This paper was archived at Butler University on October 24th.

Folk Music in a Digital Age: The Importance of Face-to-Face Community Values in Filk Music

I postulate that the face-to-face group creativity and co-creation in filk is based on a fluid and permeable performer/audience boundary, allowing individual and group expression to happen ( Read more... )

Beyond a few scuffles on the playground as an elementary-schooler, I never suffered in school for wanting to read, wanting to sing filk, wanting to write poetry. And still this resonated.

The Gift of Presence (and consider less giving of advice and more listening):
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/parker-palmer-the-gift-of-presence-the-perils-of-advice/8628

The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. ( Read more... )

Make tea. Make art. Make music.
Make your bed.
Make a wrong turn. Make a right turn.
Make a reservation.
Make a noise. Make a mess. Make a face.
Make mistakes. Make memories.
Make up your mind.
Make a meal. Make a poster.
Make up a story.
Make friends. Make camp. Make fire.
Make love. Make a wish.
Make a difference.

I am on a slow kick to watch those movies (that interest me) that teach me something about the modern human condition, the clash of cultures, and people being better than they were. ( more )

Naamah_Darling has posted another insightful rant on how some inspirational displays of overcoming disability are both unhelpful and irrational ( Read more... )

As some readers of this journal might remember, back in August of 2011, I went to Worldcon and fell in love with an artist called SJ "Sooj" Tucker. She had just released an album called "Mischief" that was everything I wanted and needed at that time, from silliness to romance to heartbreak. ( I'm going somewhere with this, promise. )

I posted on Tuesday that I signed up to give blood next Monday. In talking with Amazonmink, she mentioned that she thought it was such a good idea, she signed herself and Thunderbird up to donate blood on Monday as well ( Read more... )

What Do You Want to Do before You Die? by Jonnie Penn, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn, and Ben Nemtin. NonFiction, gigantic paperback, 224 pages ( Read more... )

Everyone needs to read this article.

Boundaries, by Jim C. Hines

Thank you.