The family and I have spent the last four days in the Maine woods, where my aunt and her husband had rented a cabin so that our extended family could celebrate my father’s 75th birthday together. Aside from falling in Maine’s largest lake while completely clothed, having to scrub vomit from the upholstery of a […]
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Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with humankind’s most important artists… Episode 7: Chris Hyndman
For this, the seventh in the Art, Food, Sex and Trauma series, I’ve decided to reach out to my friend teaching art at Eastern Michigan University, can generally be found painting wonderfully complex fox-head-covered tartan patterns on canvas in his Chicago studio. MARK: You’re a Canadian, right? CHRIS: Yes, I’m a Permanent Resident of the […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anthropomorphic textiles, art food sex and trauma, Canada, Canadians, cartoons, Chris Hyndman, Degrassi Junior High, dogs, Dudley Do-Right, Eastern Michigan University, EMU Art Department, eyeballs, flannel, fox heads, greed cards, hands, No-Touching Zone, painters, paintings, plaid, Steve Sabados, tangrams, tartan patterns, textiles 4 Comments
Marjorie Kelly on the emergence of the generative economy
I suspect I’ll give up after a few days, as my memory fades, and my enthusiasm wanes, but, for the foreseeable future, I’d like to keep sharing tidbits that I picked up during the recent BALLE conference, on the subject of strengthening local business ecosystems. Tonight, I’d like to share my notes on the presentation […]
Posted in Economics, Uncategorized Also tagged BALLE, bonds, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, business ethics, business models, business owners who get it, business philosophy, co-ops, Cutting Edge Capital, deforestation, ethics, generative economy, Global Warming, human scale, joy, Maine, Marjorie Kelly, Mexico, mission shares, Novo Nordisk, ownership, Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution, Sustainability, Tellus Institute, vision statements, Washington Post 4 Comments