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Women for Peace: Code Pink

by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women

CODEPINK emerged out of a desperate desire by a group of American women to stop the Bush administration from invading Iraq. The name CODEPINK plays on the Bush Administration’s color-coded homeland security alerts — yellow, orange, red — that signal terrorist...

Freedom (Nirvana) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay-Teacher)

by Pier Marton | Jun 6, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Ego, Health, Humor, Ideas, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Time

Thich Nhat Hanh/Buddhism: “All views are wrong views.” Lavoisier: “Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd” – (Nothing is created, nothing is lost). Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)...

Ajahn Chah/Achaan Chah/?? ??????? – The Mindful Way

by Pier Marton | Jun 3, 2011 | Asia, Books, Care, Death, Eco, Health, Ideas, Mystery, Time, Travel, Wars

The BBC program (in three parts): Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Goats Take Care of Blind Horse

by Pier Marton | May 24, 2011 | Audio, Care, Health, Humor, Mystery, Native, Racism, Sci/Nat, Sights, Sound

“The seeing-eye sheep and guard goats are never far from the white mare, and they never lead her astray. They shepherd Sissy to food and water, and angle the horse into her stall amid blowing snows or driving rains. “They round her up at feeding time and...

Lessen the Pain by Crossing the Arms

by Pier Marton | May 24, 2011 | Care, Health, Sci/Nat

“Results from both participants’ reports and the EEG showed that the perception of pain was weaker when the arms were crossed.” Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Anti-Sleep Driving

by Pier Marton | May 22, 2011 | Care, Death, Future Tech, iPhone, Objects, Software

“Simpler Antidote for Heavy Eyelids” in the NYTimes. Both an iPhone app and a standalone item. The Anti Sleep Pilot website. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus