The Guardian for this meeting was Bleu Oleander. The comments are by Bleu Oleander.

Korel Laloix: Heya
Bleu Oleander: hi Korel!
Bleu Oleander: how are you?
Korel Laloix: The coffee has finally hit... so much better now.
Korel Laloix: How about your?
Bleu Oleander: just starting my coffee :)
Bleu Oleander: a bit sleepy
Korel Laloix: Good for you.
Korel Laloix: That was me a bout an hour ago.
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Korel Laloix: About to take grandma to church...
Bleu Oleander: oh nice!
Korel Laloix: It is usually pretty good.
Bleu Oleander: nice to have your grandma
Korel Laloix: I think so... smiles.. Actually my step grandma.
Bleu Oleander: wish my grandparents were still around
Korel Laloix: I never met my mom's parents and I don't know who my father is.. so don't know who my grandparents are on that side.
Bleu Oleander: I never knew my father's parents either
Korel Laloix: Would love to figure that part out.
Bleu Oleander: yes me too
Korel Laloix: i am a bit jealous of those that grew up with grandparents in their lives I have to admit.
Bleu Oleander: yes, I feel fortunate
Korel Laloix: But everyone's sistuationsa re different...which is good.
Bleu Oleander: yes
Korel Laloix: Looking forward to a relaxing day for sure.
Korel Laloix: At least afternoon.
Bleu Oleander: me too actually
Bleu Oleander: lovely day here
Korel Laloix: Freeezing here.
Korel Laloix: Forsted last night... grrr
Korel Laloix: So not realy for winter.
Korel Laloix: frosted
Bleu Oleander: wow i'm not ready for frost
Bleu Oleander: last year killed all my plants :(
Korel Laloix: And I live in Oklahoma... what is up with that.
Bleu Oleander: what's OK like this time of year usually?
Korel Laloix: Still warm.
Korel Laloix: But not freezing.

--BELL--
Korel Laloix: It could be worse though.. I could live further north a bit.
Bleu Oleander: sorry, went to the kitchen for a refill :)
Bleu Oleander: back
Korel Laloix: Slowygetting ready.
Korel Laloix: Hope yo dont mind me IMing in my underthings... grins
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Bleu Oleander: np
Korel Laloix: Ok.. much better.. and warmer.
Bleu Oleander: :)
Bleu Oleander: quiet morning here today
Korel Laloix: HEre as well.
Korel Laloix: Were a couple of deer in the yard this morning.
Bleu Oleander: even the dogs are sleepy this morning
Bleu Oleander: hey Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: hey hey
Bleu Oleander: love your black and white :)
Eliza Madrigal: you too!
Korel Laloix: Heya
Korel Laloix: Have to go.. take care.
Bleu Oleander: ok take care
Eliza Madrigal: kk, bye Kori
Bleu Oleander: what's been happening this week?
Bleu Oleander: i've been really busy in rl
Eliza Madrigal: boring week :)
Bleu Oleander: haha
Eliza Madrigal: Am more interested to hear what you've been up to!
Bleu Oleander: always a mix of stuff!
Bleu Oleander: we had a wonderful artist studio visit yesterday
Bleu Oleander: the artist was at a crossroads
Bleu Oleander: which I think is a really interesting time for an artist
Bleu Oleander: she's been successful for a while
Bleu Oleander: so felt anxiety about changing her style
Bleu Oleander: and where to go with it
Bleu Oleander: i've been there!
Eliza Madrigal: applicable in all of life
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal: what is her way of being with that?
Bleu Oleander: change is hard

--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: well, she's playing with a few ideas
Bleu Oleander: reading a lot of art criticism, which is interesting to me
Eliza Madrigal: say more?
Bleu Oleander: I generally don't read that much art criticism
Bleu Oleander: I find it overworked most of the time
Bleu Oleander: she also teaches art
Eliza Madrigal: I would guess it becomes more interesting once one has a sense of their own taste first... but before that possibly full of traps
Bleu Oleander: so maybe more relevant to her
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: on another subject ...
Eliza Madrigal: when one has had a measure of success it seems harder to allow for change...

Bleu Oleander: came across this interesting online series
Bleu Oleander: http://live.soundstrue.com/compassio...?component=bab

Eliza Madrigal: click
Bleu Oleander: monday nights
Bleu Oleander: some great speakers
Bleu Oleander: can listen live or later
Bleu Oleander: we met Dan Siegel on one of our recent trips
Eliza Madrigal: thank you
Eliza Madrigal: his is one of the only names I recognize there
Bleu Oleander: Richie Davidson is very interesting too
Bleu Oleander: have read his books
Bleu Oleander: intersection between neuroscience and meditation
Eliza Madrigal: it seems the one thing no one wants to give up about religion :)
Eliza Madrigal: I remember when meditation was a spooky idea... if brought up in a classroom, etc
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: "the emotional Life of your Brain" is his recent book
Bleu Oleander: very good
Eliza Madrigal: meditation changes over time, with an individual, like art expression does
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal: one thing I've come to notice... and there can be moments of panic and plateau
Eliza Madrigal: did you read that one? emotional life?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: it's about emotional styles
Bleu Oleander: very interesting
Eliza Madrigal: emotion is so mysterious
Bleu Oleander: we have a salon coming up this week on emotions
Eliza Madrigal: oh?
Bleu Oleander: really looking forward to it
Eliza Madrigal: I've been surprised to find that when I change practices, like, I've been chanting lately, that emotions come up strangely - suggests to me that they are mostly physioogical
Eliza Madrigal: and have a friend that, whenever he feels off, says "endorphins endorphins endorphins"
Bleu Oleander: physical changes in bodily states, yes
Bleu Oleander: oh heard a talk by an author about a new book
Eliza Madrigal: heheh....
Bleu Oleander: "Spark of Life"
Eliza Madrigal: Nice title!
Bleu Oleander: very interesting!
Bleu Oleander: I ordered it hehe
Eliza Madrigal: Finished the Jim Holt book...
Bleu Oleander: oh great
Bleu Oleander: what did you think?
Eliza Madrigal: delighted by that one... giggled and cried and talked to it
Bleu Oleander: me too!
Eliza Madrigal: appreciated so much the way he wove his own experiences and discoveries and settings into each encounter
Bleu Oleander: i've read it twice now
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal: one 'critique'....
Eliza Madrigal: was that he used the "But is it..." line a few too many times, lol
Bleu Oleander: haha yes
Eliza Madrigal: he draws you in and along and you are like 'yes yes..." then he says "But is it" dramtically
Eliza Madrigal: like a zen master "Is that so?"
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal: and he drinks a lot... hah
Bleu Oleander: ... when in Paris
Bleu Oleander: haha
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Bleu Oleander: was at that cafe
Eliza Madrigal: oohhh
Bleu Oleander: so much history
Bleu Oleander: right there
Eliza Madrigal: did you absorb the thoughts lingering out in the atmosphere?
Bleu Oleander: very heavy atmosphere
Bleu Oleander: full of thoughts
Eliza Madrigal: :)

--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: was thinking that we could mine Richard Davidson's book for possible themes ... he writes about emotional styles
Bleu Oleander: resilience is one
Bleu Oleander: interesting to discuss
Eliza Madrigal: resilience as an emotional state?
Eliza Madrigal: interesting idea
Bleu Oleander: yes, how you recover from adversity
Bleu Oleander: very emotional
Bleu Oleander: another is outlook
Bleu Oleander: positive emotions
Bleu Oleander: sensitivity to context is another
Bleu Oleander: very interesting
Eliza Madrigal: *that* I am completely interested in
Bleu Oleander: social intuition ... another
Bleu Oleander: I think you would enjoy his book
Bleu Oleander: and he's the first speaking on monday for that online series
Eliza Madrigal: ah, will definitely watch that...
Eliza Madrigal: not sure I can add more on to the book pile right now
Eliza Madrigal: but one never knows ^^
Bleu Oleander: know the feeling!
Bleu Oleander: I also ordered George Church's new book
Bleu Oleander: Regenises
Bleu Oleander: synthetic biology
Eliza Madrigal: oh, most interesting!
Bleu Oleander: pretty amazing stuff coming down the line!
Eliza Madrigal: I love to see artists work with science...
Alfred Kelberry: hi, girls
Bleu Oleander: yes ... new institute at ASU
Bleu Oleander: hey mp
Bleu Oleander: imagination and science
Eliza Madrigal: Hello Alfred :)
Bleu Oleander: they brought in Neal Stephenson
Alfred Kelberry: eliza, will you attend 8 am?
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Alfred Kelberry: yay!
Eliza Madrigal: I wanted to hear about that Bleu...
Alfred Kelberry: me too then
Eliza Madrigal: the Neal Stevenson salon
Bleu Oleander: they're planning to bring in artists to talk with scienctists
Bleu Oleander: yes was great to meet him
Eliza Madrigal: what is he like?
Bleu Oleander: he's going to play a role getting the new institute started at ASU
Bleu Oleander: so he said he would do another salon perhpas
Alfred Kelberry: Neal Town Stephenson is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been variously categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and "postcyberpunk."
Bleu Oleander: I want to read http://www.amazon.com/Anathem-Neal-S.../dp/0061474096
Bleu Oleander: philosophy and science
Alfred Kelberry: i bet he charms all women with his bald head and massive beard :)
Bleu Oleander: interesting theme
Bleu Oleander: he's very charming :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Bleu Oleander: did you read "snow crash"?
Eliza Madrigal: I haven't read any of his books... have only read excerpts and things 'about' him
Alfred Kelberry: a charismatic figure: http://i.imgur.com/TgXxZ.jpg
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: he did a google talk
Eliza Madrigal: time to wander to the Village Hall :)
Alfred Kelberry: not yet
Bleu Oleander: yes
Alfred Kelberry: 5 minutes left
Eliza Madrigal: well... seeing Maxine and Aggers and Wol on....
Bleu Oleander: have to get a good seat :)
Eliza Madrigal: so why not join forces
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Alfred Kelberry: yes, we need to keep an eye on them
Bleu Oleander: lol
Eliza Madrigal: exactly
Alfred Kelberry: :)