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Tag Archives: hawaii
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
Garbage Bits in the Pacific
Just a teaser… Story to follow… After a 2:00 am start C-130 calls us att dawn to help with rescue:: Overturned boat:: Man is rescued minutes before we get there after standing on the boat all night: We return to … Continue reading
Rifting establishes protocols
Kai is in the house! We’ve been doing a lot of undocumented talking phonewise. Kai isn’t totally comfortable with posting full names of collaborating individuals, he want’s to protect their privacy. He’s also reluctant to release the On Desire blog … Continue reading
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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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
Expansion and sustainability
Kai has been keeping a log of his exploits since arriving in Hawaii and setting up Desire, but since he hasn’t had reliable internet enabled computation, contributing to the On Desire blog has been problematic. Mostly we talk on the … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged apple inc., container ship, green, hawaii, panasonic, sdr sdw20, sustainable
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All hands on deck
July 5 is the deadline for my Hawaiian ride. We’re down to the wire. 11th hour. Time to ship or get off the ops. Now or never. Magic! In last weeks episode… Riding the Transpac would have been an exciting … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, health / survival, sustainable, vision / planning, visualization (magic)
Tagged bunker fuel, consumer, container, container ship, entre, entrepreneurs, footprint, hawaii, horror, kai, kai schwarz, on desire, pollution, sustainable, toxic consumer culture, transpac
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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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Calling all collaborators
Yesterday was momentous. Thanks to advice from Christin Shacat I researched the Division 1 and 2 Transpac skippers. I also blasted Apple execs with an inspiring email, strategized with Kai for an hour and implemented Twitter. What’s it all about? … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, gear, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged alexander and baldwin, apple, california, canon, christin Shacat, collaborators, container ship, entrepreneurs, five fingers, footprint, hawaii, holes, horizon lines, jeff gibbs, lectrosonics, matson, oahu, on desire, racing sailboats, science, solar power, steadicam, steve jobs, sustainable, tiffen, transpac, transpac 2009, twitter, vibram, Vixia, wind, yachts
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da kine Kai
Kai checked in yesterday. Since he had just been blown from San Diego to Tahiti aboard Babalu and then flown to the big island of Hawaii, I was surprised to hear him sounding sort of stressed. Having experienced the big … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, vision / planning
Tagged blue water, buoys, carbon fiber, curtis collins, da kine, hawaii, jerry garcia, kai, mauna kea, physics, seattle, steve oliver, sulfer dioxide, telescopes, transpac 2009, vog, wind farm
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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
Loose ends
From: DAN Subject: Re: Kona next week Date: June 8, 2009 9:38:11 AM EDT To: KAI Hey Cap’n, Still in Michigan waiting for a few final components of the kit to arrive. In the meantime, I … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged boat, desire, hawaii, kai, travel
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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 bliss, vision / planning
Tagged awareness, bliss, hawaii, koyannisquatsi, on desire, toxic consumer culture, vision / planning
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Birthday present
From: Thorsten Andresen Subject: use of image Date: May 18, 2009 2:14:15 AM EDT To: Dan Kelly Cc: Nils Sparwasser Dear Dan Kelly, Thank your for your interest in our images. I am happy to … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, visualization (scientific)
Tagged dlr, german aerospace, glcf, global land cover facility, hawaii, national geophysical data center, ngdc, nils sparwasser, Robert Meisner, stephan reiniger, thorsten andresen, united states geological survey, university of maryland, usgs
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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