2011.10.06 07:00 - Joy to generations

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    The Guardian for this meeting was Storm Nordwind. This long session is only lightly commented by Storm Nordwind. The title is a reference to two men (both mentioned below) who passed away yesterday, each of whom brought joy in different ways.

    Retreaters gather.

    Storm Nordwind: Good morning Riddle!
    Riddle Sideways: ah godd mornign my friend
    Storm Nordwind: Great to see you :)
    Riddle Sideways: yes, was writting that same too
    Storm Nordwind chuckles
    Storm Nordwind: I've hardly been in SL since the retreat, for one reason or another, so I'm completely out of touch with "news" here (if there is any). :)
    Riddle Sideways: hmmmm,
    Riddle Sideways: I have been in several mornings and some 1pms
    Riddle Sideways: but, not much news
    Riddle Sideways: more Finnish guests
    Storm Nordwind: Oh that's interesting. I wonder why the sudden take up from Finland
    Riddle Sideways: friends of friends
    --BELL--
    Riddle Sideways: most of us have forgotten how to use the translators
    Storm Nordwind: I guess having friends of friends coming along is always good. Perhaps we have some kind of reputation! ;)
    Riddle Sideways: Hi Luci
    Storm Nordwind: Hi there Luci!
    Riddle Sideways: nice to see the fireball again
    Storm Nordwind: hehe
    Lucinda Lavender: HI nice to see you folks:)
    Storm Nordwind: Three retreaters together - how lovely :)
    Riddle Sideways: :) growing up watching cowboy/western on tv and movies taught me not to let somebody sit behind me
    Storm Nordwind: Can't seem to get the grass to flow up and down though ;)
    Riddle Sideways: :)
    Lucinda Lavender: :) it puts us all in a picture together...for me ...since I have a view rotated around to view from the front
    Storm Nordwind: Nice :)

    Bringing joy.

    Lucinda Lavender: wearing my little apple rainbow pin today with a bite out of it:)
    Riddle Sideways: can hear the neighbors putting out their garbage and recycling
    Lucinda Lavender: clang!
    Riddle Sideways: this is one of the biggest days of the week on the street
    Storm Nordwind: One person can make a huge impact on the world. I suspect that we each do without realizing it.
    Lucinda Lavender: nodding...
    Riddle Sideways: the world is a better place because Steve was in it
    Lucinda Lavender: his products brought a lot of joy
    Riddle Sideways: read his bio/timeline on web last night
    Lucinda Lavender: I was sharing ipad with father-in Law yesterday...
    Riddle Sideways: he had some troubles in life
    Lucinda Lavender: yes..sounded like it from things had read last night
    Lucinda Lavender: Storm I fixed the dream circle time notice
    Lucinda Lavender: left the rest for Aph if that is ok
    Riddle Sideways: what did father-in-law think of expensive strange thingie
    Lucinda Lavender: he was smiling!!!
    Storm Nordwind: Ah OK - though the board here still says 2011.07.27 so I guess that's what the wiki page says
    Lucinda Lavender: as he used the touch screen
    Riddle Sideways: yes, that is what wiki says
    Riddle Sideways: so it was not silly purchase to him
    Lucinda Lavender: he was delighted to see it...he has these bear paw hands with one finger missing from accident in the shop
    Lucinda Lavender: no...I think even tho using a cordless phone is challenging in terms of signing up for the need for instant info...
    Lucinda Lavender: the visual ability of the ipad to display well was very inexiting to see
    Lucinda Lavender: exciting
    Lucinda Lavender: showed him the drawing pad and the cook book...he really like those
    Storm Nordwind: Hi Samúð!
    Lucinda Lavender: Hi Santo
    --BELL--
    Lucinda Lavender: sorry Samud
    Riddle Sideways: Hi San
    Lucinda Lavender: brb
    oO0Oo Resident: :) Hi Storm, Riddle, Lucinda :) Good to see you all.
    Riddle Sideways: hi O
    Riddle Sideways: opps, chatted through the beel again
    Storm Nordwind: The bell seems somehow not to be perturbed by it though :)

    Who could expect more?

    Storm Nordwind: I remember when I was still living in England...
    Storm Nordwind: I was doing a radio broadcast...
    Storm Nordwind: called Thought For The Day on BBC radio
    Storm Nordwind: and I was talking about "making a difference" and "leaving a legacy"
    Storm Nordwind: What I didn't mention then was the difference we each make anyway.
    Storm Nordwind: It's wonderful when people touch the lives of millions.
    Lucinda Lavender: ah..yes
    Storm Nordwind: But a kind word can save a life.
    Storm Nordwind: I have seen that.
    Storm Nordwind: And just by being who we are, we can make such a difference to others.
    Storm Nordwind: The question is, I suppose, what kind of difference?
    Riddle Sideways: scary thought
    Riddle Sideways: what if be our actions or inaction we cause harm to come to a human
    Riddle Sideways: years later
    Lucinda Lavender: nodding...have thought of that too
    Riddle Sideways: if we insist that robots obey those rules
    Riddle Sideways: why not us
    Storm Nordwind: I suspect that we do the best we can with the information and wisdom we have at the time. Who could expect more?
    taramudra Resident: hi everyone
    Storm Nordwind: Hi tara!
    Riddle Sideways: Hi San
    oO0Oo Resident: Hi taramudra :)
    Santoshima Resident: hello everyone
    Storm Nordwind: Hi San :)
    Riddle Sideways: hi Tara
    taramudra Resident: hi storm!!!
    Riddle Sideways: San, is that a new av
    Santoshima Resident: hmm?
    Santoshima Resident: this old thing?
    Riddle Sideways: :))
    Storm Nordwind chuckles

    Buddha eyes.

    taramudra Resident: wow i love those buddha eyes in ur shirt sam
    oO0Oo Resident: Interesting discussion. Peoples hearts and intentions seem spot on to me.
    Santoshima Resident: free buddha shirt
    Santoshima Resident: free eyes
    Storm Nordwind is reminded by the eyes to visit the Nepalese diner in the mountains near here ;)
    taramudra Resident: :)
    Santoshima Resident: sorry to be late ~ what were you talking about?
    Storm Nordwind: Hearts and intentions, yes. And the knowledge and the willingness to mistake mistakes, accept responsibility, and learn.
    Storm Nordwind: *make mistakes ;))
    Santoshima Resident: :)
    Storm Nordwind will leave that typo in the log!
    taramudra Resident: lol
    Lucinda Lavender: our influence on the people of the world
    Riddle Sideways: Hi Susan :)
    taramudra Resident: susan!
    iwandertoo Resident: hi riddle
    iwandertoo Resident: hi teamStorm Nordwind waves to a distant Susan
    Santoshima Resident: hi coach!
    taramudra Resident: are u on mobilegrid?
    iwandertoo Resident: yes
    iwandertoo Resident: haha, santoshima
    taramudra Resident: i see! welcome!
    --BELL--
    iwandertoo Resident: ty, riddle
    Riddle Sideways: wow 5 retreaters
    oO0Oo Resident: nice
    Lucinda Lavender: Susan, nice to see you...
    iwandertoo Resident: you as well, cinda

    Thoughts for the days.

    Riddle Sideways: Storm, everytime you talk about your radio show "Thought for the day"
    Storm Nordwind: Five retreaters... but somehow much less talkative in SL than we were when together in RL! ;-)
    Riddle Sideways: am reminded of http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/
    Storm Nordwind: Interesting. Not seen that before. Thanks!
    Lucinda Lavender: Luci is doing serveral things at once here
    Storm Nordwind: Of course it wasn't just my radio show. I got a slot on it around once every 6 weeks.
    Lucinda Lavender: feeding cats, chickens self, making lunch,
    taramudra Resident: do u own a farm luci?
    Riddle Sideways: Riddle is mis-typpin and lagging
    iwandertoo Resident: susan is thinking about work...and smiling
    Riddle Sideways: easier in RL to just blurt out something
    iwandertoo Resident: haha
    Storm Nordwind: haha!

    A battle for territory.

    Lucinda Lavender: just have 5 chickens and 2 cats who have started having a terretorial battle lately
    iwandertoo Resident: and giggle --->> looks at riddle
    taramudra Resident: lol!
    taramudra Resident: i love animals too
    Lucinda Lavender: nodding
    taramudra Resident: i have a guinea pig
    taramudra Resident: :)
    Riddle Sideways: oh, not one of those pointing looks
    iwandertoo Resident: erm
    Storm Nordwind: Hard to have a farm here on the 5th floor - but I do grow sprouts! :)
    iwandertoo Resident: all the way down the coast!
    Riddle Sideways: :)
    iwandertoo Resident: who is winning, luci?
    taramudra Resident: wow
    Lucinda Lavender: not sure...silvie is the aggressor and
    Riddle Sideways: think that the mouse in kitchen is winning
    iwandertoo Resident: :)
    Lucinda Lavender: yes...we have not seen the mouse since the first time
    Lucinda Lavender: a few nights ago
    Lucinda Lavender: I think I better go...
    taramudra Resident: have a nice day luci
    Lucinda Lavender: several things to do...
    Santoshima Resident: bye luci, take good care
    Storm Nordwind: Bye for now!
    Lucinda Lavender: thanks for all:)
    Lucinda Lavender: enjoy your day:)
    Riddle Sideways: bye luci, go talk to those cats
    iwandertoo Resident: waves
    Lucinda Lavender: :)
    oO0Oo Resident: Luci :)
    taramudra Resident: :)
    Storm Nordwind looks through the window and suspects that the golden eagle would win any battle over here
    iwandertoo Resident: (((L))))
    Riddle Sideways: gotta go put recycling out now. big day
    taramudra Resident: bye riddle, good day!
    Riddle Sideways: bye all and take care
    Santoshima Resident: cheers riddle
    Storm Nordwind: Great to see you. Bye for now :)

    Playing together.

    oO0Oo Resident: I wonder if Storm and Riddle might feel at all inclined to play a guitar piece together sunday over voice? (just a thought)
    oO0Oo Resident: ah... missed Riddle there
    iwandertoo Resident: (((R)))
    oO0Oo Resident: ((((R))))
    Storm Nordwind: Very hard to do Sam. One or the other would work. But together is too hard to sync on SL
    oO0Oo Resident: I see Storm. :)
    oO0Oo Resident: But since when did "hard" ever stop you ;)
    Storm Nordwind: Haha!
    Storm Nordwind: Well I have compassion for the ears of my audience ;)
    iwandertoo Resident: :)
    oO0Oo Resident: :)))
    iwandertoo Resident: waves
    oO0Oo Resident: Bye Susan. Fly well.
    taramudra Resident: bye susan!
    iwandertoo Resident: best to everyone
    Storm Nordwind waves
    Santoshima Resident: bye susan
    taramudra Resident: hey we are lonely now :)
    Storm Nordwind: So stories of our musical escapades at the retreat have carried to SL it seems :)
    --BELL--
    oO0Oo Resident: Oh yes. I think the widely held view was of great apprciation for the music made together.
    oO0Oo Resident: _/\_bell
    taramudra Resident: namaste samud :)
    Storm Nordwind: That's nice to hear. My appreciation was to Luci who brought the instruments. I wasn't inclined to trust mine to the airline or the humidity!
    Santoshima Resident: wish i had heard that
    oO0Oo Resident: "Fireball" to the rescue on so many fronts it seems
    Storm Nordwind: Yes!
    oO0Oo Resident: hehe

    About another great man passing.

    Storm Nordwind: And we were talking about the effects that one person can make to world. Another great man died yesterday: Bert Jansch. He was a huge influence on guitarists like me.
    Santoshima Resident: ah
    taramudra Resident: sorry to hear that
    Storm Nordwind: Sic transit gloria mundi.
    oO0Oo Resident: (((Bert Jansch)))
    Santoshima Resident: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...?newsfeed=true
    taramudra Resident: got to go, cya all, hope you have a great day!
    oO0Oo Resident: :) Tara
    taramudra Resident waves
    Santoshima Resident: so long tara, nice to meet you
    Storm Nordwind: Bye tara
    taramudra Resident: same here santoshima :)
    taramudra Resident: bye strom, samud
    Storm Nordwind: Ah Light Flight. I saw them perform that in 1969.
    oO0Oo Resident: Let light take flight in lineage kite
    Storm Nordwind: Thank you Sam. I find that very touching :)
    oO0Oo Resident: :)
    Santoshima Resident: please excuse me ~ a late night, and a few more things to do before sleep
    Santoshima Resident: sometimes this avi
    Storm Nordwind: Rest well!
    Santoshima Resident: get' outta hand
    Santoshima Resident: thanks see you soon
    oO0Oo Resident: Bye Santo
    Santoshima Resident: bye sam
    Santoshima Resident: and storm
    --BELL--

    Summarizing for a late arrival.

    Storm Nordwind: Hello Tess
    Tess Aristocrat: hello ㋡
    oO0Oo Resident: Hi Tess
    Tess Aristocrat: Hi ㋡
    Storm Nordwind: The other people and any topic seems to have evaporated, but you're welcome :)
    Tess Aristocrat: Ah, ok..I'm always late ㋡
    Tess Aristocrat: What was the topic?
    Storm Nordwind: We had been talking about the effect some people have on the world. Naturally Steve Jobs was mentioned. I also mentioned Bert Jansch. Both men left us yesterday. Though I was reminded of the lasting effects each of us can have, even if we don't know it.
    Tess Aristocrat: mmm..
    Tess Aristocrat: It is our choice whether they be positive or negative effects..
    Storm Nordwind: Indeed so.
    Tess Aristocrat: oh, and also, I have found that even negative effects can lead to positive results..again- choice
    Storm Nordwind: It is very possible to see all things as a personal opportunity, yes.
    Tess Aristocrat: ㋡
    Storm Nordwind: And we also spoke about simply doing the best with what one has and knows at the time.
    Tess Aristocrat: yes ㋡

    New day.

    Tess Aristocrat: today is a new day.
    Tess Aristocrat: brand new!
    oO0Oo Resident senses the sun rising continuously, always somewhere
    Tess Aristocrat: yes :D
    Storm Nordwind is reminded of "Morning has broken"
    Tess Aristocrat: ㋡
    oO0Oo Resident: :)
    Tess Aristocrat: like the first morning..
    Storm Nordwind: Perhaps some find it hard to visualize a personal outlook of childlike wonder and humble wisdom mixed, but it seems it is quite possible :)
    Tess Aristocrat: its easy for me
    oO0Oo Resident: :)))
    Tess Aristocrat: I never left my child behind
    Tess Aristocrat giggles
    oO0Oo Resident: Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning... Eden saw play...
    --BELL--
    Storm Nordwind: Hello Yono
    Tess Aristocrat: This is Yono, a friend ㋡
    oO0Oo Resident: I said hi in IM, but hello again :)
    Tess Aristocrat: Yono, Storm and Sam ㋡

    Visitor.

    Storm Nordwind: It is a long time since Yono last visited
    Yono Imako: a pleasure hello
    Yono Imako: is the meditation over?
    Tess Aristocrat: the official 'dicussion' is..but the discussion continues..
    Storm Nordwind: Well we still have 90 second pauses every 15 minutes, and the discussion we started 90 minutes ago has drifted somewhat :)
    Storm Nordwind: And the recording also continues. The ON AIR signs are still on :)
    Yono Imako: this is quiet a change for the lately hectic ph scene
    Yono Imako: who are we broadcasting to?
    Storm Nordwind: All things said here are recorded and put on our Wiki. I expect you were asked for permission to publish your name and words when you were here in January, but perhaps I'd better check it's still OK with you.
    Yono Imako: np storm
    Tess Aristocrat: You know, I've never looked at what has been said
    Yono Imako: i donot remember the place
    Storm Nordwind: Thank you Yono
    Yono Imako: hope i was being a good boy
    Storm Nordwind chuckles
    oO0Oo Resident: well lol that sort of ties in with the discussion from earlier ;)
    Storm Nordwind: Perhaps the grass was not here then.

    Art.

    Yono Imako: ive just started watching a documentary about garbage art but i guess it can wait
    Storm Nordwind: There are many wonderful Art exhibitions in SL. Have you visited any?
    Tess Aristocrat: nods..
    Tess Aristocrat: many
    Yono Imako: not something in pertcular
    Yono Imako: im an artist myself tho
    Tess Aristocrat: oh?
    Storm Nordwind: In what media?
    Yono Imako: yes im mainly a children illustrator... murals.. graphic design..
    Yono Imako: tattoos.. canvases..
    Yono Imako: caricatures..
    Yono Imako: anytime u wana see stuff..
    oO0Oo Resident: oh! nice
    Storm Nordwind: Interesting. Have you thought about working in SL too?
    Yono Imako: no storm
    Yono Imako: i just show my daily creations to my friends here
    Storm Nordwind nods
    Tess Aristocrat: ㋡
    Yono Imako: and ive recieved some orders for works via sl via mail
    Yono Imako: but lindens... come on...
    Yono Imako: its pennies :D
    Storm Nordwind: I do it for free here. :)
    Yono Imako: ok since u all insist illshow u
    Yono Imako: yea i do some free here to

    (Yono handed out pictures to those present.)

    oO0Oo Resident: ty Yono. I especially like the way the light radiates in that one :)
    Yono Imako: i got tons but...
    Yono Imako: which
    Storm Nordwind: That all looks like a lot of hard work, but a lot of fun!
    Yono Imako: yea im in the art of fun
    Yono Imako: i suffer so much for it
    Yono Imako: lol
    --BELL--
    oO0Oo Resident: hehehe ::wonders why Storm sees hard work as fun:: ;)
    Yono Imako: i do things that joy ppl but its hard work yes
    Yono Imako: and also having to carry an artist way of life..
    Tess Aristocrat: hahaha..! Thomsen!
    Storm Nordwind: I see hard work and fun as independent of each other Sam - at least for most people. But I do have fun in most things I do. :)
    oO0Oo Resident: roger that Storm :)
    Yono Imako: what about tomsen
    Tess Aristocrat: the PI pic..
    Yono Imako: yes works make me feel good
    Yono Imako: is he like tomsen?
    Tess Aristocrat: reminds me of the Tomsen fellow
    Yono Imako: i just invented a logo for them once
    Storm Nordwind: Michael?
    Tess Aristocrat: umm..trying to think of his name..
    Yono Imako: tomsen aka chatto aka larkum ok
    Tess Aristocrat: um yes..:)
    Storm Nordwind: http://www.mdthomsen.com/
    Yono Imako: michael would be the notorious patick?
    Yono Imako: oh nice
    Tess Aristocrat: no idea
    Tess Aristocrat: I have enough keeping up with my single selves..
    Tess Aristocrat: lovely lovely artwork, though ㋡
    Yono Imako: selves? lol u got many alts?
    Yono Imako: i have zero
    Tess Aristocrat: no alts
    Yono Imako: thanks
    Yono Imako: ah ok
    Yono Imako: the folks down at ph love alts
    Tess Aristocrat: just me..my internal selves
    Yono Imako: oh yea lol me to
    Tess Aristocrat: oh, very nice one of Albert!
    Tess Aristocrat: very nice
    Yono Imako: yes i didnt give yall the same textures
    Storm Nordwind: When i started in SL 5 years ago I had many alts. This was my 4th. I only use them now for testing things around the village and as extra casting in the Molecule Theater!
    Tess Aristocrat: I love to draw..color..
    Yono Imako: u got einsten o got ann robinson
    Yono Imako: yes i did them with a wacom
    Yono Imako: in photoshop
    Tess Aristocrat: wow
    Tess Aristocrat: a wacom..
    Yono Imako: the graphic pad and pen
    Yono Imako: not really wacom just some chinese board
    Yono Imako: small
    Yono Imako: 10*15 cm
    Yono Imako: its enough
    Tess Aristocrat: I see..I have a friend Pema that would be interested in that..

    "an artist way of life"

    Storm Nordwind: I'm interested in what you said earlier Yono. "having to carry an artist way of life" What did you mean by that? Or was it tongue-in-cheek? :)
    Yono Imako: its a cheap one so if u break it u dont ache so much
    Tess Aristocrat: she has done some art with paint/photoshop
    Yono Imako: i think being an artist automaticaly qualifies u to have a psychological disorder
    Tess Aristocrat: lolll
    Yono Imako: an artist soul is a concept in psychology
    Tess Aristocrat: not necessarily, but it helps ㋡
    Yono Imako: artists think diferent than other ppl
    Storm Nordwind: Oh i though being human was the qualification!
    Yono Imako: that to
    Yono Imako: but artists brain develop diferently
    Tess Aristocrat: my son loves to draw too ㋡
    Yono Imako: how old is he
    Tess Aristocrat: I think it is inherited
    Tess Aristocrat: he is 27
    Yono Imako: some things genetic can lead u to want to do art
    Tess Aristocrat: I have works of art from him all through his life..
    Yono Imako: is he like a dreamer
    Tess Aristocrat: wild stuffs..
    Tess Aristocrat: yes :P
    Tess Aristocrat: like his mom
    Yono Imako: its not easy to take that path
    Yono Imako: it takes a while till it starts paying off
    Yono Imako: i see the ability to do art as somewhat autistic lol
    Tess Aristocrat: I have tried to get him to pursue it..he just does it as a hobby
    Tess Aristocrat: nods..maybe
    Yono Imako: ah ok easier life for him then
    Storm Nordwind: I think it's a shame that when some people want to "do art", they sometimes imply that it's separate from the rest of life, rather than integrated with it.
    Tess Aristocrat: but then, we don't fully understand the autistic
    Yono Imako: better work 9-5 and be an engeneer or lawyer
    Yono Imako: no for me art is how i make my living
    Yono Imako: i never work
    Tess Aristocrat: ㋡
    Tess Aristocrat: that's wonderful
    oO0Oo Resident: :)
    Yono Imako: sometimes
    Yono Imako: lol
    Storm Nordwind: My wife is a professional artist, full time
    Yono Imako: sometimes its bordering with crazy
    Tess Aristocrat: let me ask you this..
    Yono Imako: so u might know what i mean lol
    Storm Nordwind: I just combine it with the engineering and the teaching and the writing and... :)

    Favorite color?

    Tess Aristocrat: do you have a favorite color?
    Yono Imako: i cant favour one color
    Yono Imako: yes storm my dad is a mechanical engeneer i think he influenced me alot
    Tess Aristocrat: For myself, I think it would be an insult to the other colors to have a favorite..I just can't choose
    Yono Imako: i got good 3d perspective
    Tess Aristocrat: lol
    --BELL--
    Yono Imako: i like black
    Storm Nordwind: I have no favorites. In fact I'm always reminded of this story when people ask: http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/31...ingisbest.html
    Yono Imako: yay banzan
    Yono Imako: i always use all the colors of the rainbow+black+gold
    Yono Imako: its kinda my pallete
    Yono Imako: but its therefore childish
    Yono Imako: naive
    Yono Imako: some works requiere a diferent atitude
    Tess Aristocrat: nods
    Yono Imako: nods back

    Dreams and ack of sleep.

    Yono Imako: im so tired
    Yono Imako: last night ive slept only 2 hours
    Tess Aristocrat: you should go sleep ㋡
    Yono Imako: friends were over till 4 am then the sunlight woke me up at 6
    Tess Aristocrat: ah..
    Yono Imako: i will at some point
    oO0Oo Resident smiles the colours of sleep, the dreams of things to come
    Yono Imako: its now 6 pm
    Yono Imako: im guessing ill crash at 10-11 for two days
    Yono Imako: lol
    Tess Aristocrat: trying to remember a dream I had..
    Yono Imako: lol me to
    Yono Imako: i had a strong dream in those 2 hours
    Yono Imako: it sucked but i was happy i remember it
    Yono Imako: and more so that it was just a dream
    Tess Aristocrat: do you ever dream about SL ?
    Yono Imako: not that i recall
    Tess Aristocrat: that can be strange..
    Yono Imako: we had an accident and police and the car wasnt ours it was a mess
    Tess Aristocrat: lol
    Yono Imako: yea so happy to wake up
    Yono Imako: ㋡
    Tess Aristocrat: I've had several dreams where I'm trying to operate a car that seems to have no front end..
    Tess Aristocrat: flintstone-like even
    Yono Imako: play as being.. interesting
    Yono Imako: hmm
    oO0Oo Resident: :)
    Tess Aristocrat: loll
    Tess Aristocrat: pushing it along with my feet!
    Yono Imako: i think after the weekend ill have to take my car to the garage
    Yono Imako: it started acting up just before
    Storm Nordwind: Perhaps you could discuss them at the Dream circle sometime :)
    Tess Aristocrat: there's a dream circle?
    Storm Nordwind: There's one here every month
    Storm Nordwind: Last Friday of the month
    Tess Aristocrat: you know..I must find a way to get notices from here
    Yono Imako: i dont put much emphesis on dreams nor meditation
    Yono Imako: my dreams i dream in waking time
    Yono Imako: and im always in meditation
    oO0Oo Resident: Dream Circle: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Classes_and_Sessions/Dream_Circle
    Yono Imako: but oddly today i remembered the dream
    Yono Imako: its not comon

    What are we doing here?

    Yono Imako: so what is play at being
    Storm Nordwind: Now i can give you a quick answer - but that won't tell you much maybe. And/or you can look at our Wiki - I'll give you a URL
    Storm Nordwind: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/About_PlayAsBeing
    Yono Imako: no i hate reading
    Yono Imako: ㋡
    Yono Imako: just dialog
    Storm Nordwind: I hate typing :)
    Yono Imako: can u sum it up in one sentence or example?
    Yono Imako: hehe ok
    Storm Nordwind: OK
    Tess Aristocrat: discussion ㋡
    Yono Imako: i like examples
    Tess Aristocrat: peeling away the layers of the onion of each subject.

    In one sentence...

    Storm Nordwind: A project, currently 3 years old, that involves pausing regularly for short intervals, and dropping all the stuff you have, mentally/emotionally, to see what you really are.
    Yono Imako: like how
    Storm Nordwind: We do it in a light, playful way, and in doing so we are playing and being.
    oO0Oo Resident: nicely put Storm :)
    Storm Nordwind: It's not dictaorial. Rather it's exploratory.
    Yono Imako: example?
    Yono Imako: like we play at being dolphins?
    Storm Nordwind: And we've been meeting here 4 times a day since the start to discuss it :)
    Yono Imako: ok
    Storm Nordwind: Do you like playing as being a dolphin? :)
    Yono Imako: never tried it
    Storm Nordwind: Me neither
    Yono Imako: but the little pool makes me wonder
    Storm Nordwind: The pool is for the more troublesome visitors ;)
    --BELL--
    Yono Imako: why lol
    Yono Imako: it can swalow me?
    Yono Imako: tess crashed
    Yono Imako: wb
    Tess Aristocrat: ty

    The time tax.

    Yono Imako: so this silence now is the tax?
    Tess Aristocrat: sits in a tiny seat..
    Yono Imako: ㋡
    Storm Nordwind chuckles
    Storm Nordwind: Silence can be when you want it. But the time tax thing is a gimmick to encorage people to pause regularly
    Yono Imako: rite
    Yono Imako: u must excuse me im tired
    Storm Nordwind wonders whether Tess is posing for a new profile pic ;)
    Tess Aristocrat: Yono, please rest and take care ㋡
    Yono Imako: yes good diea
    Yono Imako: idea
    Tess Aristocrat: haha..no pictures please
    Yono Imako: k hopes to see u again o and storm
    Storm Nordwind: Nice to see you. Re-create and come back again some time :)
    Tess Aristocrat: ty for the Art
    Yono Imako: will do ㋡
    Yono Imako: so long for now
    Yono Imako: my pleasure
    oO0Oo Resident: tc Yono
    Yono Imako: au revoir
    oO0Oo Resident: the fountain changes, and the pool becomes misty, coordinated with a bell every 15 minutes. We then have an opportunity to "drop", given those signals.
    Storm Nordwind: You know... I must take a break now too, though it is mid-morning for me. Please excuse me gentlefolk :)
    Tess Aristocrat: Storm take good care
    Storm Nordwind: Thank you :)
    Storm Nordwind: Namaste
    oO0Oo Resident: Take care Storm. :)))

    Why favorite?

    oO0Oo Resident: Was curious about "favourite colour" before Tess
    Tess Aristocrat: oh?
    oO0Oo Resident: yes.. why you asked
    Tess Aristocrat: I just wonder what others think compared to what I think
    oO0Oo Resident: can you say what you think in this regard?
    Tess Aristocrat: especially if they love to draw
    --BELL--
    Tess Aristocrat: My thoughts are that I can never choose a favorite color. It would seem almost an insult to the other colors.
    Tess Aristocrat: Indeed, Yono felt that he couldn't choose a fav color either
    Tess Aristocrat: though, he liked black and gold undertones..which simply says he likes rich definitions
    oO0Oo Resident: I would have to agree with no favourites generally, though perhaps unique moments of intentionality call for particular colours for me
    Tess Aristocrat: yes ㋡
    oO0Oo Resident: so incidental favourites
    Tess Aristocrat: exactly
    oO0Oo Resident: maybe just shear appreciation of what is flowing
    Tess Aristocrat giggles
    oO0Oo Resident: I know you see numbers as colours Tess. Do you do artwork yourself?
    oO0Oo Resident: Hi Aph
    Aphrodite Macbain: Hi. Comfy?
    Aphrodite Macbain: Trying to figure out how to change the notice board.
    Tess Aristocrat: yes, I like to draw..to mix color
    --BELL--
    oO0Oo Resident: and do the numbers reflect in the colours?
    Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Tess
    Tess Aristocrat: Hello ㋡
    Aphrodite Macbain: Do you paint by numbers?
    Tess Aristocrat: No, I've never tried that yet
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Tess Aristocrat: ㋡
    Aphrodite Macbain: I'm taling a botanical drawing and painting course and in the process studying colour theory
    Tess Aristocrat: it's not so much the colors reflecting the numbers, as when I think of the numbers, they are a color in my mind
    Tess Aristocrat: oh? do tell ㋡

    Making green.

    Aphrodite Macbain: Apparently yellow and blue DONT make green
    Aphrodite Macbain: Complicated to explain
    Tess Aristocrat: chemistry thing?
    oO0Oo Resident: depends on the colour mixing system
    Aphrodite Macbain: But it has completely undone my undertanding of colour theory I learned 30 years ago
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes sam but it also impliues that there are not 3 primary (pure) colours. All colour is a mix of others, some may be hard to see
    Aphrodite Macbain: implies
    Tess Aristocrat: yes
    Tess Aristocrat: a rainbow within a rainbow ㋡
    Aphrodite Macbain: so there is no pure yellow or pure blue to make a pure green
    oO0Oo Resident: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yellow-Do.../dp/0967962870
    Aphrodite Macbain: tthere are warm blues and cool blues, warm yellows and cool ones, each producing a sort of green, each different and one muddier than the other
    oO0Oo Resident: http://www.schoolofcolor.com/acatalo...nd_Yellow.html
    Aphrodite Macbain: That's the book I'm using Sam!
    Aphrodite Macbain: the first one'
    Aphrodite Macbain: mind bending after believing the other theory for so long
    Tess Aristocrat: hehe..well we started with crayons
    Aphrodite Macbain: It's almost like my mind is constructed to think the other way
    Tess Aristocrat: nods
    oO0Oo Resident: Yes. begs the question.. how many of these solid theories run our lives?
    Tess Aristocrat: Good question.
    Aphrodite Macbain: anyway, I'll be off (not like old salmon) Nice to meet you Tess
    Tess Aristocrat: Nice to meet you too ㋡
    Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
    Aphrodite Macbain: Bye!
    oO0Oo Resident: Bye Aph
    Tess Aristocrat: Well, The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have miles to go before I sleep..
    oO0Oo Resident: :)
    Tess Aristocrat: So I should get about my day here
    oO0Oo Resident: Good to see you Tess. Thanks for stopping by. Nice to meet Yono, your friend.
    Tess Aristocrat: good to see you as weel, take care
    oO0Oo Resident: All the best

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