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An American Suggestion

deek — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:15:06 +0000

Just a thought for my fellow Americans – how about cheering yourselves up with a national holiday?

Whatever it was I said before, don’t believe it

deek — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:00:02 +0000

Driving in the Troodos mountains, Cyprus, with GGF, breathing clean, pine-scented air, soaked in mediterranean sun, I saw tree-lined valleys falling away before us into a heat-haze distance, and instantly asked that we stop and take in the view. I felt the unmistakable urge to listen to what this place might have to say. I took a few pictures, and then I started to make a video.

I didn’t prepare this little sermon on the mount – it was spontaneous. Speaking mirthfully of the truth, I was taken by surprise when the truth was actually revealed to me.

As a result of making this video, and being so simply reminded about what matters, since returning from Cyprus at the end of April I have completely and systematically revised my work methods and returned to some long-held but temporarily obscured aims. I’m still not 100% certain of how it happened, but I am bloody glad that it did. It won’t show for a few months yet, but the pieces are now in place, and I am happy to post this video to sort of explain why I have changed, if not quite how.

Wish me luck, I might just need it.

Rise and Shine

deek — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:22:34 +0000

My new endeavour – a combination of masochism and vain ambition, the perfect launchpad for comedy and art.

Secular Theology

deek — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:15:29 +0000

Deepak Chopra is on Seesmic, which is nice as he’s lifted the discourse level somewhat, at the same time as pushing his book, of course… but nothing wrong with that, when it’s on such an interesting subject.

We started discussing the spark of divinity; my Seesmate Dave Shannon said some stuff which set me off on one.

Flat 34 #9: Shit and Philosophy

deek — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:20:29 +0000

Shit happens. Shit hits the fan. Shit gets stuck to your shoe and makes a bad smell. It’s how you deal with it that counts. Do you clean your shoe or blame the pavement? Do you shoot the dog or insist the owner gets training?