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My first day in San Cristóbal de las Casas, I nearly ended up in the hospital. I was walking down the street – on the sidewalk, struggling to send a text on my newly acquired, very basic (yet somehow repeatedly confounding me) cell phone. All of a… Continue reading →

Wow. So much to write about when it comes to seeing and connecting to self, others and the creative process in different ways. Right now, the theme that is capturing my attention most strongly is values. I have been having numerous discussions thi… Continue reading →

I’m now writing from San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico. This is a colonial town – a base for the Spanish colonists. This is a town surrounded by communities of indigenous peoples. The context of social activism here – indigenous peoples standing up f… Continue reading →

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 →