Hollyhock place

Sometimes
it takes a
group to find the poop.

(To Naomi and Chris) 

There is a new box on the home page called "Stewardship".

We are the stewards of the worlds we inhabit, whether Planet Earth or Planet Avanoo. When we keep in mind our relationship with the larger whole and our responsibility toward all of life, there is a tendency toward harmony.

Here are some principles of right relationship that I found today.

I recorded this version after the Media That Matters conference at Hollyhock in May 2009.



When I was a red carpet trodden upon
I thought nothing of it.
Those who hastened or stood quietly in line,
I led them all within.
And if most saw mainly vaulted ceilings
And not love in disguise,
Well, some looked up and some looked down
And some just closed their eyes.

I've been silver and I've been gold
And I've been a hole in one.
I've worn my prayers as these threadbare clothes
And learned that never was there too much love.
But I've been copper and I've been tin and
I thought nothing of it.
Eyes wide open and still I spin,
I've stared down the bottomless pit.

I've been the fire and I've been the wood
And I've been the empty one.
I've worn my prayers as only I could
And learned that never was there too much love.
I've learned that never was there too much love. 

I met Christen this summer at Hollyhock, where she played her amazing, evocative, and healing music for us as we struggled to come to terms with climate change and other vast consequences of human unconsciousness.

From her website, http://itsnotaviolin.com/music/:

Vol I: Battle Cry is a musical depiction of the emotional journey we each take to unlock our power. I wrote this album to support you in finding and releasing your battle cry in a moment in time when we are faced with what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described as the “fierce urgency of now” — when our vigilance or neglect determines the fate of generations. In each of us lives a unique passion – a dream that wants to be worked into reality. It is critical for your dream to be manifested, for your gift to be given, for your power to be brought forth if we are to rise together and overcome our collective challenges. My dream is that this music will support you, as you step into your power and offer all you have to give.

Here's a track from Battle Cry that's a free download:

http://itsnotaviolin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Unconditional.mp3

The whole album is excellent. 

Dear friends,

Writers of the world, please take note of a delightful and profound form of poetry called the Way of 10.

http://thewayof10.com/

The first 10 ever written sounds like this (and it's important to say it):

sitting
on poems
the mountain writes me
  ~Rachel Bagby

Rachel Bagby developed the form back in 1980. She is a friend and a deeply inspiring person whom I met at Hollyhock. It is my pleasure to connect you to her on the 'Noo!

Yes, a wonderful place filled with magical memories and connections I hope will last a lifetime.