-
Archives
- October 2016
- August 2015
- July 2015
- July 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- May 2012
- November 2011
- August 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
-
Meta
Category Archives: vision / planning
Aloha New York City
It’s about 2:30 pm on Sunday the 23 of April 2009 by the mad reckoning of the Gregorian calendar. I am gorging on tofu and onions with a dash of tumeric, just a few vacuum swipes away from departure. Leaving … 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
Movie strategy
Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Foundation is trying something interesting. They are posting chapters of the documentary Rethinking Afghanistan as they are completed. This provides for a lot of interaction and audience involvement, even audience building. Here’s the URL… http://rethinkafghanistan.com/ I … Continue reading
Movie strategy
Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Foundation is trying something interesting. They are posting chapters of the documentary Rethinking Afghanistan as they are completed. This provides for a lot of interaction and audience involvement, even audience building. Here’s the URL… http://rethinkafghanistan.com/ I … 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
1 Comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in vision / planning
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
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
Posted in Desire project genesis, simplify, vision / planning
Tagged booties, fins, flippers, free diving, harness, jason lome, mask, regulator, scuba, snorkel
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in vision / planning
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged desire, gitzo, hvx-200, production gear, simplify, solar panels, treking, Vixia, waterproof
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged camping, ceramic water filter, dan kelly, kai schwarz, sleeping bag, tent, treking
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged camera, cetacean, flippers, free diving, jason lome, mask, NAUI, regulator, scuba, snorkel, underwater, wet suit
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged camping, dan kelly, email, gear, Honda Odyssey, kai schwarz, liquidate, michigan, production gear, scuba, sublet, treking, visualization (magic)
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged big world small footprint, BWSF, dan kelly, desire, john gallone, kai schwarz
Leave a comment
Sailbabalu
Dan, We now have the capability of updating our web blog on ‘Babalu’ by satellite phone at sea. This includes our position on Google Earth every time we update the blog. It’s still in it’s raw state but will get … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged babalu, blogging, dan kelly, email, kai schwarz, sailbabalu
2 Comments
Junkraft
Dan, Here’s an interesting site (sometimes buggy) about two guys who built a raft out of junk and sailed it from California to Hawaii. Cheers! ~Kai http://junkraft.com/blog/
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged california, dan kelly, email, hawaii, junkraft, kai schwarz
Leave a comment
Welcome to Version 0.1
Hello and welcome to The Desire Project, code named The Desire Project. Here are our initial emails that started this off. We can just post everything to each other here from now on and build the archive. You/me will need … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged blogging, email, new york city, on desire
Leave a comment
Update
From: DAN Subject: update Date: March 14, 2009 9:09:00 AM EDT To: KAI Hey! I am keenly interested in doing Desire in May. There are several projects that have to be closed down before, it’s slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged dan kelly, desire, gear, kai schwarz, liquidate, sublet
Leave a comment
Re: alternates (to flying)
From: KAI Subject: Re: alternates Date: February 27, 2009 7:15:42 AM EST To: DAN Hello Dan, It was great talking with you yesterday! As for getting to Hawaii I’ll try to find some more crew list … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged crew, dan kelly, honolulu, horizon, kai schwarz, long beach, matson, no jetting, passenger, seattle, shipping lines
Leave a comment
Alternates (to flying)
From: DAN Subject: alternates Date: February 26, 2009 4:15:36 PM EST To: KAI Kai, I’m looking for alternates to flying from cali to hawaii – cruisers, working boats, zeppelins, etc (not cruise ships). just priced amtrak … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged amtrak, california, chicago, hawaii, no jetting
Leave a comment
The Desire Project – Big World small footprint
From: KAI Subject: The Desire Project – Big World small footprint Date: January 6, 2009 12:28:32 AM EST To: DAN Hello Dan, Sorry it took a few days to get back to you an answer your … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged AC power, beans, big world small footprint, BWSF, desire, distiller, fishing, fresh water, fruits, grizzly bear, grizzly man, hawaii, helicopter, honolulu, john gallone, kona, pasta, rice, sailing, sailing the farm, san diego, scuba gear, solar panels, some almonds movie, sprouting, survival, underwater, vegetables, VW microbus, waterproof, werner herzog, wind generator
Leave a comment