COMMUNITY :: THE INSTITUTE OF NARRATIVE GROWTH : CAITS MEISSNER and MARK GONZALES
There is nothing more at the heart of The Operating System than a deep belief in the transformative power of creative practice — of storytelling and narrative practice, in particular.…
AWESOME CREATORS :: An Interview with KNOW HOW MOVIE's Director Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza
In today’s special edition of the AWESOME CREATORS series, editor Lynne DeSilva-Johnson joins in conversation with Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza, director of “KNOW HOW” – the first ever feature film…
AWESOME CREATOR(S): Sometimes a Doubled Mind (Makes An Astral Temple For A Donkey Goddess): Eliza Swann in conversation with Laura Zuspan
[box] Editor’s Note: I am excited to reenter the next phase of our wonderful Awesome Creators series, began on Exit Strata in 2012, with this expansive, exploratory conversation between Eliza…
ALL LIT UP! :: NEW CITIES SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT
What does your literary city look like? : A mini research-tour of our lit-up landscape. Meant, in turn, to uplift the spaces and people who make it thrive. Read it…
Journalism That Matters: Approaching journalism as a system
Here’s the second post in my series on what we need from journalism: An Expanded Purpose for Journalism What does a re-vitalized, economically viable journalism that meets the needs of…
AWESOME CREATORS :: BAYO AKOMOLAFE and the ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS
This is Bayo Akomolafe’s plenary talk at ISEC’s Economics of Happiness conference held in Byron Bay, Australia in March 2013. Bayo is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at…
FIELD NOTES :: EVOLUTIONARY NEUROBIOLOGIST MARK CHANGIZI :: The Colossal Pile of Jibberish Behind Discovery
Mark Changizi is an evolutionary neurobiologist and director of human cognition at 2AI Labs. He is the author of The Brain from 25000 Feet, The Vision Revolution, and his newest…
[RE:CON]VERSATIONS :: JENNIFER SERTL’S #RESOURCES FOR #RESILIENCE :: PT 7 :: #HOPE :: A THING WITH FEATHERS
In this weekly [RE:CON]VERSATION series-within-a-series, thought leader and strategist Jennifer Sertl brings us #REFLECTIONS : a curated list of links mined from her substantive, expansive social technology practice. These resources span geographic…
FIELD NOTES :: CAITS MEISSNER’S TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY :: PT 4 :: SAFE SPACES & ART : WHY I'M MAKING ROOM FOR WOMEN
Safe Spaces & Art: Why I’m Making Room For Women “Safe Spaces & Art” marks the fourth weekly episode of Poet / Artist / Educator Caits Meissner‘s “TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY,” our…
COMMUNITY :: LAUNCHPAD BK :: Silkscreen Saturday July 6 @ LaunchPad
July 6th @ 10am – 3pm Silkscreen Saturday @ LaunchPad Now the darling of pop artists, punks, and political activists, screen printing dates back to the Song Dynasty in China,…