Just perusing my little collection of poems by Jorie Graham… Mind The slow overture of rain, each drop breaking without breaking into the next, describes the unrelenting, syncopated mind. Not unlike the hummingbirds imagining their wings to be their heart, and swallows believing the horizon to be a line they lift and drop. What is it they cast for? The poplars, advancing or retreating, lose their stature equally, and yet stand firm, making arrangements in order to become imaginary. The city draws the mind in streets, and streets compel it from their intersections where a little belongs to no one. …
Fires continue to burn here in British Columbia. Kelowna, in the Okanagan Valley has suffered some heavy losses with 240 homes destroyed and up to 30,000 people evacuated. It seems as if things are starting to get back to normal for some of those evacuees, but it’s going to take five days of steady rain to get the fire under control. For a very visceral expereince of what is happening in Kelowna, have a look at this video, produced by Media Button.
A Map, from Micheal Herman’s Inviting Organization Having Michael Herman here on Bowen Island for a couple of months has been a treat. Usually we communicate by email and phone a lot, but yesterday we went down to The Snug, Bowen Island’s local coffee hangout, and my erstwhile boardroom where we discussed an evolution of the inviting organization. Seems like what we have been working on for the past little while, grounded as it has been in the model of the four quadrants as described first by Ken Wilber and later by Harrison Owen and then Michael gives us a …
Let’s try an experiment. Pick up a coin. Imagine that it represents the object which you are grasping. Hold it tightly, clutched in your fist and extend your arm, with the palm of your hand facing the ground. Now if you let go or relax your grip, you will lose what you are clinging onto. That’s why you hold on. But there’s another possibility. You can let go and yet keep hold of it. With your arm still outstretched, turn your hand over so that it faces the sky. Release your hand and the coin still rests on your open …
More homes destroyed last night in Kelowna. It seems this summer like the whole province is on fire. The Red Cross is looking for donations, so read this story and follow the links to give. Good luck to my friends in Kelowna and Naramata.