Author Archives: seeandconnect

These days I’m thinking about two statements that seem to have become my mottos (1) If we want to create a different world, we have to see and connect differently with our selves, each other and the creative process (2) Social change is a collecti… Continue reading →

Wow. So much I want to write about this week. Since my last post, I spent a week in the Bay (San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland – California). While there, I facilitated a conversation – courtesy of The Praxis Project – on Spirited Activism. I also … Continue reading →

This week, I’m thinking a lot about authenticity. My focus on this word first emerged when I was talking with a friend – a fellow awakening consciousness activist. Darci is organizing a fundraiser in November for Challenge Denver. The event will c… Continue reading →

I regularly exchange letters with Olivia Sprinkel about our intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual journeying. Recently, my correspondence with her collided with work I’m doing to develop a concept of Spirited Activism. The resulting ‘ban… Continue reading →

Last week, I posted on this subject – and unfortunately, the post has somehow become corrupted. Sadly, this was one of those times I didn’t have the text saved in word! Will be time soon, in any event, for a new post in the next couple of days. In… Continue reading →

Last week I wrote about violence in inner-city Chicago. I repeatedly posed the question: “Why don’t we care more about what’s going on in our violence plagued communities?” This question plagued me back in March after seeing segments from The Inte… Continue reading →

The nation is shocked and horrified by the recent random shooting in a Colorado cinema that left dozens of people dead and nearly sixty people injured. My sympathies go out to their families and friends. I’m also deeply sorry for us as a nation. I… Continue reading →

Last night, a friend was talking about an exchange he had with his wife. He concluded: “Well, I just wanted to keep the peace, so I didn’t say anything.” Who doesn’t want peace? Actually, a lot of people don’t want peace and I’m sure you’ve met th… Continue reading →

The other day I wrote a post for a blog I write with my dear friend Olivia Sprinkel: Dancing All the Way. Until recently, I’ve tended to think of that blog as a personal one and this blog as a professional one. Now I fully accept that this is a fa… Continue reading →