives of ALM 2.3.1 convey the main character (premise / starting point) to establish rapport. He becomes a compelling guide / proxy for the audience (get inside his head) … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, vision
Tagged ALM, becoming miraculous, carbon load, colony, consumer culture, darwin, decide to thrive, demonstrate, empire, future artifacts, global life support, ignorance, illustrate, industrial revolution, life support, magic making, pragmatic magic, suicidal status quo, sustainable, sustainable civilizations, terrorist training film, toxic consumer culture, toxic training, western
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Coherent plan – objectives (common)
2.1 Objectives common to both projects… 2.1.1 completion in 2010 OR new funding and remake 2.1.1.2 if new funding and remake, some version of the original becomes a fund raising vehicle, proof of concept, extensive previsualization etc. 2.1.1.1 if completion, … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, vision
Tagged awards, completion, festivals, funding, objectives, proof of concept, recognition, remake, reviews
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A coherent plan emerges – mission
Good Earth, have you been reading the recent posts from http://artisthouse.com/domains_core/desire and http://holyboners.com? I have – and they are beginning to spin out of control. Some sort of fugue state is being entered into here, so many eggs are cracking … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, story, vision, vision / planning
Tagged african, ALM, artifacts, character development, collective destiny, daughter of god, dog, fugue, future sustainable civilization, global consciousness, holyboners, iching, james camaron avatar, mission, omelet, ondesire, oracle, reinvention, steward, wilds
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Flashback!
I scanned and posted the audience feedback cards within a week of the Evening of Exploration, but over a month went by before I read and sorted them into categories. Why did it take so long? This question triggered a … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, movies, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged amtrak, andrea maio, archive, audience, clone, deadline, excerpt, feedback, gertrude ekstatisch, hyundai, melonie steffes, momentum, nyc to chicago, raw, raw video, response, rough cut, saldaje, shaun anchak, steve elrick, thanksgiving, video
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Catagories from Evening of Exploration
I’ve finally gone through the response cards from the Evening of Exploration and tallied the results. Admittedly, asking for ‘the most memorable moment’ was not a very rigorous approach to feedback but then the Evening of Exploration was about more … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, food, Hello World, self education / research, wilderness
Tagged andrea maio, audience feedback, breakfast, cherry pit spitting, christopher winkelman, evening of exploration, feedback, hello world evolution, junk art, organic food, ray minervini, recycled art, ritch branstrom, sculpture, tanya winkelman, test screen, trash art, wild cherry
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Xroll
What does memory look like? What do thoughts look like? What is the magic ingredient that makes reality real? I dunno. Let’s make some language. We’ve already got B roll, an antiquated term for supplementary footage used to cover audio … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, open source, vision, vision / planning
Tagged after effects, b roll, director, experimental, expressions, javascript, lingo, open source, rotoscope, rotoscoping, turbo, xroll
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Storycorps flash!
I had a flash today while listening to a Democracy Now report on http://storycorps.org, a huge oral history project catching the compelling eloquence of regular folks. That’s sort of what ALM is about too – finding extraordinary answers to global … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, vision, vision / planning
Tagged 3D, animate, cell, clay, collage, enhanced b-roll, imagine, mind, oral history, theater, turbo b-roll, visual remix, visualize, xroll
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Evening of Exploration post press release
On November 28, 2009, 150 adventurers gathered at the Mills Community House Theater in Benzonia Michigan for an Evening of Exploration. Introducing new work by local artists in a historic venue, this event may herald an economic and creative renaissance … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, food, latest news
Tagged adventure, Around Lake Michigan, artist, artists, arts, benzie, composer, explore, gertrude ekstatisch, glorious dawn, grand traverse, historic, jeff gibbs, jon mead, leelanau, manistee, melonie steffes, mills community house, saldaje, shaun anchak, still grinning, suz mclaughlin, writer fillmmaker
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Evening of Exploration debrief
About 140 people attended our Evening of Exploration. We had a great ukulele and vocal set with Melonie and Shaun, Gretchen danced Glorious Dawn and I presented a 45 minute rough cut of Around Lake Michigan. Afterwards, I asked everyone … Continue reading
Save the date 11/28/09 (archive)
An Evening of Exploration with Benzie County artists On November 28, 2009 from 6 pm – 10 pm, Gretchen Eichberger-Kudlak and Dan Kelly will present an evening of exploration at the Mills Community House Theater. Dan will show a rough … Continue reading
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Homegrown Organic Eatery
A feature film in 5 days? A engaging, edifying, feature film in 5 days? How much sencha green tea will it take? Finally, the video the network has been clamoring for! The dynamic duo of digestion, Chris and Tanya Winkelman … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-13, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, food, Hello World, latest news, self education / research, sustainable, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged christopher winkelman, doctor, food, hamburger, homegrown, organic, pharmacy, pizza, prescription drug, tanya winkelman, traverse city
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Near miss with the Manitowoc
Big boats traverse the Big Lake, and Hello World and I had a close encounter. What are the chances of getting squished by an ore carrier? Only our 5th day out already we’re having near death experiences. Fun! Lazily crossing … Continue reading
Saldaje to appear at Evening of Exploration
Gretchen and I are excited to welcome Saldaje to our Evening of Exploration. Shaun and Melonie do some spooky and magical things with ukuleles.
North Manitou odyssey
Two – count ’em – two new chapters are available for your viewing pleasure, both documenting my two night sojourn on North Manitou Island. Disasters and blessings interpenetrate. 09-09-09 Crescent City under Hello World (newer OS) 09-09-09 Crescent City under … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-09, 09-09-10, Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, latest news, open source, video chapters, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged accord, charger, crescent city, global life support, harness, Hello World, life support system, north, north manitou, north manitou island, oil, on the wire, radio, sail, sailing, sleep, solar panel, sunburn, vortex, wind, wind shadow, wire
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Open source film making
Have I written about this yet, or have I just thought about writing about it? I admit I’ve been inventing open source filmmaking in a vacuum, I am only slightly aware of what other filmmakers are doing on this front. … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, latest news, open source, video chapters, vision, vision / planning
Tagged brain, chronicle, filmmaker, flow, get naked, linkedin, manipulation, marketing, network, neuron, ooze, oozing, open source, outreach, puddle, rebel dv, rebel guide, rethinking afghanistan, robert greenwald, slither, social networking, stephen king, synapse, twitter, water
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Breakfast monolog
A sacred place on a sacred day, North Manitou Island, 09/09/09. Ponderings on turning back, being myself and ending the war against wisdom, aka consumption by becoming poetry incarnate. 09-09-09 Crescent City on North Manitou Island (newer OS) 09-09-09 Crescent … Continue reading
Invitations and press releases away!
No turning back now, the invitations and press releases for the November 28th event are public. There’s also a swell new image for my collaboration with Gretchen, check it on the ‘save the date’ page…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
An evening of exploration with local artists Explore an evening of cinema and performance with filmmaker Dan Kelly and Dancer/Choreographer Gretchen Eichberger-Kudlak at the Mills Community House Theater in Benzonia, Saturday November 28 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm. The … Continue reading
Sketch – Passage to North Manitou Island
Another working sketch posted, the transit from Sleeping Bear Point to North Manitou Island. The queasiness associated with exposing works in progress is becoming less of an issue. I think this sketch works and gets the idea across. There’s enough … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-08, Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, latest news, video chapters, vision
Tagged edit, north manitou island, passage, rhythm, sketch, sleeping bear point, work in progress
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Breakfast and the rough cut
I continue to slam together a rough cut for the November 28 test screening event in Benzonia, Michigan. Why have I scheduled a test screening? Proof of concept A little more than a month has passed since I ran Hello … Continue reading
Making a movie
I shot around 20 hours of video in September. Is that enough to build a coherent feature length movie? My original idea was to post video during the trip, but It turns out that sailing 20-30 miles, camping/packing, shooting and … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, latest news, vision
Tagged activism, attribution, audience, camping, chapter, cooperative, creative commons, disciplines, editing, episode, feature, filmmaker, global consciousness, jeff gibbs, mountaintop removal, movie, open source, production, profit, public, rhythm, sail, sailing, wilderness, windy
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Save the date – November 28, 2009
If you’ll be in or near Northern Michigan on November 28, come to the On Desire / Around Lake Michigan SPECIAL EVENT! Join the amazing folks who participated and supported the Around Lake Michigan, Search for Sustainable Civilizations project. We’ll … Continue reading
Return to the crib
Back in Brooklyn after a 13 hour drive with my brother Steve yesterday. We’ve got a date today to help a mutual friend with his apartment, then Steve will be heading back to Michigan on Wednesday. Meanwhile, wow! What’s it … Continue reading
Posted in vision, wilderness
Tagged big lake, brooklyn, civilization, cloud, jumble, lake michigan, michigan, overpower, planet earth, riot, space time, steve kelly, water, wind
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The cost of sailing
Just before launching last month, I took some pictures of the waste generated from Hello World’s renovation. Getting her ready required power, raw material and room in the landfill. Around Lake Michigan is a search for sustainable civilizations that utilized … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, latest news, self education / research, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged big bear, budget, calculation, consumer, electricity, footprint, landfill, power, solar, solar panels, sustain, sustainable, toxic, toxic consumer culture, waste, wind turbine
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Debriefing continues
Talked with two of my bio brothers yesterday about the trip. Mike and I both have an affinity for the national parks and we discussed how I might craft a proposal based on ALM to increase access to parks without … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, latest news, sustainable, training / practice, wilderness
Tagged camping, composting toilet, ecsh road, forums, hobie, hulls, leak, mike kelly, national lakeshore, pressurize, review, sleeping bear dunes, steve kelly, sustainable camping, vacuum
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Afterward
Phase 1 of Around Lake Michigan is complete. The overview – 300 miles of sailing in about 30 days, 50+ hours of video recorded including travel and interviews, plenty of low/no impact camping, many new friends, 20,000 hits on the … Continue reading
Map
Lake Michigan shares 1600 miles of shoreline with 4 states. The 2009 expedition of Around Lake Michigan explored about 300 miles or 1/5 of the perimeter in 3 weeks. x x x 1. Elberta Beach 09/05 – 09/06 2. South … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-30, Around Lake Michigan, movies, video chapters, wilderness
Tagged ALM, lake michigan, map
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Heading ESE
To Wisconsin!
Posted in 09-09-30, Around Lake Michigan, Hello World
Tagged stonington peninsula, upper peninsula, wisconsin
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Still in the UP
It’s 9:00 am at Rapid River, Michigan on the Stonington Penninsula. There’s a big wind ready to blow me south to Green Bay and beyond. Robot weather reports are out of commission as my little radio got wet on the … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-29, Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, latest news
Tagged adhoc workshop, found object, rapid river, ritch branstrom
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Intensity
I jettisoned the sludge around 9:00 am and headed southwest, with the intention of hyper jumping 40 miles across the UP and camping just past the Garden Peninsula on summer island. It was to be a short and very intense … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-25, Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, visualization (magic)
Tagged airfoil, airplane, camp, camping, conscious, garden, hobie 16, hobie cat, jib, main sail, mogul, mph, pressure, rudder, sail, sailboat, sheet, speed, synergyhobie, tiller, vacuum, wave, waves, wind, wing
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The Upper Peninsula
I saw the Upper Penninsula of Michigan pretty quick but my vector brought the coast up gradually. As the shore came into view, I could not see the rosy beige colors of friendly quartz sand beaches, but rather blue water … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-24, Around Lake Michigan, Hello World
Tagged algae, dunes, muck, quartz sand, stone, upper peninsula
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Bye bye Beaver
Seemed like I’d stayed for days and days, but it was only four days. Easy to get in the groove on Beaver with so many friendly folks around. I’m off to pack the boat and launch. With luck, Naubenway today. … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-23, Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, repairs
Tagged beaver island, garden island, iphone, loss, naubenway, overboard
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Snorkling with Dick
Monday morning, while waiting to interview Dick Burris the stonemason, I chatted with Doug Tilley, manager at the CMU research station over breakfast at the Dalwhinnie Bakery. Dick and I connected later, two interviews in one day! We ended up … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-21, 09-09-22, Around Lake Michigan, latest news, wilderness
Tagged auto, car graveyard, central michigan university, cmu, dick burris, doug tilley, mask, snorkel, transfer station, underwater
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An Island called Beaver
There are disasters, problems and blessings. Any life worth living is an admixture of these. So much life in a couple of days. First my current position. At a power enabled table in Danny Donegals Pub, Beaver Island, sipping a … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-20, Around Lake Michigan, Hello World
Tagged auto, beaver island, bezel, brazil, brazilian, camping, cement, charlevoix, compass, danny donegal pub, depth, diving, donna's place, explosion, gps, graveyard, hungarian, iphone, james kudlak, jetty, mask, o'hara stout, oberon, parents, pool party, pressure, sauna, shamrock restaurant, shoal, silva compass, st james bay, stoney acre grill, tom petty, transfer station
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Feedback for movies, finally
Since the Around Lake Michigan movies are presented in a resizable window outside of the blog proper, folks couldn’t comment – doh! Just created a stack of posts to fix this slight oversight… and away we go! Watch the movies … Continue reading →