New Civilization News - Category: Ideas, Creativity

17 May 2006 @ 18:01, by ming. Ideas, Creativity
This is the idea. One makes a list of 101 things to do over 1001 days. Things to do that are realistic, but also stretching. I.e. something you want to do, or that would be fun to do, but which you wouldn't necessarily get around to doing otherwise. Carving an ice sculpture, skinny dipping in the Carribean, put money in random parking meters that have run out, stay up all night and finish a book, ride the metro from one end to the other. And you'll have 1001 days to finish the list, which is about 2.75 years, which is plenty of time, so one doesn't have to be stressed about it. And it might be small or big things. One chooses oneself.

Apparently a lot of people are doing this, and I think it is a cool idea. Putting on your to-do list to do senseless life-affirming things that make you feel good, and which stretch your boundaries a bit. You can find a list of people's lists in the sidebar of that page. There are people who build their blog around the progress with their list. Like 101 Things to Do.

Hm, personally I'm a bit ambivalent on making a list like that public. Not that I generally mind sharing my thoughts with the whole world, but somehow I find to-do lists more intimate. Mine would probably be more politically incorrect than my normal blog writing. But it is inspiring to see what other people want to do. More >

Softy

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17 May 2006 @ 11:42, by poetsong. Ideas, Creativity
I'm artistic, and creative, but as such, I spend much of my waking time in a dreamworld, forgetting to say what I feel. Art/photo/poetry/music are some of the ways I've expressed my feelings.

The poem is an expression of appreciation and love for my wife.

It's hard to read, so I'll translate.

Softly, I am carressed by the rays of the summer sun
Gently, I lay my head on the grass
Tenderly, I cup the fragrant flowers in the garden
And I am reminded of you

Simple, but I do appreciate her, and hope she knows. More >

The Fairy Rock at Gallu-gillee

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6 May 2006 @ 09:20, by skookum. Ideas, Creativity
do you believe?

Illustration by Brian Froud More >

The Doorway

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18 Apr 2006 @ 07:08, by skookum. Ideas, Creativity
look behind it-----> More >

The Making of Day

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14 Apr 2006 @ 14:12, by swanny. Ideas, Creativity
THE MAKING OF DAY

NOW... sits here suspended in a nothing of space, dancing itself around a crackling fire.

The dawning days and the yawning nights, set the rhythms of the seasons and years.

From time to time, joy and sorrow, love and hate, collide and argue, sending off their towering responses of blazing sparks.

Oceans and mountain masses, shift and change places, seeking perhaps more comfortable or pleasant dispositions.

And upon this stage of this and now, the human dramas and soap operas play out.
The quiet desperation's of the masses.

Masses whom yearn and lust perhaps for themselves and perhaps some drops of vain human glory.

The drone of traffic, a bird call, the oceans lull and a lonely wolves cry all mark this rolling saga, as it pitches to and fro alike unto the oceans form whence it was born and came.

High above, an eagle and clouds soar, observing for the moment the haphazard and silly parade.

A parade that echoes down and through the years, decades and centuries.

What are we learning? crys a fool, standing by the gutter grubbing for a crumb of bread and juice.

What have we learned? but the question is lost and reverberates into the din as good robin begins it song and a day begins anew.

Happy Easter
April 14, 2006
Ed More >

Impressionist Zither

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