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January 2009 
Blogging my way to Freedom
Posted on Aug 21st, 2008
by 
The Onyxx
The Onyxx
(My original post was at Lullaby on Daydream Road)
I am not sure how it came to that; but I found two really interesting essays. I think I was looking for kindred spirits. I wanted to feel reassured that there are others that are in resonance with me out there. I fell in a trance earlier in the evening and wrote something; I'll take the time to read it tomorrow while in totally different mindset. It started with "Blogging with Passion and Compassion" by C4Chaos. It is an essay on Blogging as Integral Transformative Practice.
I ended up completely somewhere else with my mind already lit up; the Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of 43 statements exemplifying a certain Bruce Mau’s beliefs, strategies and motivations. I suggest that you go and check out the full list yourself. More than a few of them talked to me; here are my favorites...
no.1 Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.
no.4 Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.
no.8 Drift. Allow yourself to wander aimlessly. Explore adjacencies. Lack judgment. Postpone criticism.
no.18 Stay up late. Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you're separated from the rest of the world.
no.22 Make your own tools. Hybridize your tools in order to build unique things. Even simple tools that are your own can yield entirely new avenues of exploration. Remember, tools amplify our capacities, so even a small tool can make a big difference.
no.32 Listen carefully. Every collaborator who enters our orbit brings with him or her a world more strange and complex than any we could ever hope to imagine. By listening to the details and the subtlety of their needs, desires, or ambitions, we fold their world onto our own. Neither party will ever be the same.
I am not sure how it came to that; but I found two really interesting essays. I think I was looking for kindred spirits. I wanted to feel reassured that there are others that are in resonance with me out there. I fell in a trance earlier in the evening and wrote something; I'll take the time to read it tomorrow while in totally different mindset. It started with "Blogging with Passion and Compassion" by C4Chaos. It is an essay on Blogging as Integral Transformative Practice.
I ended up completely somewhere else with my mind already lit up; the Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of 43 statements exemplifying a certain Bruce Mau’s beliefs, strategies and motivations. I suggest that you go and check out the full list yourself. More than a few of them talked to me; here are my favorites...
no.1 Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.
no.4 Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.
no.8 Drift. Allow yourself to wander aimlessly. Explore adjacencies. Lack judgment. Postpone criticism.
no.18 Stay up late. Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you're separated from the rest of the world.
no.22 Make your own tools. Hybridize your tools in order to build unique things. Even simple tools that are your own can yield entirely new avenues of exploration. Remember, tools amplify our capacities, so even a small tool can make a big difference.
no.32 Listen carefully. Every collaborator who enters our orbit brings with him or her a world more strange and complex than any we could ever hope to imagine. By listening to the details and the subtlety of their needs, desires, or ambitions, we fold their world onto our own. Neither party will ever be the same.
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I'm so glad you're back… and I love the idea of an incomplete manifesto.
Yes, do we not all search for kindred kind.
This is a rather fabulous list, and that it is an incomplete manifesto is quite fabulous as well. All things continue, shift, and it is quite extraordinary.
I am glad to have stopped here in my evening travel through Gaia to read your thoughts just now.
Blessings~
I am glad I am back too Siona… Thanks for the warm words.
Nahnni I am happy that you enjoyed your stay. It motivates me and shows me that I made the right choice to push myself outside of my lethargy. I will be hopefully writing daily.