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Category Archives: art
Illustrated Revelations on an Art of Self
The outcome for 1/1 – 1/2 is to publish a clear and fun compendium and quick reference for the driving objectives of 2013. Let’s begin with thinking about thinking. How do introspective sessions connect and coalese, how do I bind … Continue reading →
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Posted in alternate universe, Around Lake Michigan, chaga, driving force, fuck mother, george galloway, glimmung, goals, hack, health, Lena Maude Wilson, mantak chia, master ru, money, organization, people, pkd, polymath, production and post, projects, protocol, real life, Science Fiction Musical, story, tantra, teachers, upkeep
Tagged daughter of god, desire, dog, earth, objectives, plan, practice, research, swami bua, to do, wordpress
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Fukushima in the USA
Arnie Gunderson – 23 plants in the USA identical to Fukushima, 2 near Chicago, Dresden and Quad City neither are on Lake Michigan Continue reading
Posted in Arnie Gunderson, Around Lake Michigan, fukushima, production and post, story
Tagged budget, nuclear power, plan, research
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Posts to post
I’ve been blogging in my mind for the last couple of months, here’s a sample of the topics I’d like elaborate on soonish. First, a crisis of confidence. Gosh, why blog at all? With the explosion of FB, a personal … Continue reading →
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Posted in animation, Around Lake Michigan, ben woody, cows, doug michels, dragon frame, farm, flag of earth, h16, hardware, Hello World, james allegro, people, production and post, real life, rosie, shack, software, story, technique, workflow
Tagged hobie, james weston schaberg, jeff gibbs, nuclear power, patrick kelly, plan, research, seti
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Cutting glass
Ben and I do DOG daily (have you met Ben Woody?) but my early evenings and weekends are dedicated to acquiring old Hobie 16s cheap – usually with soft decks and other structural issues. This is long range planning for … Continue reading →
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Posted in Around Lake Michigan, ben woody, deck, production and post, real life, rotozip, story, technique, workflow
Tagged budget, fiberglass, hobie, hull, research
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PSA Music
I wrote this originally for Gretchen Eichberger’s “Music for Sleepy Beings” CD, but it didn’t make the cut. Even though I’m an old wolf with no kids, I know what it is to be up late and wishing I could … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, music, poetry / lyrics
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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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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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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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New strategy
A new strategy is needed for the blog. Tho I enjoy writing, trying to craft posts just takes too much time! I’m falling further and further behind. The plan is to try a twitter influenced approach, distillation and supplement with … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, document / journal
Tagged blog, catch up, post, schedule
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Movie – ALM excerpt
Around Lake Michigan, Search for Sustainable Civilizations Watch the movie excerpt – 13:30 minutes. This is intended to give the basic premise of the project. What artifacts of future sustainable civilizations can be found in Ritch Branstrom’s interview? The full … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-17, Around Lake Michigan, movies
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Visiting Kalamazoo
Day 15 – 16 Paused in the Pine Motel parking lot on the way back from Wallys, riding the Zilliax Miyata back to Oval beach in the rain. It was a warm rain and I wanted to add a little … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-16, 10-06-17, 10-06-18, 10-06-19, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, food, Hello World, movies, music, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged aquapac, beer, carlo aonzo, club, coaches, great lakes aquatics, guitar, Hello World, kalamazoo, kmgo, mandolin, miles kusik, oval beach, set, storm, suagatuck, susan fisk, swim, swim for success, team, thunder, vince gallant, wind
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Where are the posts?
Watch for a flurry of blog and video posts in the next 24 hours. I’ll be in Kalamazoo with Susan and Vince until Sunday morning then heading back to Saugatuck Dunes Natural Area where Hello World is parked.
Posted in 10-06-18, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, movies
Tagged blog, kalamazoo, saugatuck, video
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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
Launch!
I don’t want to leave the tent. 7:20 am, sore and wishing to sleep more. The waves take a little breath now – big surges with a rest in between. That’s a change from yesterday – constant roll and crash. … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-01, 10-06-02, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, food, Hello World, story, wilderness
Tagged kari tomashik, kevin and brenda, sore, tent, tough, waves, wind
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2 days – pushback
Are we ready? Not quite yet. Fiberglass repairs will take another few days. An ordering snafu has delayed the arrival of some gear. Chuck is fabricating cargo plates that need to be tested. This weekend’s weather forecast is not beach … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, maker, music, repairs, vision / planning
Tagged delay, launch, party, progress
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14 days – weight and writing
Beautiful. Inventory and ordering continues today, with a bit of general organization around the house. Yesterday I became 6.5 lbs heavier when I started wearing a scuba weight belt. Carrying extra weight is an easy way to challenge the body … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, document / journal, story, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged discipline, inventory, practice, run, scuba, strength, train, weight, write
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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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Exquisite night
take me, sneak up and surround me smother me in the unknown, unseen unfathomed the darkness of depth, underwater danger and cold almost death only to awaken live again, breath in sunlight but I lie a little you are not … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, poetry / lyrics, visualization (magic)
Tagged awaken, cold, light, mystery, night, poem, warmth
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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
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
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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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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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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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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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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Welcome FB refugees
If you are landing here from Facebook, relax – you’re safe now. OK everyone, this is going to be our first old fart singalong. Instructions: click this… lyrics then this… music If you don’t read music don’t panic – right after … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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
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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Am I a good friend?
When you love a lot of people, how do you keep the connections fresh? This is a quandary for me as I’m blessed with a large extended family. Blogs help me make big chunks of my life public. With the … Continue reading
Posted in document / journal
Tagged blog, clan, english, extended family, internet, public, quandry, reality check, simulations, tribe, world wide web, www
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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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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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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.
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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Moon trail
I recorded an iPhone audio snippet of my moolit sail to Otter Creek. The slight wind continued for what seemed hours. In the dark, I passed chatty smokers anchored by what I guessed to be Platte River. Later and far … Continue reading
Who needs Twitter?
Just activated WordPress for the iPhone, and that’s where I’m posting from. Who needs Twitter? A set back today in the reassembly of Hello World. I bunged the starter threads on both sides of the dolphin striker, so I’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, document / journal, Hello World, latest news, repairs, simplify
Tagged Around Lake Michigan, blog, iphone, rocking chair
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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
Radical redesign
As reported a few weeks back, Kai’s got problems with Desire. It’s been sitting for so long unattended that there’s no way he can get it ready in time to return to Seattle ahead of big weather in September. After … Continue reading
Telemetry 090707
Back in Kona after a long weekend in Honolulu, racing on Siesta and whooping it up under the 4th of July fireworks. Sick as a dog from a cold, most likely picked up on the flight to Honolulu.
Posted in document / journal, health / survival, kai, story
Tagged cold, honolulu, july 4, siesta
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Up at dawn
Too many nights celebrating with the tribe this week. Forsaking my sauna pals I crawled into bed at 9:30 pm last night for much needed tissue regeneration. Up at first light this morning and wrapping the Shop and Save project … Continue reading
Telemetry 090630
So here I am again, in my well appointed fiberglass barnacle on the edge of paradise behind a chain link fence, only this time no dogs parole the perimeter. Instead of smelling cordite and consumed jet fuel I’ve got whiffs … Continue reading
Posted in art, bliss, Desire project preparation, document / journal, kai, story, vision / planning, visualization (magic)
Tagged bernard motisie, captain zardoz, chain link fence, cordite, diesel, hobo, paint, vagabond, vog, zen
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Telemetry 090630
I don’t think Dan’s coming to Hawaii. It seems, for ideological reasons as he won’t fly in a jet due to it’s carbon footprint. I can respect his convictions though I don’t fully adopt them as my own. He’s been … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, document / journal, health / survival, kai, story, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged armadillo, blue water, carbon, collective culture, dan kelly, desire, footprint, hawaii, hobie cat, humanity, inter-island, kona, nervous system, portland, radar, radar reflector, radio, san francisco, seattle, solar panel, sustainability, transpac, wind generator
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Shop and Save
Watch Gretchen Eichberger at Shop and Save Here’s another chapter of On Desire in collaboration with Gretchen Eichberger and the Northwest Michigan Folklife Center. Camera ops are Patrick and Yo. Enjoy!
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Meanwhile
The first wave of Transpac 2009 starts without me tomorrow. Jets are only $100 from LA to Honolulu – not an option. So how am I getting to Hawaii? I spoke to the San Francisco office of Greenpeace and passed … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, movies, sculpt, sustainable, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, visualization (magic)
Tagged alan vigland, container ship, cruiser, don seth, gertrude ekstatisch, greenpeace, hobie cat, merchant marine academy, mike murphy, no jetting, northwest michigan folklife, on desire, patrick kelly, shop and save, transpac 2009
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Telemetry 090620
8:50 AM 8/3/06 For me, the ocean is a place that keeps me riveted to the reality of the moment. A place which is always changing and one that keeps me focused and alive in so many sublime ways. I … Continue reading
Posted in bliss, collaborators, Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, document / journal, kai, story
Tagged acid rain, battery, bees, bf2, blue water, boat yard, brooklyn, desire, dirk schwarz, dirt, equipment, ford 150, kealeakua, kona, manhattan, manhattan bridge, melted rubber, oxidation, ozone, queens, salt, tar, the moment, tools, transpac, uv, volcano
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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
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
poetry by Kari
It’s actually July 9, 2009 and I just now found this poem from Kari Tomashik for On Desire. From: Kari Subject: RE: On Desire Date: June 3, 2009 8:02:42 PM GMT-04:00 To: Dan Cc: Kari … Continue reading
Posted in art, Desire project preparation, poetry / lyrics
Tagged kari tomashik, poem
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Train
May 28, 2009… Train as in practice, not what hobos ride. How do we prepare ourselves for anything. Just because I am drinking a beer right now doesn’t mean that I couldn’t whoop a battalion of fascists with one arm … Continue reading
Posted in art, Desire project genesis, health / survival, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged blogging, production, tai chi, training, visualization (magic), yoga
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Aloha Beulah
Here a silver gray and green morning with rain lightly tapping on spring leaves, copper roof and stone. Location – Artist house, Beulah, Michigan, USA, Earth. It’s exceptional and a little hard to believe. I drove 18 hours in a … Continue reading
Posted in art, bliss, Desire project preparation, simplify, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, vision / planning
Tagged atuna, babalu, bear lake, deduytsches, desire, hiva oa, kai schwarz, lake, morning, penske, puddle, rain, spring
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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
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
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
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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
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 →