I'm very serious about this race between education and catastrophe. I'm very serious about the connection between critical thinking and consciousness. I'm very serious about dim sum and laughter and not taking this whole thing so very seriously.
// February 15th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Art, Music & Poetry
Arturo was a recipient of the 2006 World Press Photo awards, announced yesterday. Davide Monteleone of Italy has a very powerful series on the Israeli bombings of Lebanon that is well worth reflecting upon. “Spot News: 1st prize stories”.
// February 6th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Art, Music & Poetry
// December 23rd, 2006 // 3 Comments » // Leadership Development
“If those who lead you say, ‘See, the Kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. Rather, the Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.”
Jesus, The Gospel of Thomas, 3. Similarly expressed in Luke 17:21.
Wishing you the very best in this beautiful struggle. Merry Christmas.
Arthur
// May 17th, 2006 // No Comments » // Art, Music & Poetry
The Saturday before last was Brenda’s birthday. She did the most awesome thing anyone can do in Amsterdam- invite all your friends for a canal ride in an old timey 1915 canal boat. She was karmically rewarded for this fine act as Amsterdam provided the most magnificent weather possible. Luckily enough, the rest of us caught some of this karmic bounty.
Amsterdam is designed to be viewed from the water. It provides the perfect distance and perspective from which to view large segments of architecture through the intricate lattice of tree branches- an interest, that has become a passion for me. Furthermore, it frees one of the distraction of bikes, tourists and other such hurdles and thus allows for a good long stare into the powerful aesthetic.
Thanks again Brenda for such an awe-inspiring and beautiful experience!
Boat tour courtesy of the Saint Nicolaas Boat Club, a small non-profit group dedicated to preserving historic Dutch boats. World’s better than the glassed in canal buses and their cacophony of multilingual announcements.
// April 20th, 2006 // 2 Comments » // Art, Music & Poetry
On Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin there is an apartment building called the Kunst Haus Tacheles – or simply “the Tacheles“. Since the fall of the wall the Tacheles has been occupied by artists, performers and musicians who create and exhibit there. The structure of the building has been damaged by shelling in the war and fire and dereliction since; anywhere else in Germany it would have already been demolished and replaced. More interesting than the art on display were the surfaces and spaces of the building itself. Monika and I took the series of photos below to capture the feeling of this Berlin icon.
// March 3rd, 2006 // 1 Comment » // Art, Music & Poetry
// December 1st, 2005 // 1 Comment » // Travel
Praha is an old Czech fairy tale I’ve never read but have always somehow understood. A dream actualised against all probability, I can only float in pure awe and wonder as I lie emersed in this other-worldly magnificence. I am filled with happiness to know this place exists and I have begun to experience it. What a world we share!
Many thanks for the kindness and hospitality of LC Praha and the Czech MC.
“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”- Franz Kafka.
// November 17th, 2005 // 9 Comments » // Art, Music & Poetry, My Personal Journey
For the last week I have been chairing a leadership development conference in the snow covered Harz mountains of Northern Germany.
On Tuesday afternoon I left the mountains and conference upon a train to the Netherlands. I arrived at midnight upon the door step of Mr Brodie J Boland and we regaled the evening with tales of past months discoveries. The following morning I headed to Amsterdam and the final selection interviews for a role in leadership development program design for ABN AMRO. After enjoying a few rounds of interviews and discussions I took a brief amble through the streets of the fair city before returning by the five hour train journey.
As soon as I returned to the snow covered site that evening I saw the conferences delegates shrouded in the warm glow of the official dinner behind tinged glass. In minus five degrees and wearing only a suit, I stood in the falling snow balancing my laptop on my palm and trying to get wireless connection to check my mail. This done I walked into the hall to give my returning address and the first annoucement that I will be spending the next year of my life in Amsterdam working in corporate leadership development; a continuation of my focus on leadership and learning that guided me for the last years- and an important step upon my path towards the university I envision.
“Flow around obstacles, don’t confront them. Don’t struggle to succeed. Wait for the right moment.” – Lao Tzu.
// September 14th, 2005 // No Comments » // Travel
Awesome Nile (and view from our balcony). 
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