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  November 24, 2007

Saturday Links for the Week -- November 24, 2007
Dry Season Mary Mattingly
Dry Season, by the astounding and talented artist Mary Mattingly
(check out her 7-firm oligopoly posts)

Mostly about love, conversation and community this week. My new holy trinity. All I am thinking about, and all I seem to care about these days.

No Love Left in the World: A lovely little Thanksgiving post from Jen Lemen. A heartbreaking work of staggering genius.

A Polyamorous Potpourri: Since I've recently become somewhat obsessed with this subject (in the context of creating natural intentional community), I've been reading a lot about it. Here's some of what I've discovered. Thanks to the wonderful women who pointed these articles out, and who, just to be on the safe side, I won't publicly identify here:

Stephen Downes on the Reality of Virtual Learning: This guy's just brilliant. Learning as flow, and everything you thought you knew about reality is wrong, or at least subjective. Just go listen/read/browse.

Jeff Buckley's Everybody Here Wants You: Melisa's nomination for most romantic song ever, a perfect choice.

Thought for the Week: from The Feet of Duende by Michael Meade (thanks to Eric Lilius for the link)

Duende is anything that knows earth, that has black sounds, anything that has enough shadow and blue descending to black. Pena Negra, the black sounds that rise from the mystery of “the root fastened in the mire…the fertile soil that gives us the very substance of art.” The mysterious sense of life wound around death speaking dark sounds into the ear of memory, whispering where the breath of day gathers in the blind recesses of the soul.

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