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Category Archives: simplify
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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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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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
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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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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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
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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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
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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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
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Progress
There’s so much to do I want to post a regular progress report as a tool to amp up momentum. There’s a point of no return that needs to be reached ASAP which includes selling the car and subletting the … Continue reading
Posted in simplify, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged brooklyn, gear, Honda Odyssey, liquidate, sublet
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