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2010-03-14
19:05
susannahbe: Hopeful
. . . and joyful too! I really liked the words. - it is another great song - well done sir. :-) I taught myself to play a little bit of guitar - though I haven't picked it up for a l o n g whi..
Blessed Land 2
2010-03-14
15:44
swanny@70.65.11.89: Yea
Yea one day my dad brought a guitar home, not exactly sure where he got it but I claimed it and started playing. Did you like the words I guess my pronunciation is terribly good. What kind of feeli..
Blessed Land 2
2010-03-14
10:25
susannahbe: It's back again :-)
Nice rhythm you've got going there on the guitar. When did you first learn to play? as a teenager?
Blessed Land 2
2010-03-13
23:29
swanny@70.65.11.89: Ho there
Blessed Land Blessed canada "our heart soars" Ho sus, just making some adjustments sorry about enjoy ed
Blessed Land
2010-03-13
19:11
susannahbe: Gone!
the video has gone! ;-( - did you take it down? Anyway, hope all is well with you sir - x
Blessed Land
2010-03-06
03:28
swanny@70.65.11.89: Addition
well I've reworked it a bit and added an additional credit "jen" you may want to update your files most compelling it tis thats the thing with stigmergy it grows or morphs or transforms somewhat. ..
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
17:14
swanny@70.65.11.89: None the less
well were all creators and destroyers to some degree or other at times so none the less heres the finished product for download for the moment and if some one could send one to Ming and thank him t..
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
16:36
scotty: really cool
that you think of Ming and all that his site gives us Ed ! So nice to know that it isn't taken for granted ! Scotty's just a spectator though not a creator - I'm just enjoying being part of the s..
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
16:31
swanny@70.65.11.89: Ming
I like to give Ming credit to since it was his programming that facilitated as well so as far as credits how is this "The Children of the Seasons" by Ming, Susannah, Scotty and Ed (c) 2010 Earth
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
16:21
swanny@70.65.11.89: Seasons
working title "The Seasons of Enlightenment" or "The Enlightened Seasons" hmmm or "The Children of the Seasons" on account that the truly enlightened are like children.
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
16:01
swanny@70.65.11.89: Mellowing?
Yes it is kind of the mellowing? of the anger zest energy and spirit of youth being tempered with wisdom, knowledge, acceptance of the things we cannot change, as realized only by experience and the ..
Time Passing
2010-03-05
15:57
swanny@70.65.11.89: Yes
yes indeed... wonderful ed
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
15:39
scotty: a mandala !
looks like a bunch of buddhist monks sitting in a circle ( see their hands?) and the outer circle is sort of like the energy of Gaia - almost a sort of as above so below thing ! and they're all focu..
The Further Adventures of Joy
2010-03-05
15:31
scotty: another look
yes I see what you mean about the turban - and then suddenly the turban turned into a sort of wee buddha - with a wee head - and around the wee head is a sort of aura - slightly darker in shade ....
Joy Revisited
2010-03-05
15:26
susannahbe: Time passing
I really like this and think it looks really effective with them side by side like that! Time passing is a really good name for them. I love how 'the bridges' change with the passing of time too - l..
Time Passing
2010-03-05
15:24
susannahbe: I can see
both the animal and the figure! I would like to see it the other way up too - I always have the urge to turn things upside down and look at them - mmm, I suppose that says something about me! lol
Joy Revisited
2010-03-05
14:06
swanny@70.65.11.89: Cool insight
Yes now I see that, she seems to be wearing a turban perhaps or some kind of "head dress" or ? wow... ed
Joy Revisited
2010-03-05
13:54
scotty: surprising !
at first I saw some kind of animal head - then suddenly - the bit in the middle (resembling a nose - if you see what I mean ) transformed itself into a lady sitting before a small white curved alter ..
Joy Revisited
2010-02-26
10:27
swanny@70.65.11.89: Zebox
thanks sus yea I find this arrangement visual and musical quite compelling somehow oh and sadly the zebox website met its demise alas I guess I should delete that link then I suppose ed
Hey Canada
2010-02-26
10:18
susannahbe: Music
ps. I just listened to all the tracks - you have a really beautiful soft warm voice. The link on that page to the zbox website doesn't work though?
Hey Canada
2010-02-26
10:09
susannahbe: Interesting. . .
that the image has a 'camp fire' at its centre. (Another link perhaps to the Canada of now and the winter olympics?) I like it and love the track too. Well done sir. ;-)
Hey Canada
2010-02-26
03:45
swanny@70.65.11.89: Hey Canada Music
Heres the music track link = http://r3.ca/00wa enjoy ed
Hey Canada
2010-02-26
02:26
swanny@70.65.11.89: Map
I married it the original work to a map of Canada as I thought to myself it sort of defines the enigma that Canada has always been to me.
Hey Canada
2010-02-25
11:28
swanny@70.65.11.89: Morning Sus
Ho there Sus yes it does look like a campfire I love campfires everythings okay I guess except being "kneedeep" in Olympic media hype.... yuck.... anyway it was nice while it lasted the glow an..
Olympic Flame Cauldron
2010-02-25
11:24
susannahbe: Olympic Flame Cauldron
Hi ed :-) Looking at the picture here, it looks like a giant camp fire made with sticks. (I must admit this is the only picture I have seen though and haven't seen it from any other angle.) I h..
Olympic Flame Cauldron
2010-02-23
14:33
Aldon@213.131.73.203: Tenormin without a prescription
Hi everyone. There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Help me! Help to find sites on the: Tenormin without a prescript..
Glory
2010-02-19
14:05
swanny@70.65.11.89: Yo
Hi scotty well I need some breakfast thanks good points ed
The Global Hummer
2010-02-19
13:17
scotty: YEEEEEEESSSSS!
it's all about want's not needs !! When we get back in touch with ourselves then automatically we'll get back in touch with the planet ... once we've done that it would be completely out of the qu..
The Global Hummer
2010-02-19
12:48
swanny@70.65.11.89: Energy Means
Some People in this energy debate, seem to continue to use the argument that the use of renewable energy sources can not meet our current energy "needs" but seem to miss the glaring point that maybe t..
The Global Hummer
2010-02-18
14:58
swanny@70.65.11.89: UN Cllimate Chief Resigns
Thank you UN Climate Change Chief for your efforts on the matter, it is a complex uncertain and pressing issue and well frankly a rather thankless task that you charged, but I for one will thank you f..
The Global Hummer
2010-02-17
00:18
swanny@70.65.11.89: The Green Debate
Okay okay there is definitely a need for some standards here and certification, there are some but people don't bother to check, in building there is the LEED certified standard, in environment in gen..
The Global Hummer
2010-02-16
23:36
Amara@76.70.32.81: Learn forex trading online exchange futu
Give please. The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for. Help me! Could you help me find sites on the: Learn forex trading online exch..
Amour est bonheur d'autre sorte
2010-02-16
13:11
swanny@70.65.11.89: Why?
My question would be why? Why do what the future wants? What does the future know? Sure they're nice comfy platitudes but hardly suited to the current harshness of reality and the plausibility is ..
A Message From the Future?
2010-02-16
12:48
swanny@70.65.11.89: The Future?
Actually its confusing, if one regards these "guides" as a message from the past, it takes on a kind of "ominous" foreboding, but then I just turned this around and thought if you read them as a messa..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-16
12:28
swanny@70.65.11.89: Education
Feb 16 2010 Tuesday Canada Winter Well I suppose this captures it partly... Its perhaps more complex though but perfection is perhaps a process and not a state. ed "Education is the poi..
Humanities 10 Values
2010-02-15
11:46
swanny@70.65.11.89: gold
It is not so much the winning where in lies the gold and glory but the excellence and spirit of having done and given ones best to the highest ideals and standards of the day. Well done CANADA ..
I believe
2010-02-15
11:41
susannahbe: Glad . . .
you got what I meant :-) and you explained it better than I could " meanings can be highly subjective and experientially loaded" - exactly. Yes, I see what you mean about the internet and it being..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-15
11:16
swanny@70.65.11.89: Yup
Yup I agree as meanings can be highly subjective and experientially loaded. I wonder if what these people preinternet, really were getting at was to have a universal communication 'system' ie internet..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-15
10:37
susannahbe: Good morning :-)
I was just reading this - "Unite humanity with a living new language." Now, I know that this has been tried and I am not particularly advocating it. I was just struck by the symbolism that 'we al..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-15
05:03
swanny@70.65.11.89: Interesting
It looks like they calculated that it would be perhaps 10,000 years before these would be found after the recovery of humanity from the cataclysm of the cold war of the 1980s and they would be buried ..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-15
04:03
swanny@70.65.11.89: Natural Capitalism
NATURAL CAPITALISM Inscriptions A message consisting of a set of ten guidelines or principles is engraved on the Georgia Guide stones in eight different languages, one language on each face of t..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-15
03:22
swanny@70.65.11.89: pic
This was a plan and wisdom for the future.... made in 1980 in anticipation of.... ???? the arrival of today? We made it.... http://battleofearth.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/georgiaguidestones20..
Georgia Guidestones
2010-02-14
16:21
susannahbe: You too sir :-)
Have a good day - x
2010 Great Global Recession
2010-02-14
13:01
swanny@70.65.11.89: Happy Valentines Day Earth
Happy Val all love ed
2010 Great Global Recession
2010-02-13
22:12
swanny@70.65.11.89: Smiles
smiles thank you I though it was simple and effective. The fact that the guitar visual was not really in sync didn't concern me, I was just liking the "rhythmic aspect" of the visual thanks agai..
Take A Moment
2010-02-13
21:13
susannahbe: Really nice ed
another simple but effective video too - I liked the large words moving in behind the small ones and the close up on the guitar! May the love you send out be returned to you tenfold. x
Take A Moment
2010-02-13
19:18
swanny@70.65.11.89: Wrapping
Yea you would think that but in the interview of the luge panel they said at that speed even if they were wrapped you probably wouldn't survive and that their maintain objective is to keep even the ac..
I believe
2010-02-13
19:08
bushman: Hmm
I saw the footage, it's my contention that maybe those girders should have been wraped in something soft, like we here in the USA have learned that if you have a steel pole holding up a goal post or b..
I believe
2010-02-13
17:38
swanny@70.65.11.89: luge track
Well it seems this track is now a killer, having had an accident probability of 3/100 it now as a death rate of well I'm not certain how many times it has been run but if about 2000 or so then it has..
I believe
2010-02-12
23:03
swanny@70.65.11.89: nodar
A moment of silence and prayer for this brave and courageous and young contestant who perhaps died too soon battling for what he loved to do. Valhalla opens its doors to you Nodar, With the permission..
I believe
2010-02-12
17:03
swanny@70.65.11.89: rich and poor
If the wealthy have no general obligation to help the poor, then the poor certainly have no general obligation to help the wealthy.
I believe
2010-02-12
08:06
swanny@70.65.11.89: The Love that Comes
"I believe in the power that comes, from a world brought together as one, " Great line, great song, great performance... Believe CANADA believe....
I believe
2010-02-11
16:10
swanny@70.65.11.89: Sustainability
I suppose the lesson here is perhaps that it is easier to "sustain" that which does makes sense than it is to sustain that which doesn't make sense simply because you have something "tangible" and ..
Quantum Physics
2010-02-07
00:42
emmyaway: the hummer
hola! recommend divorce your car by katie alvord. is it possible for people in the usa to carpool, slow down, not be so selfish?
The Global Hummer
2010-02-04
14:17
susannahbe: Feeling
Yes, on first impression (and of course only gathered from your photo and video) I agree that it seems to lack a consistant flow or focal point - it seems to have so many different things going on and..
Edmonton Art Gallery
2010-02-04
11:26
swanny@70.65.11.89: Feeling
Hi sus my feeling after the visit? its a bit odd I'm not sure I liked it but I'm not sure I didn't like it either it seems to be some what ambivalent it had good aspects and then it had questionab..
Edmonton Art Gallery
2010-02-04
10:53
susannahbe: Thanks
Thanks for the tour - I enjoyed that! What was your feeling about it after visiting? Hope all is well with you sir :-) Happy Thursday to you x
Edmonton Art Gallery
2010-02-04
02:31
swanny@70.65.11.89: Recent Tour
Video of recent tour link = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFvnBlz41o swanny
Edmonton Art Gallery
2010-02-01
15:58
swanny@70.65.13.68: Architecture
And actually if you follow Louis Sullivan's "form follows function" philosophy and consider the function of much of modern art then the building is in keeping to that tradition. It was not after all "..
Edmonton Art Gallery
2010-02-01
15:19
swanny@70.65.13.68: Comment
To be fair, the Government subsidizes many enterprises, ie health care, farming, ranching, oil and gas, cities, to some degree or other and at various times or other, art thus is not in isolation and ..
Edmonton Art Gallery
2010-01-31
13:18
scotty: oh my goodness !
http://rlv.zcache.com/ill_emoticon_magnet-p147595763389427052tmn8_210.jpg
The Global Hummer
2010-01-30
08:52
swanny@70.65.13.68: yes
hi sus hope all is well with you too yes some of this artists work is amazing the name is jen delyth and they do Celtic art sorry don't have a link ed
Ecological Heath & Love
2010-01-30
07:17
susannahbe: That is . . .
a lovely image. :-) Hope all is well with you - x
Ecological Heath & Love
2010-01-22
14:29
swanny@70.65.13.68: Haiti Hold on
As a poor and disabled artist and senior heres my contribution. link = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRXpPnM5_yY enjoy and help out ed
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-21
01:45
mortimer: Awareness Spreads
I used youtube search engine 3 days ago, keywords "haarp earthquake", I got 140 results Yesterday 341 results Today 960 results Be interesting to watch how long the numbers continue to double o..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-20
23:52
swanny@70.65.13.68: Inventory
I wonder who is doing the inventory on this? Not sure if a crate of grouch o Marx noses will be of much use but who knows? Whose the inventory manager in the operation and how are the supplies and a..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-20
20:48
swanny@70.65.13.68: fear
GroovyGreta wrote:Posted 2010/01/20 at 3:13 PM ETSo sick and tired of hearing/reading about the earthquake!!! Can't wait until the medias switch to another topic. ...................................
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-20
19:17
baxterr: Wau :-)
Fantastik
Wood Artwork 3
2010-01-20
19:05
swanny@70.65.13.68: Thanks
Thanks bushman and nice to see you... It was just that I had read some studies that had suggested increased ocean water levels and warmth increased tectonic plate slippage. Has the global tide situat..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-20
18:46
bushman: Quakes
Hmm, well, the majority of quakes seem to be more prevelent during windows of astronomical high tides. This happens when you have the combined effects of the sun and moon on a peticular area of the pl..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-20
13:20
swanny@70.65.13.68: Housing
Sea containers, (sea cans). Actually this might offer a solution to housing and building in Haiti or something like it. Strong enough to withstand the tropical storms if roped down but flexible enough..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-20
12:16
swanny@70.65.13.68: Aftershocks and fuel
Sounds like tents are safer for now than buildings. Good that they're sending a crane ship. I wonder how the fuel situation is and the fuel infrastructure situation. They should probably have a fuel t..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-18
23:35
swanny@70.65.13.68: Kabul
Hmm seems the Taliban may have used the diversion created by the earthquake to attack a very secure portion in Kabul in Afghanistan.. . yikes you really got to watch these hoods.
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-18
22:27
swanny@70.65.13.68: Off the scale
jan 18 2010 monday canada hmmm that is a bit odd that the Dec 26, 2004 quake/tsunami was the only "9" on the richter scale in 4000 years of record keeping that I noticed. Thats a bit "off the..
Revised Earthquake Timeline
2010-01-18
09:54
swanny@70.65.13.68: Rebuilding
Well they may need to look at this and other such before they start designing and rebuilding as the deaths seem to have occurred more as a result of the building infrastructure and physicality then th..
Haiti Quake 2010
2010-01-18
09:24
swanny@70.65.13.68: Architecture
The hidden irony in the Haiti crisis is that it would seem most of the people killed or effected were done so not so much by the earthquake itself but by the structures indicative of Western culture, ..
Haiti Quake 2010
2010-01-17
17:17
swanny@70.65.13.68: debate
My compliments to the rescuers for debating the digging out of survivors to some degree. In such pulverized rubble and re bar and weights involved digging out is problematic in that one does not to ki..
Haiti Quake 2010
2010-01-17
13:37
niwalen: Thanks Ed!
Thank you for being so quick to rectify.
Haiti Quake 2010
2010-01-17
13:23
swanny@70.65.13.68: Opps
Opps that should be 14 Jan 2010 @ 00:08, by Ed Jonas Jan 13 2010 wed Canada afternoon winter I hope aid arrives quickly to Haiti and Port Au Prince , they only have 2 or 3 days to reach survi..
Haiti Quake 2010
2010-01-17
13:10
swanny@70.65.13.68: Hi
Hi Niwalen thanks for the assistance unfortunately I have little or no means of edit function for this news log as it is a community log or was and is my only means to post as a concerned citizen a..
Hati Quake

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