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Intergalactic network: December 2009
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Wednesday, December 9. If I had to earn money with some of my leisure time projects, I certainly would need to learn to do better estimates of the time involved. About a week after I prepared all the struts needed for my first geodesic dome, I dared to attempt another proof of concept. Although the hose connectors don't stabilise the structure much during assembly, once everything is in place it feels quite sturdy. I could carry the structure around easily, but I certainly have to skip the idea of de...
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Intergalactic network: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 28. Without David, and with one teacher less than planned for, the day started a bit disorganised. Libby got a bit upset, which luckily didn't affect the quality of her hands while giving me a turn. Using AT, she regained her calm, and prevented getting overwhelmed by the challenge to improvise the daily program. Posted by Winston Smith. Labels: Frank Pierce Jones. Tuesday, April 27. Posted by Winston Smith. Sunday, April 18. A sculpture per day keeps the blues away. Since I managed to h...
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Intergalactic network: September 2010
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Monday, September 6. Sanity and dis-ease, Part 2. Simple acts can become insurmountable obstacles when the down habit visits me. Even writing about it surprises me, as I got distracted from the perspective I planned to take for part of sanity and disease. While I have yet to consider whether describing my down habit manages to attenuate it or rather reinforces it, I'll take a step back for a bigger picture. The embodied memory of unprocessed emotional events remains, with our minds as reactive force to p...
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Intergalactic network: March 2010
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Monday, March 29. As it feels like a bit of SAD is looming, I started considering marketing my tensegrity hobby a bit more, got myself busy building more models and taking some photos. First step will be to get accepted for a stall at an arts market, and then I hope hours of haggling will follow. Naming the sculptures provided quite some fun, let's see what happens next. Icosahedron with two two tensuls). Two joined stellated tetrahedrons). Thirty strut frequency 2 sphere). Tensul joined with icosahedron).
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Intergalactic network: August 2010
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Wednesday, August 25. Everything we do changes the environment, with or without consciousness. Everything we think changes ourself, with or without consciousness. Change happens anyway, anytime, albeit our perception of life might ignore this simple truth. Every breath we take slightly shift the balance between oxygen and CO2 in our immediate proximity, simultaneously the same chemical balance within our organism changes. We can find forward and up approximately here and now. When we stay present wit...
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Intergalactic network: Little things with big impact
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Tuesday, August 3. Little things with big impact. Every environment you visit on a regular basis becomes co-creator of habits. Even before I started learning Alexander Technique, I had developed a kind of sense for the new (and some of the typical) ways of interaction in serendipitous situations. I felt quite elated and 'ready for action' after both days of Cathy's weekend workshop, although I didn't seem to have advanced much. However, just by attending the workshop I surrounded myself by a nurturin...
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Intergalactic network: Hitting the wall
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Wednesday, August 25. Everything we do changes the environment, with or without consciousness. Everything we think changes ourself, with or without consciousness. Change happens anyway, anytime, albeit our perception of life might ignore this simple truth. Every breath we take slightly shift the balance between oxygen and CO2 in our immediate proximity, simultaneously the same chemical balance within our organism changes. We can find forward and up approximately here and now. When we stay present wit...
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Intergalactic network: November 2009
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Thursday, November 26. Yesterday I ran into an interesting controversy about thinking. There is a definite desire in some people to 'stop thinking', but I suggested that you will have to be dead to achieve this. Luckily, we moved onto a different topic instead of getting into a senseless debate. I admit, this extensive definition of 'thinking' contradicts the cultural habit to link 'consciousness' or 'awareness' to thought. Usually the verbalizing part of the neuronal fireworks is considered 'thinkin...
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Intergalactic network: A skill for life
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Monday, November 22. A skill for life. I don't regret to the slightest my decision to become a teacher for Alexander Technique. I learned many things about myself and the human form in general, and how to stay more conscious in a variety of constellations. However, I'm yet skilled enough to handle the uncertainty I'm facing in my immediate future with poise, ease and grace. Their survival requires an unsustainable amount of resources. If a joy-ride on a boat goes wrong, depending on the arbitrary pla...
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Intergalactic network: February 2010
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Thursday, February 18. We had three two hours of anatomy this week, and I noticed how tiring the traditional frontal teaching format is. Luckily Mick Gleeson presented the material in an interesting and light-hearted way, deepening my knowledge about anatomy in a productive way. We explored the role of the jaw in sound production as group activity, after exploring each others torso during breathing, monkey and whispered aaah. The more I allow all of the sensory information to come together, the easie...