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In Verbindung mit der Ausstellung Nonhuman Subjectivities: Aural Aquatic Presence - Robertina Šebjanič

Seminar: Living Systems | Aquatic Systems

mit Robertina Šebjanič, Kat Austen, Regine Rapp und Christian de Lutz

18. September 2016, 14-18 Uhr

The current exhibition project artistically explores the interplay and intercommunication between animal and machine while focusing on the aquatic environment. Within this framework we want to invite you to our seminar which will theoretically explore these and other aspects about artistic and scientific methodologies on interspecies empathy and human-nonhuman companionship.

Robertina Šebjanic, Aurelia 1+Hz / proto viva generator, 2014, photo by Miha Fras

Regine Rapp
Art and Object-Oriented Perception. Reflecting Living Systems in Contemporary Art

Based on the concept and exhibition series Nonhuman Subjectivities the presentation will theoretically reflect several artists and their specific artistic interest in nonhuman agents. Different artistic strategies will be presented to discuss the manifold aesthetic approaches to the phenomenon of object-oriented perception. Be it narrative strategies, aesthetic strategies of immersion, bridging medical historical phenomena with gender issues, or combining scientific laboratory and art practices – it is challenging to explore a variety of artistic approaches towards the nonhuman. The counterlinguistic turn as well as the concept of cooperative actions can serve as a useful theoretical ground within the debate.

Berlin based art historian Regine Rapp curates and researches contemporary art at the intersection of art & science, and the phenomenon of art & space. She co-founded Art Laboratory Berlin in 2006, which she co-directs and curates together with Christian de Lutz since 2009. Exhibition and research topics: Time & Technology, Synaesthesia, macro/microbiologies and the arts. Recent publication: Art and the Biological Sublime in the 21st Century (2015).

Robertina Šebjanič
Subjectivity and the Aquatocene

The most substantial aims of the audiovisual performance Aurelia 1+Hz / proto viva sonification (2015) are to explore the phenomena of interspecies communication, sonification of the envi-ronment and the underwater acoustic/ bioacoustics. Her new installation Subaquatic / Aquato-cene sound scape (2016) reflects about the immersion into the underwater acoustic environment and the sound and noise pollution produced there by human presence. The project explores the relationship between sound, nature and society and encourages rethinking the human impact on the (under)water habitat as well as the establishment and maintainance of safe audio environ-ments for animals that live in the oceans and seas.

Ljubljana based Robertina Šebjanič is an intermedia artist whose works address the relationships between art, science and technology. In recent years, she’s been focusing on living systems in particular. Her artistic exploratory processes result in audiovisual performances and sound art, as well as complex submersible configurations/ installations. http://robertina.net/

Kat Austen
Experiments in Interspecies Empathy: The Coral Empathy Device

We have a lot in common with coral. It builds shelter to protect itself, and lives in symbiosis with microorganisms, which – like our microbiome – help it to survive. Coral acts like a steward to much other marine life, providing a home for the algae with which it lives symbiotically, and creating reefs that are one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Using stewardship as a common starting point, Kat will discuss her piece The Coral Empathy Device (2016) in the context of exploring interspecies empathy through artistic investigations into the marine environment and human perception. Drawing on an approach that melds together multiple knowledges, Kat will explain both the conceptual approach and her methodologies in the research and creation of a piece that challenges the audience physically to prompt a lived experience connecting human-in-air and coral-in-water.

Kat Austen is a succession of experiences and an assemblage of aspirations. She is also a person. She creates artworks and experiences that explore multiple knowledges, boundaries and authority in an environmental context. She has a studio in Berlin and lectures at University College London’s Arts and Sciences BASc, is Artist in Residence in UCL’s Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences, and part of the London Creative Network.

Moderated by
Christian de Lutz

Christian de Lutz, originally from New York and now based in Berlin, is an artist and curator. His artworks deal with social, political and cultural themes, with an emphasis on science, technology, migration and cultural borderlines. He co-founded Art Laboratory Berlin in 2006 and co-directs and curates Art Laboratory Berlin together with Regine Rapp since 2009. Exhibition and research topics of the last years: Time & Technology, Synaesthesia, macro/microbiologies and the arts. Recent publication: Art and the Biological Sublime in the 21st Century (2015).

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Monday, May 30, 2016

New Art Update! Finally!

After a long break from posting (though not from making art) I have finally gotten around to finishing off a set of images that I want to show. The long break from posting is partially due to a 4 year span of career sabotage working on more cartoon style games which is now over. Also to blame are a series of yet unreleased project NDAs, and a general lack of taking much personal work to completion. I have also taken the time to revamp the blog as it was looking pretty darn dated. If you are reading this I hope you like the changes and enjoy the new art! Look forward to hopefully another dump of work related art soon permission pending.

Above, a rendering of a Chevy Blazer done for my Uncle based on a vehicle he is restoring, and a mech
salesman talking up the latest model to a potential customer!
Below, a visual target image and action shot for a top down RPG pitch doc. This is a better late than never
addition that I wasn't able to show at the time. In the second image the heroes try to close a demon portal!
Below, a painting from reference of Jennifer Carpenter aka Debrah Morgan from Dexter.
Also, a head rendering from my half of a colaboration project for a Warframe head skin.
Finally a line drawing done in PS to look like a marker sketch. The design is meant to be
a V-Tol fighter, however a careful eye would notice the engines are braced wrong for that.
And that's it for now, Thanks for viewing!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Personal Work Update!

It's been some time since I've updated, I wanted to share a few things. These first two images are just kind of paintings where I was practicing a bit more texture and more quick and rough method for rendering things.
Sketchup Mech design done with some spare time.
Do you like ships as much as I do? Another quickie, and a Sketchup Paint-over.

     I hope you liked these images, I am planning to start a sketch blog soon so that I can have a different place to show more rough work and I'll make a new post and add links to this blog when I've done that. Thanks for looking!

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Unpublished Works From Bonfire 3.0

Some new environments for you guys to see. Just finished getting these finally ready to post Some more unpublished work from my Bonfire days. I'll be uploading more of these into this post until I finish the lot of them.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Unpublished Works From Bonfire Studios 2.0

Work from 3 separate pitches done while I was working for Bonfire studios. We had some pretty cool ideas but at the time there weren't a lot of pitches that were getting picked up during the recession.

©2010 Bonfire Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Unpublished Works From Bonfire Studios

Work from an unpublished project that I created a while back when I was working for Bonfire Studios. We've since been bought out and I can't really say what project this came from but you can probably guess based on the art.

All work is ©2010 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Professional and Personal Art Update

An environment painted for Bonfire Studios, below 6 contract pieces for white wolf Publishing, and below that some personal art, and another piece of Halo Wars Concept art.

Top ©2010 Bonfire Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Middle rows ©2010 White Wolf Publishing, Inc . All Rights Reserved.
Lower Right (Halo wars) ©2007-2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Valentine's Day Hearts

I love how these turned out! 1st graders learned how to make tints while painting hearts using Valentines colors. They then used scrap painted paper scraps, (pre-cut,) and added them to the boarder using brads to connect them. We added glitter around our hearts for fun too! : )

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  1. I swear, glitter makes everything look better :)


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Objects of Desire: "Vetrinetta delle Meraviglie: Cabinet of Wonders" at Spoleto, Italy | Review by Jill Conner

May 21 to June 1, 2010 / Spoleto, Italy

Aqua, 2008, collage, 15 x 15 inches by Yi Chen
“Vetrinetta delle Meraviglie: Cabinet of Wonders,” revives the romantic love-triangle of fantasy, myth and memory with a series of small-scale collages, found objects, drawings and paintings by Yi Chen, Benedetto Marcucci, Fulvio di Piazza, Sapna Shah and Nicola Verlato. Numerous glass vitrines display these contemporary works of art, evoking a mysterious longing that bridges one back to the heart of imagination where dreams percolate, simmer and abound. Set within the ancient Italian city of Spoleto, this group exhibition overlooks the 13th-century Duomo and appears like a handful of jewels that contrasts thematically with the bountiful landscape seen in the surrounding hillside.
Lady in Black , 2008, collage, 15 x 17 by Yi Chen

Reality breaks away in Yi Chen’s paper collages, which contain layered cutouts found in fashion magazines, distorting the allegories of advertisement while suggesting an as…


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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Painted Chair

My children really need to start their own blog!
It seems more and more often I post projects that they have created. This is another one of those posts.

My daughter, Carrie, wanted this chair for her room...
I asked her what in the world she was going to do with it. Of course, she's like her mother and can't leave anything alone!
She said she was going to paint it.
I'm not one to stifle creativity, so of course I bought it for her.

Here's the finished product...

It turned out fantastic!

She used acrylic paint and watered it down just a tiny bit.
I'm sure fabric paint would work also.
I shared this on Facebook and someone told me that you can wax over it to soften up the paint a little. It is a little stiff, but then again, so are wooden chairs, so it doesn't bother Carrie. And it's her chair after all!

So, if you have a chair and are afraid to try upholstery...
paint it!
 Pin It

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  1. Amazing! What a great redo! And your daughter made it, so that's even more awesome!

  2. Wow ~ creativity runs in the family!! Excellent work!

  3. Now you tell Carrie, that is one "cool" chair!!! Looks like she might need a blog:)

  4. Hey artsy (not sure what your real name is), I discovered your post over at the linky party on I absolutely love what you've done with this chair. How long did it take you to complete? It could also be cool to use a stencil of a portrait. Thanks for sharing this artsy idea!
    Anyhow, I hope that you’ll check out my latest project here ( and let me know what you think. All the best.

  5. So wonderful! What a beautiful mix of patterns!

  6. It's gorgeous, I would put up with sitting on a chair with slightly stiff fabric if it looked as good as this - Or just put it in the corner and look at it's loveliness!

  7. Wow! what a pretty transformation! It will make a beautiful statement in any room. Your daughter did an awesome job...a lovely way to express your creativity :)~hugs, Poppy

  8. Wow!!! I'm in love with that chair. It's amazing.

  9. This is just fantastic! You have one talented daughter!

  10. I think Carrie needs to fire up a painting upholstery biz. This chair is out of this world amazing! Featured on this weekend's Party Junk. :)

  11. LOVE THIS! And I happen to have that same wing chair in mauvish pink so I know what I'll be doing with it for my turquoise and red living room.

  12. that is INCREDIBLE, so inspired! i've painted furniture before, but didn't think about watering down the paint, gotta try that for next time!

  13. Holy Buckets thats awesome! I pinned this to our talent board!! Thanks for sharing on DIY Sunday Showcase!!!

    Shelly @minettesmaze

  14. This is crazy wild, I love love love it!

  15. That is wonderful! ...I love her creativity!

  16. Wow! That is fantastic! Was it a consignment chair to start with? It reminds me of a McKenzie/Childs piece (that would probably cost thousands of dollars). I saw your post over at A Stroll Thru Life's blog party.

  17. It's a gorgeous masterpiece and such an amazing transformation. Love it! Stopping by from Charm Bracelet Diva via the blog tour.

  18. Wow! i love this fun and festive chair! Super creative. Good for Carrie!! :)
    xox, Crystelle

  19. Oh wow! That is one fabulous chair! I love all of the bright colors and the fact that it's a one-of-a-kind made by your daughter makes it even more special! You're right....she needs her own blog!

  20. I'm interested in what they mean by "waxing over it"? What kind of wax?

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Saturday, 31 July 2010

Getting Down and Dirty

We've really had a fantastic week.

Two beautiful cria, both of them girls and finally Cooper has decided he's really grown up now.  Until yesterday all he's wanted to do is play with the babies through the fence but we noticed that he had started to take an interest in the empty females that we had kept putting next to him to see if he would make any attempt to get at them.  Last night we realised that he had started to show an interest in Cricket and she sat down next to him with just a fence between them and he looked as though he wanted to vault over.  Today we put him with Mimi and he just shoved her down to the ground and mounted her.  I did think that because it was his first time it would be all over in 5 minutes and he would then light a cigarette or something but no, he seemed to carry on for ever.  I got bored after 30 minutes and went to clean the paddocks but Si sat there with the camera like a proud father.

I am more interested in the results of the matings.  I love having the cria running around, it really is what this business is all about.  We had a really good look at Exhibition today and are really pleased with her fleece and can't wait for the opinion of Carl, our shearer.  He is much more experienced than us at checking out the fleeces having seen a lot more of them.  Even though Exhibition looks as though she is probably premature because of the lack of teeth and her floppy ears she has been running around nearly all day, in fact even when the other babies had settled down for the night she was still charging round the paddock.  She really is hilarious with her ears bouncing up and down.  Timothy can't keep up with her but he isn't the most elegant of alpacas, he really is only pet quality but he has a lovely nature.  I said to Si today that he looks like a mix of Alan Carr and Giant Haystacks he is really careless and keeps running into the sides of the adult girls.  He gets up such a speed but just doesn't seem able to stop.

Oh, I almost forgot, because we have no births due until the end of the month I was allowed past the farm gate.  Nothing too exciting but I got to Mole Valley today for animal feed and more gates but at least it was a change.  I was only allowed out for a couple of hours but come October I can go out whenever I want.

Friday, 30 July 2010

 Well, it's been a day.

Larra had been checked at around 5am and then I went back to bed.  Si woke me up again around 7am to say that nothing was happening and he was about to leave for the office.  I got straight out of bed, just in case, I wasn't going to get caught out again.  I looked straight out of the window at Larra and her tail was up and she looked as though she was straining but she was nowhere near the poo pile.  I thought I'd make a cup of coffee and keep watching.  I had had a couple of sips and nothing much was happening but there was something sticking out of her rear end and I thought I'd better go and have a closer look.  I walked around to the paddock all the while watching this balloon sticking out of her.  Once I was in with her she came straight towards me humming, which was really unusual for Larra, she normally acts as though she knows she is an elite alpaca and we are mere humans put here to give her pedicures and clean up the poo.  There was just a head showing within this balloon with no movement at all.  I thought I was going to have to cope with a stillbirth which was particularly poignant as she had given birth prematurely, at night last year in a storm and the cria had  died even though our vet worked on it for almost 2 hours.  Poor Larra mourned her baby for over a week.  Anyway, I decided that she was obviously asking for help so I had to do something no matter how scared I felt.  I burst the bag and did a bit of tweeking of the feet and they soon appeared.  I was so relieved as the cria then spluttered and sneezed and more of the legs appeared.  I then stood back to leave her to it.

Larra obviously thought that this would be good time to take a break after this and sat down so I decided to go and finish my coffee while she had a rest.  I stared out of the window watching her and she was having such strong contractions that I could see her whole body clench.  I was actually holding my breath during each one then urging her to stand up to let gravity help.  It was only when Ollie told me that she couldn't hear me through the window that I realised I had been telling her to push during each contraction.

As soon as the cria had hit the ground I ran over again with a towel and teramycin but I was still shaking so much that I sprayed the grass and its front leg.  Ollie had to take over and told me that I had missed the navel completely.  Larra is so pleased with her new baby that she has been sniffing and kissing it all day, it has been really lovely to watch.  Once again I forgot to check the sex of the cria and had to go back to lift its tail to check.  Another girl.  Her ears are floppy and she has no teeth yet which are pointers of a premature birth which is a bit strange as it is 347 days since Larra was mated.
I got Si to phone Rob at Wellground Alpaca Stud this evening just to check that it was ok to leave its ears because the only advice I could find on t'internet was to tie tampons to them to support them but it actually looks really cute when she runs as they bounce up and down. We have decided to call her Exhibition as Larra's first daughter we named Halo after one of our favourite bands who have now changed their name to Exhibition.   Mother and baby are both doing fine but I am still in a bit of a state of shock and in serious need of a large G and T.

Note to Darling Daughter, if you want children then please adopt them.

This is a picture of Carrie that Rob requested,  He wanted to see her dry.

Out of the four births we have had so far our girls have produced one boy and three girls and we would really like to keep the same ratio for the rest of the births this year.

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Carrie Baby

Finally one of our overdue girls has given up her baby.  I checked Chance and Larra over first thing this morning and thought this was going to be another day with nothing happening on the birthing front.  After I had fed all the animals and topped up their water containers I decided to come back indoors to do some chores here.  As soon as I had started on the kitchen Chance must have decided that it would be a good time to drop her cria with no interference from me.  I looked out of the window and there on the ground was a small wet cria so I ran to the barn to grab a clean towel and teramycin.  Ollie came over to help and did the drying while I tried to keep the flies away.  He sprayed her navel and Chance was quite happy to stand by watching so I took the opportunity to spray her with Naff Off but decided against spraying the cria in case Chance then rejected her.  Chance dropped the placenta almost straight away and I checked it over then picked it up in a carrier bag to go into the incinerator.  It was only when we decided to leave mother and baby alone to bond that we realised that we hadn't even checked what sex it was.  It was another girl.  Chance has already given us 2 females and I love her as she comes over to give me kisses.  I had already said to Si that we should really keep her for life if she produces another girl and he just laughed at the time.  Today when he telephoned from the office he said 'So we're keeping her then'.  I just thought I'd put that in writing in case he ever thinks about selling her.

She looked absolutely nothing when she was still wet but once she had dried out she seemed to double in size.  Her fleece is so dense, she also a lovely cream colour at the moment but I am sure that will soon change over the next few days once she starts to play in the dust/mud baths with the other babies.  Her sire is Lionheart who resides at Wellground Alpaca Stud and I have spent the evening on the internet trying to find a suitable name for her but it appears that Richard the Lionheart had no legitimate children so that idea went out of the window.  The last gig we went to was Jimmy Carr so we have carried on the gig theme and called her Carrie, it is also the name of a song so the music theme continues.

Temple, the darkest one above, was Chance's cria from last year and as soon as she saw the new cria feeding seemed to get a memory jolt and rushed over to join in so we had to put her into another paddock for the afternoon.

Larra went over to have a good look at the new cria and immediately started to hum.  I think she was trying to tell us that she'd have that one rather than go through the birthing process herself but we're hoping that jealousy will prompt her to finally drop her cria tomorrow.  This is another one we're excited about as the sire is Wellground Close Encounter and I will be just as pleased if this is a boy.  We would love a future sire with his bloodline.

Thursday, 22 July 2010

Love Me Chase Me

The photographs aren't great quality but they show the essence of Delilah.  She is a little terror.  Her favourite pastime is pouncing on Timothy until he turns and chases her.  She will happily spend hours racing around the paddock.  She is also responsible for our high mobile telephone bill this month.  She is such fun to watch that if one of us sees her doing something we phone the other to look at her.  She really is a delight to have around.

We should have had another couple of babies running around by now but even though the mothers look fit to burst they are not letting go.  Chance's belly is absolutely huge and it is so low now that if she doesn't give birth soon it will be touching the ground.  Larra has been bagged up for over a week and is looking really fed up with it all.  I don't suppose I am helping much by following them around trying to look under their tails to see if anything is happening.  The flies are annoying all of us.  We have spent a fortune the past couple of years on various sprays and potions but nothing seems to work.  The girls aren't keen on being sprayed a couple of times a day and it does seem a waste of time when it isn't keeping the flying pests off them.  If anybody has found anything that does actually work then we would be really grateful for advice.  We even resorted to listerine last year on the advice of a lady in the chemist who uses it on her horses.  If we put any more garlic in their feed they will probably refuse to eat and lets face it, they don't have the sweetest breath at the best of times.

Si is off work this week to get on with more digging and stuff around the farm, I look at it more as community service to pay for his criminal act as described in the previous blog.  He has been busy burying water pipes in preparation for a water supply to the barn and then hopefully there will be some landscaping done near the gate.

Saturday, 10 July 2010

On The Run

 Delilah in her favourite place with her mum

All the pregnant girls queueing up for the mudbath

Well, it's been quite an exciting time here between the normal chores like poo picking, feeding, mowing etc

Yesterday Si was riding around cutting the grass when the only car key fell out of his pocket and got chopped to pieces by the mower.  He then expected Ollie and I to help find the pieces.  We found the plastic bits but the part we needed to start the car had completely disappeared.  This morning Si had to phone Landrover who couriered a blank to our local garage which is about a  three miles away.  He had to walk there once he had the phone call to say it had arrived; he then had to get into Exeter which is 25 miles away to get it cut.  There is a local bus service, it's on Thursday around 10.30am I think.  He managed to hitch a lift into our nearest town which is 5 miles away to get a train to Exeter and then reversed the journey.  He now has to do silly things with the car as the alarm goes off when he uses the key but there is a more complicated thing that has to be done with the key to be able to use it automatically.  We have to stand for 5 minutes after he turns the key in a set pattern in the door before it can be opened.  He'll never be able to remember the set pattern as the following story will show.

I got a telephone call this morning from the local police station asking if we owned a car with a certain registration number.  I said yes even though I don't have a clue what our registration is.  I wasn't too worried as I knew it hadn't been stolen as there wasn't a useable key for it and I could see the car on the drive across the paddocks.  Apparently somebody had driven away from the local garage yesterday without paying for the petrol they had pumped.  Yep, it was Si.  He had filled a can to put in the lawnmower and then just come straight back to use it.  So I am now living with a master criminal.  This seems to be a common occurrence as the policeman was really nice about it and just asked us to pop back to the garage to pay.  I then had to explain why we couldn't, but Si phoned the garage to apologize and paid by card.

Monday, 5 July 2010

Oh You Are A Mucky Kid

Well we have waited and Delilah is undoubtedly light fawn, now we know we can register her with BAS. I'm not great at judging cria fleeces this young but I have a feeling this is going to be our best animal not just born here but out of all our alpacas including the imports. A week old and I'm already thinking about her first mating next year to improve still further.  It's a pity she is so dirty but Irene has been making mud baths for her to roll in to keep cool and she has been taking full advantage of it.

The recent weather has been great but it has meant I'm having to refill the water butt from the mains every two days. The grass isn't growing either but the docks are doing just fine but the stems are just flowering and seeding without going to the effort of leaves.

Timothy is really growing now, so much so that he is trying it on with Mimi. She is going down next to the fence with Merlin on the other side so Timothy is jumping on, if only Cooper would show the same interest.  He is more interested in playing with his new little sister.


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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Scariest Google search I've ever been associated with?

Someone found their way to our blog by searching "post mortem on murder suicide". Seriously? I can say with certainty that they did not find what they were looking for. It has me questioning how Google formulates those search results.

And now I suppose this post will send more similar searchers our way . . .

A few laughs for your Thursday

Charlotte has been a little under the weather for the past couple of days, running a fever and feeling a little lethargic. I'm not quite sure what it is, but when she went down for an early nap this morning she felt slightly less warm than she has over the past 24 hours. We'll see how she's doing when she gets up!

She had her 9 month check up on Tuesday and she is finally growing some in height, but not so much in weight. I think she's gained a grand total of 5 ounces in the past three months. She did finally hit the 50th percentile for length though, so we're going to celebrate those little gains! Charlotte must have the most amazing metabolism, because she eats like there is no tomorrow. Caroline never ate nearly as much food as Charlotte does, but Caroline always hovered around the 50th percentile for weight. Our little Charlotte on the other hand hasn't gotten above the 10th percentile for weight since she was three months old. She is a very happy and generally healthy baby though - the past two days excepted. So, I thought I'd share a little video of her precious laugh to brighten up your Thursday:

Monday, August 24, 2009

Isn't it called "onomatopoeia" when the word sounds like what it means? I'm not sure "whirlwind" falls into the definition cleanly, but there is something sweeping and all-encompassing about the sound of that word that expresses well our life over the past few weeks. We've been through some tough decisions about Caroline and school for the next year (and year after),

we've had family and friends visit,

we've visited family,

we've had visits to the doctor and hospital (for three out of our little four member family),

we've celebrated a birthday,

we've watched that girl start a new dance class,

we've watched our baby start to crawl, we've held that same baby as she experiences the pain of two more teeth coming in, we've played, laughed and photographed,

and of course we've had the drill of school, work, and home life thrown in too. Don't get me wrong; life is good and all of these things make me so thankful for my family and the blessings God showers on us. It's just busy too.

A couple of stories from the past couple of weeks:
Caroline and I started reading Charlotte's Web a couple of weeks ago. It's a pretty long book for a four year old, but we just decided that each night at bedtime I would read her a couple of chapters. It was great for me because that was one of my all-time favorite books and movies. I hadn't read it since I was a kid though, and I really enjoyed reliving it with Caroline. I remembered it being sad, but I wasn't prepared for how deeply it touched me. I literally sobbed through several pages in the last two chapters. Caroline wasn't quite sure what to make of my emotionalism, but she tried to soothe me (and her sweet little consoling made me cry harder) by telling me that Wilbur would be okay and he would make other friends and Charlotte gets to be with God now! Despite my tears, I enjoyed reading it again; it is a great story about sacrifice and friendship.

So, as I mentioned above, Charlotte is starting to crawl. She's been scooting around on her tummy for a few weeks now, but she has finally figured out how to get up on her knees. She kind of rocks back and forth when she gets up on all fours and occasionally even propels herself forward (or backward) a little bit. I tried multiple times to get a video of her actually crawling, but this is as close as I could get to a a glimpse at her new found skill:

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Fantastic visit

Like I said in my last post, we were so blessed to have Allison, Jeremy, and Cooper visit us over last weekend. Jeremy's post will give you the play-by-play on what we did, so I'll just post some pictures and say that we are really lucky to have such good friends! Even though they live "far far away" (in Caroline's words), we still manage to see them once or twice a year, though it's not nearly enough for any of us. So if anyone has an idea for starting some kind of commune that can sustain itself with at least three kids, one accountant, two lawyers, and a youth minister-teacher-artist, please leave a comment below; we'd love to figure out a way to spend more time with them!

We went over to LSU and visited Mike.

Rolling down the Indian Mounds at LSU.

Caroline and Cooper on Caroline's trail that runs behind our house.

Climbing a tree in the backyard.

The kids and Allison and I made shortcakes for our strawberry shortcake dessert Sunday night. Cooper liked baking just as much as Caroline did and they did a great job taking turns and sharing (which can be hard sometimes!). They came out great.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Short update!

Caroline had a great birthday party this past weekend: Great friends, great family, great presents, great cake, We also had our friends Allison, Jeremy, and Cooper in town staying with us, so we had no only a birthday party Saturday, but also a weekend of having fun with wonderful friends. We've been busy recovering from the weekend and getting back into the swing of life with work and school, but I'll post some more stories and pictures soon. For now, here's a little series of a precious moment for a four year old: blowing out the candles on her Tinker Bell cake!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A stone instead of bread

So I stumbled upon this post by Tim Challies that is apparently creating a little storm in the blog-internet-webby- world; so of course I thought I’d throw my two cents in to the conversation. Abraham Piper has a much shorter, much better post on this than me and the comments over there are great too.

The piece is a doctrinal response to an email he received a few months ago from a young woman (it was not the response he sent to her via email, just to be clear). The writer of the email now counsels women who have had abortions or are seeking abortions (I think I’m right about that), but once found herself in the same shoes as those whom she counsels. From the email excerpt he prints, it appears that she had two abortions earlier in life. She comes to Challies with a heart-wrenching question about his beliefs about what happen to children who die as babies or in the womb. She makes clear that she had always found comfort in her belief that those babies were now with God in Heaven. After she read something Challies posted previously, she was calling that belief into question.

In my opinion Challies approaches her hurt and heart-felt question in a cold, calloused way. Perhaps doctrinally correct-perhaps not as well- but most certainly without feeling and with many assumptions and a lot of judgment. As I read through the post, as someone who has lost a baby before he had a chance to take his first breath, I was astonished at the tone and overcome by the thought: “This is one of the reasons people don’t like Christians.” He takes a woman at a vulnerable and broken place and speaks to her about doctrine. Theology. She must not have the right doctrine; she must have the wrong Theology about the ultimate fate of the souls of her unborn children.

Ultimately, I think Challies’s major mistake in his piece was the tone he took and the way it was a literary look down his nose at the young woman. I didn’t read the whole email, so maybe he was right to make some of the assumptions he did about her and her faith, but they came across really harsh and judgmental. It was the epitome of giving your child a stone when he asks you for bread; a snake when he asks for a fish (Matthew 7:9-10).

Where he was not mistaken is in the basic premise: we cannot know for sure what happens to babies when they die; the Bible simply doesn’t answer the questions clearly. He was not wrong to point that out, nor was he wrong to bring up the fact of original sin or the need to find hope in Christ and not in our children, living or dead. This is where he and I would part ways though. He may very well be right. Or he may be wrong. It is just as possible that all babies go to Heaven as it is that they do not. This is a question that hits too close to home for some of us for whom this is more a matter of the heart than the head though. It is not a question on which an individual’s salvation hinges, and I think Challies would be wise to save the brow-beating and doctrine trumpeting for matters with more eternal consequences.

As I’ve stepped away from his post for a couple of days now, I have tried to look back at it to see what I can take from it as a lesson. This morning as I read Oswald Chambers for today my eyes were opened to the lesson of it that anyone can walk away with no matter on which side of the argument you fall. Do I trust in God because of the outcome of any given situation? Because he allows/creates/causes good things in my life? Or do I trust in God because I believe his ways are best, he is trustworthy because of who he is and not because of what he does?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Youth Ministers!

This is really funny. Perhaps I got some extra laughs out of it because this is what Jeff does for a job (or one of his jobs ;-)), but if you've ever even just been to a youth group, you'll enjoy this one:

Monday, August 10, 2009

Four years ago today

Four years ago today, this little girl made me a mom.

When she entered our world and each day since she brought joy, laughter, insight, fun, hugs, kisses, challenges, tears, and more love than words can say.

When I was about 6 or 7 months pregnant with Caroline, I had a conversation with a man I've known since I was young. His eyes lit up as spoke about his own children and the capacity of our hearts to love them. I thought I understood him as I nodded and voiced my agreement, but oh how two or three months can change that perspective.

I know now what he was talking about. While Caroline entered the world at 6 lbs., 12 ozs, 21 inches long at 11:32 am, there are no numbers or words that can adequately express the weight she has in my life. It's that weight in the world, that God-given "Caroline-ness" that she is that has taught me more about that love each day.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Paging Dr. Shepard

Caroline stayed home "sick" today. It was really just allergies in my expert medical opinion. And in case you didn't know, I used to want to be a doctor when I grew up, but enter Chemistry at LSU and well, we all know what happened. So, I think that qualifies me to make some medical diagnoses on my children,right? In any event, Caroline came to the office with me for the morning and she was really well-behaved and entertained herself and around 2:00 I decided that she had been through enough and it was time for us to head home.

After we got settled and I brought in all four loads of who-knows-what we lugged with us to work, I let Caroline watch a show on TV (which is a rarity for her during the week, so she was super-excited). I headed back to our room to change out of my work clothes and no sooner did I step foot in my room than I heard a loud boom and a scream. I mean loud. Complete with crying. And not the fake, I need a little attention crying.

I ran back to the living room to see Caroline standing next to the coffee table, holding her eye, screaming and crying like she was truly hurt. I pulled her hand away from her face to see a nice little half inch slit above her eye that was kind o gaping open and bleeding pretty profusely. Through her tears, she was able to tell me that she had been standing on the couch and fell off and hit her head on the coffee table. If she was a little older and more manipulative, she would now be telling me, "See Mom! Because you never let me watch TV, I was excited during my show that I jumped on the couch and fell off. You need to let me watch it more often and things like this won't happen." But I digress. After putting a tissue on the cut, my first thought was that this might need stitches, or at least the medical opinion of someone who did more than dream about med school. So, I called the doctor and she said that they couldn't do stitches at the office and because the cut was so close to her eye, we should probably get it checked out at the ER.

I had to drag Caroline into the car because when I said the word "hospital" to Jeff, it did not invoke scenes of good-looking doctors hanging out drinking coffee or performed complex life-saving brain surgery for our little girl. She was petrified and we prayed on the drive over to the hospital that everything would be okay and that she wouldn't be scared.

Once we got there she seemed fine and they called us back after a few minutes of waiting, which really wasn't bad at all, not what I was expecting. The nurse practitioner was wonderful and made Caroline feel so at ease, getting her information, and looking at her cut. We did have to wait a while for the doctor to make his way in because there was an emergency that they all had to attend to for a while. He did some things to her little injury that I won't explain because I'm not sure how to without grossing everyone out, but in the end he decided that the cut was a "clean cut": very straight, not in a spot she'll likely agitate, no insides coming out (yuck), and not profuse bleeding an hour after the injury - so no stitches for us!

I am really thankful because I wasn't quite sure how I was going to sit by and watch them give my child a shot right by her eye. And of course because I didn't want Caroline to endure all that goes in to getting stitches.

She seemed to be doing pretty well when she went to sleep tonight. She's dosed up on Tylenol and Motrin and sleeping as upright as an almost four year old can. They did tell us that Caroline will have one heck of a black eye for a couple of weeks. Which is really convenient because we'll be visiting with family who rarely see her this weekend and then her birthday and birthday party are next week. Works out really well! I guess in the future we'll look back on all of this and be able to say, "Oh, yeah. That picture must be from your 4th birthday party because, look, you've got the black eye." Always looking on the sunny side!

My new addiction?

So I mentioned in my last post that Jeff and I had been saving up for a new camera for a while, and lusting over a few of them for quite a bit longer than that. Last week after a long and well-researched process, we did it. We bought the camera. THE. CAMERA. I know everyone has their own loves when it comes to camera brands, some people are Canon all the way or Nikon without question, but after talking to a lot of people and doing some reading, we decided to go with Pentax. I won't bore you with the details of why we chose it, unless of course you want those details, and in that case just leave me a comment or email me, but after one week and about 150 pictures taken, we happy so far. Amelia said that I need to prepare myself for this to become my new addiction.

The thing that blows me away is the sheer quality of the photographs. Granted we had an old, fat, small screen digital camera that we were used to, but the difference is really remarkable. I am no photographer; this is the first nice camera I've ever owned, but even on the regular "camera does all the work for you" mode, the photographs are unbelievable. I don't know how to explain it, other than to say that you can really "see" so much more in each photograph.

Here is a peek at the past week through the lens of the new purchase (and with a very, very amateur user pushing the button):

Our happy girl.

Our happy girls!

She was working hard on getting that last Cheerio into her mouth.

Caroline and I spent Friday night at a birthday party at a place kids love with an odd and incomprehensible love: Chuck E Cheese. This horse riding game was tops for her that night.

Caroline and I woke up early Saturday morning and did one of her favorite things: baked! We made banana bread and a cake and after all of that measuring, pouring, and mixing, my little girl was in heaven. She loves this new stirrer for some reason, so she's showing it off for all of you to admire!

Monday, August 03, 2009

I suppose this past week was a busy one; I'm not quite sure where it went, but I obviously didn't update the blog at all, so we must have been up to something! We did get a new camera that we've been drooling over and saving for a while, so I will post some early attempts to use it soon (as soon as I figure out how).

In the meantime, I'll let others entertain you with their more profound thoughts, intelligent discussion, beautiful photographs, and witty humor!

My brother Drew and his wife Amelia are expecting their first baby in a little over a month. We are so excited! As I've said before, Amelia is a gifted writer and photographer, so mosey on over here to get a taste of her gifts! And be sure to scroll down to the photographs they had taken recently, they are beautiful and hysterical all at once.

I'm going to stay out of the debate over the health care bill (on the blog I mean), but I think this sentiment is one that's hard to argue with, no matter your political leanings.

This guy has some really great music and an even better message. I am just linking to his blog home page and not a specific post, but I'd encourage you to scroll down especially to the "Beggar's Fortune" posts. Shaun is intimately involved with Compassion International, an organization I'll link to here and also encourage you to go find out how you (yes, YOU) can rescue a child from poverty.

This guy cracks me up! Click here, then you have to, have to, have to watch the Chick-Fil-A video and the Cletus Take the Reel video. Good for a Monday laugh.

Okay. So there you go, you'll be entertained until I can manage to get all of the photos I'm taking with the new camera onto the computer. And then onto the blog. Soon, I hope!


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The Shanghai Restoration Project with NeochaEDGE

Chinese-American pianist Dave Liang returns to the Asia Society with The Shanghai Restoration Project, a group renowned for its unique blend of Chinese instrumentation, hip-hop and electronica. The group draws its inspiration from the 1930s jazz clubs of Shanghai, and the performance features vocalist Zhang Le singing in this distinctive style. Joining the two onstage will be the electronic musician Jamahl Richardson.

The evening will also feature a multimedia presentation from Sean Leow of NeochaEDGE, a Shanghai-based creative agency, introducing the audience to the emerging Chinese creative community. Since coming on the scene in 2007, NeochaEDGE, who works with leading multinational brands, has caught the attention of many, including The New York Times, BBC, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal.

The evening will begin with a free tour of Sarah Sze's exhibition Infinite Line at 7:30, and be followed by a reception.

Watch a video by The Shanghai Restoration Project featuring artwork from NeochaEDGE:

This project was supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Event Details

Fri 9 Mar 2012
8:00pm - 9:30pm

725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

$10 students/members; $15 nonmembers


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The purpose of Aunt Dara’s Christian Advice Column is to glorify God by addressing human needs with compassion and the wisdom of God’s word.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Girlfriend Has Wandering Eye

Dear Aunt Dara,

I have been with a girl several months now, and she is very special to me.  We only see each other on weekends, and my problem is her wandering eye.  She feels a need to comment on the attractiveness of celebrities, talking about how cute they are, how great their bodies are, etc.  Anyway, this makes me very uncomfortable to say the least.  She says that it is no big deal because “she doesn’t have a shot with them” and they’re not regular people.  It’s probably my low self-esteem or something, but do you think this is okay?

Insecure in Louisville

Dear Insecure in Louisville,

It’s understandable that you feel uncomfortable when your girlfriend makes these comments.  Not many “regular” people can measure up to the ones that we see in movies, television, music videos, and magazines.  It seems that you have tried to address this with her, but she does not appear to understand why her comments bother you.  She seems to be trying to reassure you that you need not feel threatened by her comments.  However, does she know that her comments make you feel insecure?  If she understands that you feel uncomfortable, insecure, or whatever else (perhaps hurt or inadequate), she may be able to recognize that her comments are a big deal to you and she might stop saying such things about other guys.

My guess is that you would like to have her assurance that she finds you attractive.  Few things attract a girl more than a guy who cares about her and treats her well.  So, what can you do to be more attractive to her?  Show her that you care.  Keep doing the things that you are doing to show her that she is very special to you.  Tell her how attractive you think she is, and she might return your compliments.  Remember, those celebrities are just images on paper or a flickering screen.  You are the living, breathing person in front of her.  She can hear your voice and touch you.  No picture can compete with that.

If I may, I’d like to say something regarding your low self-esteem, which you recognize may be contributing to your feeling uncomfortable with these comments.  The Apostle Paul said that we should not regard anyone from a worldly point of view (II Corinthians 5:16).  That includes ourselves.  From a worldly point of view, we see our faults and our inadequacies, and then we tend to feel bad about ourselves.  However, our worth is not determined by our physical appearance, our age, our gender, our race, our intelligence, our education, our socioeconomic status, or our behavior.  From God’s point of view, our worth comes from being a part of the human race, made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27) and declared “very good” by our Creator (Genesis 1:31).  Psalm 8 tells us how God feels about His human creation, and Psalm 139:1-18 tells us how God values us individually.  We have been wonderfully made and God knew us before we were born.  He fashioned us into how He wanted us to be (Isaiah 64:8) and His works are marvelous.  You are so valuable to God that Jesus died for you (John 3:16, Galatians 2:20), and God sees the righteousness of Christ when He looks at you (II Corinthians 5:21).  God has adopted you as His son through Christ (Ephesians 1:5), and God loves His children more than anyone will ever be able to comprehend.  Every human life is valuable.  That includes you.

God bless,
Aunt Dara

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Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind. Every time we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

It's pretty hard for anyone to get to a clearer conclusion of the obvious meaning of life, somehow life remains elusive as well as death is a camouflage lurking eminently in the shadows next door with imminent heart beats. Our unconsciousness accidentally might have wiped us into existence, though we take life a step at a time, surely we can live it satisfactorily a little more longer. If all states and conditions are transitorily lived then compromisingly altering our live styles could help cheat on the cycle of doom. The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

A Caring Guy Is a Hot Personality.

What do people want? People will appreciate you for your sensitive side, especially when they're upset. Put your arm around them, a welcoming hug and a tissue for tears when they arrive and fall. Nurturing is a powerful way to connect and evaluate your acceptance in a society, give and be given. The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

Chivalry Still Has a Place and a Role

Don't forget the bravery, the macho-ism, when it comes to romance, many people would like you to take a traditional masculine role. This is especially true in the wooing stage of a friendship. The crown is in your heart, not on your head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: Your crown is called bravery: A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy.

Dress to kill

Believe that looks always impresses, designs come and go, but a person's attention to his grooming and clothing should be long lasting. It's important to women and men from the first flirtation through the honeymoon and beyond. One intriguing study found that the color red made men seem more powerful, attractive, and sexually desirable to women. There's a caveat, though. Red doesn't make guys appear nicer or kinder. That part is up to you. Good clothes open all doors.

Be Human and Admit your flaws

Nothing captures the world's heart quite like a good person who wants to be a better one, people will love you for recognising the flaws within you, a short temper, for example, or a regularly sullen mood after work, admitting your mistakes and making an effort to address it, clarifies every beauty inside you. For many a big
name has fallen and succumbed to their flaws. Be a great conqueror but let not thine ambition slaughter thee or remember to let thine armour protect thine Achilles heel, as a strong personality don't let let love blind you through betraying your weakness. He who knows he who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him.

Try Not to Fix Anyone's World

When something's bothering someone, it is advisable to offer all ears and not to ambush the person with torrential advice of know how to resolve it all, which might cause more damage. Men feel the need to fix things because they are solution-oriented, but to a woman, really listening is a wonderful, wonderful thing that deepens a relationship, which might be necessary till your opinion is sorted. Always allow your reaction be decisive and rejuvenating. Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

Nodding Is Not Enough

Listening is important, but she also wants to know that she is being heard. Nodding along won't cut it. When she pauses, she's giving you a cue to respond in a compassionate, caring way, says Kirschner. If she tells you that she is upset because her boss gave her a tough time, she wants to hear you say "I'm sorry that work was such a drag for you today." And remember: Resist the urge to offer solutions.

Women Like the Slow Lane

Guys often want to take the quickest path to sex. But many women prefer the scenic route. "Women want sex but they get to it in a different means. They want to feel connected and understood, they want to be romanced. That means time and talking and touching, in other words, foreplay. Love upon a stronger foundation lasts longer.

Turn on Safe sex

Be the hero and practise what you preach, many methods out there like the truth but it's always elusive when people are in heat. Actually they burn every common sense, till the word protection exits through double glazed windows. Living longer is playing faithfully to yourself and the world at large, then wear them stuff. The pouches, rubbers, beads and the tokens if you believe they would save your soul from the STDs and the STIs. But always remember to share what goes on in the sack, treat your partner like a soul mate and not a victim, by talking to each and sharing what goes on with the pouch or deep inside the sack. Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

Sharing is Love

How would you feel to see someone curled up in your sweater or sneaked into your once adored shirt? Positively imitate each other with encouragements. Wear each other's favourite color, or smile or cross the other's arms when you do. Mimicking is your artistic way of putting you at ease and letting you know the other is charmed.

Especially women like to be told they look wonderful, as well as men want to hear how smart they look. Pretty well everyone will cherish the fact that you notice without being told, putting a smile on another's face would be priceless . When a friend is wearing a sexy new dress, for example, she'll give you major points for saying how hot she looks, especially if you mention the dress before she does. If neighbour is looking particularly attractive, if she has a new haircut, if she's looking more fit, let her feel it.

Relationship Talks.

When you have to talk about the relationship, it doesn't mean you did something admissibly wrong, being there and talking it through depresses the stress out of you. Your partner or family, when situations arises put a foot into it and talk through or settle the "state of the union", what's going right, what's going wrong, or simply what's going on. This is a good thing. An honest, wide ranging talk can bring the you and anyone closer, relieving the consequential tensions. You may feel more comfortable sitting side by side, but many people prefer face to face, especially in discussing sensitive issues, encourage people to make eye contact with you as they're talking. And looking people in the eye during special events will deepen the relationship outside any room.

Time! Don't Miss A Moment

Time and tide waits for no man! Never promise and fail, therefore never give your word when there is the faintest of doubt. Be the one and never miss that sparkling moment, such as celebrations, special occasions, once in a time events and with all respect parties and funerals.

Romance Creates Heroes.

Romance is something everyone will always want, be you from Hollywood or lives on the last page of a fairy tale, nonetheless a remote island doing Flowers, an intimate dinner, a few lines of love poetry might sound cliché, but most people appreciate such simple romantic gestures and often show their appreciation after the lights go down.
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Friday, March 07, 2008

Timed to imperfection

The idea behind this pay rise is fair - take away AMs' perks by scrapping the allowances regime and give them a fair wage as judged by an independent pay review.

It cannot be right that someone's workload increases so much in eight years, but their pay does not reflect it. Meanwhile, they are able to swell their income through a mysterious system of benefits and allowances that no-one outside the Assembly knows about or understands.

This is the argument being advanced by Dafydd El. But I fear that because of the timing it's an argument that won't win much sympathy. There could not be a worse time to do this. And the new allowances regime might not even be in place until the next election.

I'll be intrigued by how and if Plaid AMs return their pay rises.

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Mario Schifano

"When I entered Mario’s home-studio, it was like walking into a forest where you had to move between various lianas and various obstacles, including Marco’s toys; Marco, still small, playing in the midst of tins of paint, brushes, sheets and drawings scattered on the ground. Mario’s studio was a laboratory, the very term 'study ' contradicting this chaos. A study refers to application, to silence, to concentration. Mario instead worked with the television on, as did Warhol. He loved to lose focus, flow, come out from the canvas, and from the image that he was creating. The study was more a laboratory and like the title of one exhibition that we did together, it was a 'human laboratory', too human, superhuman."
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Green, de Blasio support AY without considering balance between costs and benefits

I wrote earlier about the divide on Atlantic Yards in the Public Advocate race, as shown in a recent WABC debate, but a previous debate, sponsored by the Community Newspaper Group, and Brooklyn Community Access Television, also is instructive.

Not only does it show candidate Bill de Blasio supporting affordable housing and jobs without any reflection on the cost of those benefits, it shows former Public Advocate (and frontrunner) Mark Green deferring to the mayor and economic development agencies to determine the benefits, without any acknowledgment that such analyses are absent or deeply flawed.

The issue of AY came up at about 13:03. (Previous coverage in the Courier-Life described the AY issue, but not in as much detail as below.)

More subsidies?

Moderator Gersh Kuntzman asked if the Public Advocate would listen to a request for more subsidies from developer Forest City Ratner.

"There's been enough subsidies," said de Blasio. "I have, as you know, been a supporter of the project, because we need the affordable housing and we need the jobs for our community, more than ever... I think there's an urgency in our communities to find more mobs for people... and affordable housing. But we need a new environmental impact statement. We need a much clearer explanation from Forest City Ratner of where they're going with their plan. I think there should be a full disclosure of their plans. I think they've held back a lot of information. I don't think the Empire State Development Corporation should vote until all information is put forward."

Kuntzman asked if he still supported the project despite his criticisms.

De Blasio responded, "I still support the goals of the project... But I'm dissatisfied fundamentally with how the process has been undertaken. I think the Empire State Development Corporation should be much more aggressive. And again, I think we need a new environmental impact statement and no more subsidies."

Note that the ESDC and Forest City Ratner oppose such a new environmental impact statement because it would delay their plans.

Other candidates

Eric Gioia said "I think the people in Brookyn have been sold a bill of goods." He said he was against more subsidies. "Of course we need affordable housing, of course we need economic development, but we are consistently sold a false choice."

He cited a development in his district--Queens West--that did not require eminent domain.

Norman Siegel said, "Seeing that the Public Advocate has an obligation to listen to everyone. I would listen, then I would respectfully disagree. No more subsidies... A lot of these projects, including Atlantic Yards, there's alternative plans. You could have the affordable housing without the eminent domain. I think the Nets arena was a ruse... to get the other 19 buildings... You know where they should put the Nets? Out in Coney Island."

At one point, it seemed that Forest City Ratner--or at least architect Frank Gehry--was talking about 20 buildings, including three towers over the Atlantic Center Mall, but the project includes 17 buildings now.

Green's take

Green said,"I agree with Bill. No more subsidies. There have been sufficient subsidies for Ratner to build... Of course you don't use eminent domain so take one person's house for another person's house. You only do it so there's a sufficient public benefit as decided by the mayor and the economic development agencies, but if there's provable bad faith, of course you don't go forward with it. That's clear from the Supreme Court decision [in the Kelo case]...."

(Emphasis added)

Public benefit

Kuntzman followed up: "Is there substantial public benefit to Atlantic Yards?"

Yes, said Green.

No, said Siegel, adding that the game is rigged, because challenges in court begin in the Appellate Division, with only get 15 minutes to argue and no opportunity to call witnesses.

In response to Kuntzman's follow-up question of what he'd do, Siegel said, "You try to get Albany to change the legislation. If not, you go to court and you raise that as a constitutional issue."

That's what he's done in representing property owners challenging the state's pursuit of eminent domain for Columbia University's expansion project.

Gioia said that the arena could go in Sunnyside Yards, as part of an intermodal train facility and massive affordable housing project. (That may be the last great piece of open land in the city, but the cost of a deck would be substantial, and the market right now for development is down.)

Back to de Blasio

Kuntzman turned back to de Blasio: "Do you think there's still a substantial public benefit to Atlantic Yards?"

"I think people cannot afford to live in New York City any more," de Blasio responded. "We need affordable housing, period. That neighborhood--and you know it well--has been rapidly gentrifying. if there is not new affordable housing created, it will only be a neighborhood for those well off enough to live there."

That doesn't necessarily mean a substantial public benefit. It does mean that de Blasio doesn't bother to look any further than the "affordable housing" mantra.

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We arrived about 45 minutes early and still were numbers 21 and 22 so we had to stand outside drooling for awhile. I spied the wicker furniture sitting prettily in the garage and figured that I had no chance of getting it. Guess I was wrong because there you see it! There isn't a big call for chairs with no bottoms around here, so I was able to nab that. I have some ideas circulating in my brain for it. The telephone table would look lovely "shabbied" up a bit. Can't decide if I want to go pink or white. Probably white.

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Last Saturday, I went to a very nice estate sale. The only problem - I was very, very late. Silly me forgot all about it until after lunch. The good part was that the workers were getting awfully tired and wanted to be done. They were making some awesome deals. Deals on what was left, that is. I don't even want to think about all of the treasures that went home with someone else.

The sale was for the late Mary Lewis Kleberg. You can read more about her by clicking HERE. She did wonderful things for Kingsville and South Texas. She will be greatly missed.

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How about rewriting the opening chapter of The Life Divine

India's Jewish Mother by Michelle Goldberg Tablet Magazine A New ...
How Mirra Alfassa went from being a French bohemian to an Indian goddess India's (Jewish) Mother Tablet Magazine
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In the center of the community, both geographically and physically, is a massive spherical gold-plated structure called the Matmandir, or Temple of the Mother. According to Mirra, it is the “symbol of the Divine’s answer to man’s aspiration for perfection.” It looks like some sort of UFO and leaves one agog at Mirra’s spiritual audacity.
She wasn’t the first Jew who sought to remake the world into a place where ethnic and nationalist categories were obsolete. And Auroville, which Mirra imagined as a futuristic city of 50,000 that would transform the world, has obviously fallen short of that goal. Living there, with its strange combination of anarchism and cultish orthodoxy, would probably be a nightmare. Still, its very existence in this obscure, murderously hot place has a touch of the miraculous about it. Michelle Goldberg is the author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism and The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World.
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I’d written an article presenting some of these ideas related with Savitri, though in a somewhat different manner, and given for publication in the Ashram’s monthly Mother India. I’ve not heard anything about it in spite of a lapse of a few years, and one or two soft queries. It will therefore a vain and frustrating hope if the present article by Raman Reddy will at all be published by this monthly.
Comment posted by: RY Deshpande
It prompts me to make a suggestion, following Kepler’s line of argument about “engaging contemporary intellectual culture”. How about rewriting the opening chapter of The Life Divine as an example of such an engagement, when we know that it was written almost a hundred years ago? Let’s see to what extent it will make an appeal to the contemporary intellect.
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The only rational and sensible solution seems to be this: If Sri Aurobindo has written something himself, just restore it… If something can be done to restore the original 1951  and 1954 editions (the ones the Mother read from when she did her work with Huta) that would be just enough. Isn't that what the Mother wanted? How can the ashram contemplate otherwise? Research on savitri can continue, all versions made available at the archives. Research doesn't have to mean revising the poem. It is hard to digest that someone as gifted as Amal Kiran could have agreed to adopt such naive methods...

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Australia’s Newest Jersey Boy, Declan Egan

Declan Egan begins his Jersey Boys onstage experience this evening at the Theatre Royal, Sydney. David Allen spoke with Declan about his professional music theatre debut and his role in this blockbuster musical…

Declan Egan. Image by Blueprint Studios
Declan Egan. Image by Blueprint Studios

Jersey Boys is unquestionably the sleeper hit of the last few musicals seasons in Oz. The sight of four boys in red has been such a familiar scene at the Theatre Royal now that honestly it will seem like quite a gap in the landscape to see it gone! But more than yet another in a line-up of fine pedigree hit shows, Jersey Boys has clearly struck a chord with Australian audiences – and this surprised me until I saw the actual show. I figured such an American story just couldn’t travel – and after a revival season of Shout! (the thrillifying parable of our own young rock’n’roller Johnny O’Keefe) how long could it linger on our stages?

But with warmth and with charm – and a line up of knock’em’sock’em hits used to stunningly powerful effect – Jersey Boys has kept the crowds coming. And the latest addition to the stunning cast is the fresh face of Declan Egan.

Fresh out of the NIDA singer-actor-dancer course, Declan’s enthusiasm combines delight, relief and the passion of the newly minted professional eager to tread the boards.

“The last year was pretty tumultuous. I worked a few casual jobs, all the while auditioning and training – to be cast like this in Jersey Boys as Bob Gaudio, and so soon after graduating is just amazing.”

I admit early on the piece to Declan that I am not skilled at the art of the phone interview and that I’ll try and steer clear of rote questions like what his dream role would be or what his favourite moment in the show is. But I confess that I would like to know which of the iconic hits he sings as a freshly minted member of Australia’s Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons he enjoys the most.

“’Oh What A Night’ is absolutely my favourite. It has such a great feel to it. I just love the lyrics. Also I love the storyline that comes with it. It’s the most obvious moment in the show when we come out of a concert feel and step into a music theatre setting. I just have so much fun in that number.”

“The rehearsal schedule I have is pretty full-on,” admits Declan as we begin to talk about the show – his Australian music theatre debut. It’s an exciting moment for any performer but Declan is ecstatic.

“It’s a really terrific role. It’s been an incredible trip finding a way to bring him to life. I’ve worked really hard to detail the character and to find my own organic way into the script and into the role. And I am so lucky! The costumes and the sets just help so much. I can feel like they did and really get into character. I believe that putting the costume on is so important because I can just see, coming from the background that the Jersey Boys did, the pride they must have felt in those suits.”

I ask about the cast and what it’s been like stepping in alongside Bobby Fox, Ben Mingay and Glaston Toft as a fellow Jersey Boy.

“I haven’t had a lot of time backstage with the cast. But they have been so great to me. The best thing about it – and about the rehearsal schedule – has been how much time I’ve got to spend backstage. I finish a day rehearsing – and they’re long days – and by the end I’m just brain-fried. But backstage you just can’t help but watch and take in what they’re doing. They’re all so amazing.”

Jersey Boys is set to tour New Zealand, Brisbane and then tour the Australian capitals. “I’m really excited for it all to start. I’m in the thick of it now and I’m so grateful to be here. And to Stephen May and the creative team for all their help.”

Declan Egan, the newest and the youngest of the Jersey Boys, will commence performances tonight (November 15) in Australia at the Theatre Royal in Sydney before continuing on with the show’s New Zealand and Australian tour. And while he is thrilled to be in this blockbuster phenomenon, I look forward very much to a curtain call when I can see Declan enjoying the Australian people’s response to his first show.

Look for the name on billboards and in a red suit jacket. If you haven’t seen the show yet – get your skates on! There is no skimp on talent in Jersey Boys – long may the 21st century Australian music theatre revival continue!

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INTERVIEW: Airick Woodhead AKA Doldrums

PART 2 of 2: I was able to interview the man behind Doldrums, Airick Woodhead, briefly, before his, Bear In Heaven and Blouse's show at The Parish tonight. This band peaked my interest during SXSW. His music and his responses to my question are across the board curious and intriguing. Listen below.

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“A new assessment from Climate Action Tracker says that Australia will fall well short of its “inadequate” Paris climate targets, and will likely increase emissions by nearly as much as had promised to cut them at the time of the Paris Agreement. “If most other countries followed the Australia approach, global warming would exceed 3°C to 4°C,” the report says.
The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific analysis produced by three research organisations, Climate Analytics, Ecofys and the New Climate Institute, racking climate action and global efforts towards the globally agreed aim of holding warming below 2°C, since 2009.”

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Under present policy settings, Australia’s emissions are set to substantially increase to more than 21% above 2005 levels by 2030, equivalent to an increase of around 52% above 1990 levels. The latest economic and greenhouse gas emissions data analysed by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) confirms earlier assessments by the CAT and many other analysts that Australia’s current policies will fall well short of meeting its proposed Paris Agreement target of an emissions reduction of (including LULUCF) 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2030. The Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF)—the so-called “centrepiece” of the Australian Government’s policy suite to reduce emissions—does not set Australia on a path that would meet its targets. Without accelerating climate action and additional policies, Australia will miss its 2030 target by a large margin, a conclusion supported by other analysts
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