Category Archives: developing relationships

The Frontier: The Cost of a One Sided View of History.

Posted on July 8, 2018 by randomyriad

  Frontier has two sides. It is an interface, a threshold, a liminal site, with all the danger and promise of liminality.                 The front side, the yang side, the side that calls itself the frontier, that’s where you boldly … Continue reading →

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Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405

Posted on February 7, 2018 by randomyriad

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09M3C4VD1Fg

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Video: Amid crime and blight, Natalie Thomas plants peace and community

Posted on October 21, 2017 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
. Since 2011, Natalie Thomas has been the caretaker of the Unified Positive Effect Community Garden at the corner of Climax Street and Estella Avenue in the Betzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Thomas, 57, said the…

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Daniel C. Dennett: How to Criticize with Kindness

Posted on September 3, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
How to compose a successful critical commentary: You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.” You…

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Rosie Thomas Keeping Things Real With Sufjan

Posted on March 20, 2016 by randomyriad

Her songs are simple and childlike, and she is obviously on a subversive mission to hang on to that young spirit that fills them for as long as possible. I hope she is successful and I get a chance to … Continue reading →

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