Video blogger Roxi Darling has her own version of Beauty Walks… "Beach Walks with Rox: A Little Aloha Every Day!" She ruminates about all sorts of subjects while walking along the beach in Kailua playing with her dog Lexi. ‘Secret Cameraman’ Shane Robinson is there to video her, and together they broadcast the results online.
They’ve been doing the Beach Walks for years now, so there are some fabulous archives. I love this one, about the importance of physical exercise for brain function:
Another gem sent from beauty-sister Nancy White (who launched her new blog site yesterday!) – this one a joyously inspiring blog by writer Patti Digh. Her blog is called 37 Days, and it’s about what we would be doing today if we only had 37 days to live; in other words, what’s really important in life.
This is an especially poignant message for me, as my friend Kay has gotten the results from a test determining why her markers are up – the cancer has returned and there is a small tumor right in the middle of her pancreas. Options are limited at this point, so we are very focused on exploring them thoroughly. Spirit willing, we have more than 37 days, but remembering what’s really important in life has never felt quite so apt as it does now.
Whether or not this intricate pattern of reality (‘e8’) from new scientist Garrett Lisi is indeed a theory of everything, it is certainly beautiful.
Inspired by our work at the Systems Thinking conference in Seattle earlier this month, popular blogger Dave Pollard posted a thoughtful piece on Love, Conversation and Community in his How to Save the World blog this week. In it, he talks about feminine and masculine world views and corresponding models of conversation:
"When there is love, conversation has purpose, context, engagement, trust (while, without love, conversation is sterile and selfish). The best conversations are in fact a form of play … a form of ‘making love’ — empathetic, collaborative, even erotic. One could even argue that sex is a form of wordless conversation.
The best conversations are also polyamorous (all participants love and trust each other) — this provides safety from hurt and cruelty, and this safety encourages openness, honesty, courage, and true innovation."
Click here to read his whole article.
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