2010.10.14 19:00 - A Quiet Night

The Guardian for this meeting was Paradise Tennant. The comments are by Paradise, Hanna and Stevenaia

Paradise Tennant: hiya steve ..
stevenaia Michinaga: Evening
stevenaia Michinaga: I just came from the exhibit, posted my contribution :)
Paradise Tennant: oh cool
Paradise Tennant: what did you end up deciding on
Paradise Tennant: do we post them ourselves was not sure ?
stevenaia Michinaga: having given up, I went to the exhibit...
stevenaia Michinaga: I put mine up, but the notcard is attached to the board, not the artwork, a puzzle for Storm
stevenaia Michinaga: he is around here somewhere , I assume working on the Cafe relocation
Paradise Tennant: ahh kk
stevenaia Michinaga: so looking at one of bleu's contributions, I was staring at an image of my former self looking back at me
Paradise Tennant: smiles yes I know the one
stevenaia Michinaga: realizing that when the exhibit was annouced I was that avatar, now I am this, I suppose my old self looking back might have been equally puzzeling
stevenaia Michinaga: so I snapped a picture of me looking puzzled at me
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Paradise Tennant: perfect !
Paradise Tennant: captures everything
stevenaia Michinaga: I gave Bleu much credit for the work... smiles
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: so from no ideas to is it the picture I took, or should I become on old self and snap a third picture of him looking at her looking at me
Paradise Tennant: smiles the lovely thing about creativitiy is that you play with it :)
stevenaia Michinaga: and once it starts it tends not to stop, like a fountain
stevenaia Michinaga: thank you, I look much much better at night :)
stevenaia Michinaga: did I give you the notecard or the picture?
Paradise Tennant: yes :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm, that wasn't a yes or no questions
stevenaia Michinaga: h, abut em at night
Paradise Tennant: smiles the notecard only
stevenaia Michinaga: about me
Paradise Tennant: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: as my mind totally unwinds
Paradise Tennant: wow
Paradise Tennant: it is just a great shot !
Paradise Tennant: love it !
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles, happened in an instant, my favorite kind of moment
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: 'the stars align
Paradise Tennant: speaking of stars aligning been working with acceptance
Paradise Tennant: or surrender I guess you could call it
stevenaia Michinaga: like a frozen memory
Paradise Tennant: accepting this moment as it is .. is perfect
Paradise Tennant: what should be ..
Paradise Tennant: not necessarily letting go of the desire to improve or change but ..
Paradise Tennant: accepting the now ..
stevenaia Michinaga: letting a moment happen... is that the same thing?
Paradise Tennant: actually makes everything easier and interestingly I find it makes the effort to improve easier
Paradise Tennant: more of a flow
Paradise Tennant: smiles
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: you make night into day :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I see Storm is making great progress at the Kira Cafe, it;s quite close now
Paradise Tennant: ahhh
Paradise Tennant: he is so good :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles kind of looks like you are meditating :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I was thinking I may have to change my profile pic
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: lucinda and I had a nice chat on dreams last night
Paradise Tennant: have you had any memorable dreams
stevenaia Michinaga: actually I did last night, they were strange and I don;t quite remember anymore, lost the diciplin to write them down, I had two
stevenaia Michinaga: I think one had to do with chinese pictograms
Paradise Tennant: never heard of chinese pictograms
stevenaia Michinaga: a dream about written language that I didn;t understnad
stevenaia Michinaga: I mean their written language
Paradise Tennant: you mean the letters ahh
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: and another, but I think I was up for this morning's 1:00 am session (4:00 here)
stevenaia Michinaga: something woke me up and I couldn't get back to sleep
Paradise Tennant: smiles nice having a place to go for company at that hour
stevenaia Michinaga: the dreams were before that
Paradise Tennant: every once in a while I cannot sleep it is nice to be able to log and muck about in the garden or chat :) with european friends :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I jsut quickly postes the log w/o reading the last third with you and lucinda
Paradise Tennant: nods we had a nice chat
Paradise Tennant: stayed up late for me
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I enjoy the 1:00 session, I pretend I must be sleeping and incoherent but usually say more than I expect
Paradise Tennant: well nice to mix up the company
Paradise Tennant: and lovely to have a valid excuse for incoherence :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, hardly ever work
Paradise Tennant: sometimes it is nice to just listen
stevenaia Michinaga: s
stevenaia Michinaga: that's a nice profile pic
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Hana
Hana Furlough: Hi Steve and Paradise
Paradise Tennant: hiya hana gtsy :)
Paradise Tennant: how have you been :)
Hana Furlough: i've been very good
Hana Furlough: and you?
stevenaia Michinaga: that was one of Cal's questions this morning, as he framed it... the dreaded "How are you?"
Hana Furlough: lol yeah
Hana Furlough: the one that no one honestly answers
Paradise Tennant: hmm
stevenaia Michinaga: nods, or if you do, all sorts of things arise
Hana Furlough: haha yeah
Paradise Tennant: smiles well life is one big arising :) so not a problem to ask and really mean it :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Hana Furlough: agreed!
Hana Furlough: i'd rather people just say it like it is, otherwise distance is created
stevenaia Michinaga: the answer is generally a signal of some sort, allow the conversation to be directed toward or away from you
stevenaia Michinaga: I favorite answer if the contradictory "FINE"
stevenaia Michinaga: usually with arms crossed
stevenaia Michinaga: *is
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Hana Furlough: lol yeah
Hana Furlough: i know what you mean!
stevenaia Michinaga: wonders when was the first literay reference of "Passive Aggressive" in history
Paradise Tennant: lol
Hana Furlough: interesting comment....
Hana Furlough: i was wondering at what point people developed interiority
stevenaia Michinaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive–aggressive_behavior
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe
Hana Furlough: this impulse to keep hidden one's shadown side
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to be a recent development
Hana Furlough: i think it must be
stevenaia Michinaga: (although not in my religion, unless it was invented by family memebers)
Paradise Tennant: lol smiles
Hana Furlough: what religion is that
stevenaia Michinaga: Jewish
Hana Furlough: ahh i see
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: hmm not sure .. that it has not been around a long time in families of all persuasions :)
Hana Furlough: so there is a lot of openness there?
stevenaia Michinaga: haven't you heard jewish humor, how many jews does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Nevermind I;ll sit in the dark
Paradise Tennant: lol
Hana Furlough: uh, no actually
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: lots of stereotypes really fit the human condition on a broad stroke basis
Paradise Tennant: they are part of all of us at some point
stevenaia Michinaga: like myths based on reality
stevenaia Michinaga: perahps a long long time ago
Hana Furlough: must get back to work
Hana Furlough: thanks for the brief but nice chat
Paradise Tennant: smiles so hard to tell those two apart some time
Hana Furlough: ttys!
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for stopping bye
Paradise Tennant: smiles have a great day hana :) waves
stevenaia Michinaga: sterotypes and myths?
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: stereotypes ..myths .. realities .. smiles .. they blur at the edges into each other I think
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Paradise Tennant: well sigh .. I should go .. still need to wallk the hound .. and do some chores :) thanks for sharing my thursday :)
Paradise Tennant: pup
stevenaia Michinaga: thought she was a cutie
stevenaia Michinaga: night
Paradise Tennant: he is a cutie :))
Paradise Tennant: namaste :)
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles