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Category Archives: self education / research
Dear Earth
English Dear Earth, We, the people of the USA, are finally getting our shit together. We’re actually practicing democracy by taking direct responsibility for ourselves. We’ve always been in power here but have inappropriately allowed our beliefs and behaviors to … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision
Tagged dear earth, deutsch, german
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How to download Wikileaks Insurance
DISCLAIMER and WARNING – I was arrested in March of 2001 for protesting the impending Iraq war. Subsequently, I found out that I have an FBI record that is “secret”. The reason I know this is a long story, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, nonviolent communication, open source, policy, self education / research, training / practice
Tagged arrest, checksum, fbi, hacker, hackers, insurance, iraq, julian assange, sha1, torrent, transmission, war, wikileaks
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Live Fully, Pay Attention, Power Down
Play movie for computer, phone or youtube An ALM inspired public service message about giving up jet travel, whipped up in response to a regional fund raising effort that seemed inherently contradictory. The more I learned the more I felt … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, movies, policy, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged activist, ALM, artist, awakening the dreamer, jet travel, jets, local, may erlewine, northern michigan, regional, seth bernard
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PSA V2
I tested my PSA yesterday – me doing a talking head with ALM b-roll. It’s got potential. This morning I simplified the narration. I am Dan Kelly In 2008 I was invited to sail around the Hawaiian islands and make … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, policy, self education / research, story, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged africa, amtrak, china, impact, jet travel, jets, low impact, ondesire, psa, san juan, travel, utah
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Public Service Announcement
I’ve been away from ondesire.movie for a couple of months, reconstructing my land based life and recovering from an NYC exit. Let’s return now to the Around Lake Michigan archives for further extraction and posting. I’m starting with a PSA … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, self education / research, simplify, story, sustainable, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision, vision / planning
Tagged africa, amtrak, china, impact, jet travel, jets, low impact, ondesire, psa, san juan, travel, utah
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Day 5 – Ready to go for real
Day 5 was the second and for real launch. June 1st was the official day of getting Hello World into the Big Lake and starting to sail but the truth was we weren’t ready. A few days of puttering around … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-05, 10-06-06, Around Lake Michigan, food, Hello World, repairs, self education / research, video chapters, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged bear lake, beulah, big lake
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Musings in the morning
With ALM, I have three basic flows for telling the story – raw video, motion graphics and posts (text). Though I wasn’t as faithful with imaging everything, I was fairly thorough in my writing. I captured details that I certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, injury, movies, open source, policy, self education / research, story, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged approach, attitude, cam chocks, climbing, collaborator, complication, dave hart, field test, gear, geek, motion graphics, posts, protection, rack, simplicity, solution, south manitou island, success, trial, tribulation, trivia, video, wordbooker
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Day 4 – Adjustments in Arcadia
An easy afternoon on the beach making adjustments to Hello World, mostly the straps and plates that secured the waterproof rifle cases. There’s also insights about yawning. Behind the scene details were posted on June 6. 10-06-04 Adjustments in Arcadia, … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-04, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, movies, repairs, self education / research, video chapters, vision
Tagged amway, arcadia, bear lake, dangerous, martial arts, plates, rifle cases, sharp, surgery, weapon, yawn, yawning
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What I did with the 2nd half of July
I took advantage of the 2010 expedition’s abrupt end by soaking up the rapture oozing outta Hello World’s home base, the Artist house on Crystal Lake. Truth be told, the spring had sprung so sweetly last May that it was … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, hawaiian language, Hello World, policy, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters
Tagged AIS, ALM, beulah, brooklyn, california, crystal lake, earthship, hinduism today, klamps, lego, michigan, mike reynolds, nephew, pipe, swami bua, swamiji, the new yorker, wedding
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What does it mean when this happens?
Somehow the front aluminum pylon is sinking or twisting inside the hull. It might have happened while moored in Chicago’s Monroe Harbor, perhaps from an impact by another boat. Or it could be a sign of some internal problem that … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, repairs, self education / research
Tagged geometry, hull, pylon, structure
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Accidental practice
Day 33 Perfection? The kingdom of god is spread upon the earth and man does not see it. Someone to tumble with in this grass would be sweet but as far as solo moments go, pretty near perfect. In tree … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, self education / research, vision, vision / planning
Tagged free power, monroe harbor, ritual, sail, sun, wind
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Facebook catch-up
This is for the Facebook people who’ve been missing out on recent posts due to the unpredictable behavior of the sharing application. I’ve gone back to a less fancy but very reliable solution. Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day … Continue reading
Back in a big city
Day 31 It’s big city life, Chicago. Amazing how familiar it feels after days and days of waves. Mostly I’m catching up and doing housekeeping. After breakfast I wandered over to Monroe Harbor and made arrangements to bring in Hello … Continue reading
Chicago!
Day 30 Down at the beach with Jeni and Nancy to open my wind window. Steve came jogging by and they introduced us. He’s working at the steel mill and said that before US Steel bought it and nixed everyone’s … Continue reading
Marooned in New Buffalo
Day 28 I woke up bright and fine after a terrific rest. Having surveyed the forest last night, I knew a nitrogen drop off was doable. The rich loamy sand of the forest floor had a dense root mat. I … Continue reading
Jean Klock Park
Day 25 and 26 Jean Klock park. Spent yesterday and this morning with Carol deconstructing the very sleezy maneuvers required to tear down exquisite wild dunes and privatize a community commons. Will a poorly designed golf course and an upscale … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-25, Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, health / survival, latest news, nonviolent communication, open source, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision / planning, visualization (magic), wilderness
Tagged benton harbor, carol drake, dunes, golf course, jean klock park, st joe
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Salute! Saugatuck (and Douglas)
Day 24 There’s steady WNW wind this morning, good for heading south. I’ve got a stop I might make along the way to Benton Harbor today. I’m looking to round out the Lake’s bottom before the month ends. What’s in … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-23, 10-06-24, Around Lake Michigan, art, collaborators, food, Hello World, nonviolent communication, self education / research, synchronicity / fortunate accidents
Tagged alison swan, benton harbor, chicago, dave swan, douglas, fred eagle royce, oval beach, rj peterson, saugatuck, schumann, vicky morales
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Two halves
Day 22 Waking at Schumann’s 7:00 am, gotta move on over to Fred Eagle Royce’s and then get to town for an interview with RJ Peterson, marina magnate, community booster, friend to the late Dennison and self proclaimed conservationist. RJ … Continue reading
Do Ludington
Climb the bluff carefully for a thrilling view of the big lake and better cell reception. Nearby construction along the bluff edge reminds me of my reason for sailing around Lake Michigan. Activating global consciousness to steward and EXPAND the … Continue reading
Questions
Sarah Castle recently tweeted an New Scientist article by Deborah Mackenzie, Living in Denial, Why Sensible People Reject the Truth. This may have been a continuation of our exchange over my Stephen Hawkin inspired ET conquistador proposal, so I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, health / survival, self education / research, training / practice, vision, vision / planning
Tagged edward bernays, inquiry, koyaanisquatsi, query, question, saddam hussein, sarah castle, science, sigmund freud, stephen hawking, technology
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Swimming
Yesterday afternoon I tested both the Aquapac underwater camera solution and my Gul skin out wetsuit with a swim to the blue line. A classic tao situation. All the cheese and yogurt I’ve been eating is starting to show – … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, gear, health / survival, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged blue line, blueline, cheese, cold, cramp, crystal lake, fat, gul, hobie, sailsport marine, scott, skin out wetsuit, swim
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Swimming
Yesterday afternoon I tested both the Aquapac underwater camera solution and my Gul skin out wetsuit with a swim to the blue line. A classic tao situation. All the cheese and yogurt I’ve been eating is starting to show – … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, gear, health / survival, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged blue line, blueline, cheese, cold, cramp, crystal lake, fat, gul, hobie, sailsport marine, scott, skin out wetsuit, swim
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Armor Amour – chapter 2
Here’s the back page from the vintage Hobie Cat brochure that came with Hello World. Hobie had an intriguing angle on catamarans in 1979 – camping. Perhaps being a subsidiary of the Coleman Company had something to do with it. … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, repairs, self education / research, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged 9/11, aluminum, aluminum powder, armor, beach, camp, camping, cargo, copper, damage, demolition, hobie, impact, inertia, landing, nanocomposite, pennies, penny, plate, steel, thermite, tile, twin tower, twin towers
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Armor Amour – chapter 1
When Hello World came down from the rafters I was dismayed to find she was still wet. Before lofting her last October I had drained the standing water from the hulls. Though I suspected her fiberglass / foam sandwich was … Continue reading
I know the journey has started when…
I know the journey has started when I don’t know when it’s going to start. The moment when the handcrafted Hello World slides into surf cannot be predicted. I’ve been back in the water since the year flipped. I’ve shared … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, nonviolent communication, open source, repairs, self education / research, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged facebook, Hello World, interlux, jackie ankerson, launch, mark zuckerberg, victoria weinstein, west systems
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-5 days – fly true
Despite precautions, when I crawl into bed I feel the prickle of tiny glass fibers on my naked skin. I mingle with Hello World, we become one flesh. Hello World is more than my production platform, transport and home. The … Continue reading
-4 days – child’s questions
A cup of ginger tea before donning the yellow hazmat suit and starting the day’s fiberglass fun. The Brunton inverter is whirring away somewhat creakily as it charges this iPhone. Most of the gear has already been checked for solid … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, health / survival, Hello World, policy, repairs, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged brunton, carbon footprint, fiberglass, Hello World, jor-el, kal-el, krypton, loreen niewenhuis, mining, moses, petro chemistry
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1 day – intrigue
“Our long years of negotiations with foreign countries… have yielded no results this far. With the oil revenues we could meet our entire budget and combat poverty, disease, and backwardness among our people. Another important consideration is that by the … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, self education / research
Tagged bp, british petroleum, Democracy Now, gulf coast, iran, mosaddegh, oil, oil rig, spill
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6 days – family
Woke up with a big happy after an 11 hour crash. About 8:30 pm last night I started nodding and had to lay down. Could have been the wine and lasagna… or just the turnings of mystery. I clarified my … Continue reading
7 days – fuggedaboudit!
Since I’m making a movie, I can get away with documenting everything. Writing daily, describing insights and epiphanies ad nauseum. This blog is a strategy for generating interest in the project – coming soon to a theater near you… Clearly … Continue reading
9 days – Love!
Notice how calm I appear? Tomorrow gear should start arriving via ground shipping including the voice of Hello World, Winslow’s Torus. I’m a Taurus too! Hello World has yet to go into the shop for fiberglass patching, but I think … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, Hello World, repairs, self education / research, visualization (magic)
Tagged collaborate, credit card, dance, future, kids, love, social media, suck, sustainable
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10 days – errands
A day driving around and hooking up with experts. I dropped in to see Chuck of Northern Welding Specialties first, but he wasn’t there. He told me via cell that he was teaching at the college and perhaps we could … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, maker, repairs, self education / research
Tagged bike, fabricate, fiberglass, food, guitar, scuba, supplies
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11 days – shopping
Heading into Traverse City to shop and run errands. Here’s my list… Oryana bug repellent (no deet) [Green Ban] (1) food Backcountry paddle head or new paddle sawdust bag (waterproof) The UPS store 14th or garfield the ups store return … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged errand, gear, repair, traverse city
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12 days – details
Much ordering, inspections and organization. I’m driving up to Traverse City tomorrow or Tuesday for a shopping day. Fiberglass work has not started, I expect to prep the garage for Hello World today and maybe even get her in there. … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, maker, repairs, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged cargo, checklist, fiberglass, launch, progress, repair, structure
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15 days – Making of a Saint
Getting close now. Order of operations seems to be holding together, it’s spooky that I’m mostly on schedule. Everything can go right between now and launch… it’s possible. I am noticing more, recognizing the unfolding of a larger story. A … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, health / survival, Hello World, movies, open source, self education / research, simplify, story, sustainable, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision / planning, visualization (magic), wilderness
Tagged apocalypse, dog, jesus, order of operations, shiva, sustainable
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16 days – Roman Nose
Kari was over last night for dinner and we talked about guns, earthships and vision quests. She used a big cutting board as a model of Hello World, sliding it back and forth on the counter top as if it … Continue reading
17 days – pronouns
You might notice an unusual use of pronouns in this project. “We” usually replaces “I” when discussing the trip. That’s because Hello World has it’s own identity and presence, it’s not just Dan Kelly sailing Around Lake Michigan, it’s Dan … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, Hello World, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision, vision / planning
Tagged boat, cybernetic, he, our, pronoun, sail, she, symbiotic, together, us, we
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Training report
Just ran 4 miles, 2 backward in 21:00 minutes or 10:50 minutes/miles and 2 forward in 16:11 minutes or 8:05/minutes/mile for a total of 37:11 minutes. The backwards miles are amazing, just keep tossing the feet behind and trust.
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, self education / research, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged backwards, run, time, trust
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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
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
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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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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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
What ist am i?
Awareness is my way. Science and religion both miss the point when they ask us to deny our awareness, what we just know. Not know from common sense or by faith, by analysis of data or by memorizing some scripture, … Continue reading
Posted in self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged data, faith, religion, science, scripture
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What’s worth listening to…
I am a fan of WBAI FM in NYC. Fortunately, I don’t have to be in Brooklyn to enjoy the broadcast. Not only is WBAI streaming on the web, but archives are available for 90 days. WBAI is totally listener … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, health / survival, nonviolent communication, open source, self education / research, sustainable
Tagged 2600.com, Armand DiMele, counterspin, Democracy Now, Doug Henwood, Emmanuel Goldstein, HOPE, Hugh Hamilton, Jeannie Hopper, Jim Freund, Max Schmid, Michio Kaku, Peter Bochan, Robert Knight, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Wakeup Call, wbai
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Yin and Yang
Even a sailboat has an environmental cost. Rebuilding Hello World was intended as a low impact project, not a sustainable project as I defined it a few days ago. Not only was electricity and petroleum poured into the tools, lights … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, policy, repairs, self education / research, sustainable, vision
Tagged big bear, fiberglass, fiberglass repair, garbage, low impact, solar, sustainable, vacuum cleaner, voc, waste, wind
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Search for Sustainable Civilizations
Queue voice over by Rod Serling or Leonard Nimoy… not Twilight Zone or Star Trek, but the 70’s Cousteau docs of Serling’s and the 80s ‘In Search Of’ series hosted by Nimoy. Sustainable Civilizations has a mythic ring. They are … Continue reading
Rainy preparations
This morning I pop riveted the stern/port trampoline casting that Chuck welded yesterday. I’ve got more riveting to do after I apply some adhesive to the mast base, but it’s wet out there – raining. I’ll go into town to … Continue reading
Budgets
A $400 Hobie Cat, eh? That’s what I bought it for in May, with a trailer! A week later, (after a full inventory), it turned out there were no blocks for the main and jib. The seller, Alan Vigland, had … Continue reading
Hobie repairs begin in earnest
I’ve been moving tentatively on the hull repairs for the Hobie 16 because it’s scary. Grinding down gelcoat and fiberglass generates clouds of hazardous dust. There’s the expense of buying all the epoxy product to do the repair, not to … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, self education / research
Tagged hobie, hobie cat, michigan
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Riposte – sustainability isn’t an abstraction
I was just commenting on Telemetry 090630 and I realized my comment was worthy of it’s own post. Kai and I are a few steps past this now, but you can’t practice fundamentals too much. > It seems, for ideological … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, nonviolent communication, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged al gore, carbon, carbon footprint, cruise ships, fundamentals, hawaii, jeff, jeff gibbs, jets, kai schwarz, no jetting, small, telemetry, tourist
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Elements of Style
Dan here! Those of you reading On Desire so far may be annoyed with my quirky and often obtuse writing style. With the delivery of the Macbook Pro two days ago, Kai is in the process of coming online and … Continue reading
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Letter to Steve Jobs
From: Dan Kelly Subject: Hey Steve! Date: June 16, 2009 7:36:07 PM EDT To: Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Hey Steve, Trust you are doing well. I haven’t been following your progress, have you looked … Continue reading
Terrorist Training TM
I’m sending out screeners for ‘Almonds’ to film festivals this morning. You can watch the trailer here… http://almondsmovie.com The press package is also available as a pdf – the project’s back story. After reviewing the press package and checking in … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, gear, self education / research, simplify, sustainable, training / practice
Tagged addict, causality, corporate hegemony, environmental injury, fedex, global transportation, melanie chopko, mike kelly, park slope food coop, political repression, raw materials, sarah kelly, some almonds movie, sprawl, sprouting, terrorist training, toxic consumer culture
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Vision revisited
What begins to emerge is the demonstration. Apparently we face big challenges on planet Earth. There are some who claim we’ve passed the point of no return for global climate change. If that’s true then only miracles matter. I don’t … Continue reading
Still here?
I laze. It’s spring at the artist house, lovely. One might conjecture a very slow tourist season hereabouts, what with the end of capitalism and all. Sigh! What a time to be thousands of miles away. A cat eating mackerel … Continue reading
Instruments of mass creation
I’ve been listening to Zietgeist addendum today while rotoscoping Almonds and had a flash on self education. My brother Steve and I have been talking about how students emerge from college with significant debt. His kids (my nephews) are not … Continue reading
Wishing machine
Here’s a lecture William Burroughs made at Naropa. There’s interesting material here about a machine he experimented with and his critique of science’s indefensible split of consciousness and external reality. naropa_william_s_burroughs_class A few of the references that Burroughs mentions… Frontiers … Continue reading
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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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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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
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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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
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