Sun - May 20, 2007
new gallery announcement
Obby Oss gallery added 20 May
2007
On 1 May every year the town of Padstow
celebrates the coming of summer in its own unique manner. The red and the blue
Obby Oss dance through Padstow's streets accompanied by a mobile band and teezed
by a teezer. The music is rhythmic and haunting. Padstownians dress in white
with blue or red ribbons depending on which Oss they
follow.
It is colourful and memorable event.
Obby Oss Gallery
It is colourful and memorable event.
Obby Oss Gallery
Posted at 03:25 PM
Sat - May 5, 2007
Pieces of Eight for sale
Pieces of Eight is now available as an e
book
Now you can enjoy walking Pieces of Eight for
yourself. Select the links below to go to thewrightline walks shop. Make your
selection and pay by PayPal.
Buy your copy of Pieces of Eight
Buy individual eights
PoE11 is still free to download
Buy your copy of Pieces of Eight
Buy individual eights
PoE11 is still free to download
Posted at 06:13 PM
Fri - April 20, 2007
Pieces of Eight for sale
How to obtain your copy of Pieces of Eight in
pdf format
Pieces of Eight is now available to purchase as
an e book for £10.
Pieces of Eight will be published in soft covers if sufficient funds are raised to cover the costs of publication.
At that time, anybody who has purchased Pieces of Eight as an e book will receive a free copy of the soft back version. The soft back version will retail at £10.
Try poe11 for free before you buy!
Individual eights can also be purchased at £1 each.
Payment can be made by cheque. PayPal payments will shortly be possible.
email your order to david@thewrightline.com for a prompt response.
Pieces of Eight will be published in soft covers if sufficient funds are raised to cover the costs of publication.
At that time, anybody who has purchased Pieces of Eight as an e book will receive a free copy of the soft back version. The soft back version will retail at £10.
Try poe11 for free before you buy!
Individual eights can also be purchased at £1 each.
Payment can be made by cheque. PayPal payments will shortly be possible.
email your order to david@thewrightline.com for a prompt response.
Posted at 06:15 PM
Mon - April 2, 2007
PoE launch date announced
date for launch of Pieces of Eight e
book
As from
Friday
20 April
Pieces of Eight will be available to download in pdf
format from www.thewrightline.com.
From the same date it will also be possible to download individual eights.
The book will be priced at £10, individual eights at £1 each.
PoE11 will remain available as a free download.
If sufficient money is raised to publish a paperback edition of Pieces of Eight, purchasers of the e book will be sent a free paperback edition on publication.
Download PoE11 now for a free sample prior to buying later this month.
From the same date it will also be possible to download individual eights.
The book will be priced at £10, individual eights at £1 each.
PoE11 will remain available as a free download.
If sufficient money is raised to publish a paperback edition of Pieces of Eight, purchasers of the e book will be sent a free paperback edition on publication.
Download PoE11 now for a free sample prior to buying later this month.
Posted at 07:19 AM
Sat - March 10, 2007
PoE ebook news
spring approaches
You might have noticed that the night is
shrinking in time. That's a more reliable sign than the weather that we're
coming out of winter. Last Sunday rained like a river, today is dry and sunny
with a cool breeze.
The PoE ebook is not quite ready to unleash right now.
email me if you want to buy it in stages. Or try PoE11 for free.
Happy walking.
The PoE ebook is not quite ready to unleash right now.
email me if you want to buy it in stages. Or try PoE11 for free.
Happy walking.
Posted at 03:46 PM
Thu - February 22, 2007
gwennap pit
preaching site of john wesley
Gwennap Pit was first used by the methodist preacher John Wesley on 6 September 1762. He was unable to make himself heard above the high winds of that day from his usual spot and found the pit made his oratory audible to those inclined to listen. He used the site on 17 future occasions until 1789.
The depression probably occurred when the surface collapsed into a mine shaft. The original rough sides were transformed in 1806 to the present day 13 terraced tiers seating some 2,000 people. In a 1781 journal entry, Wesley claims to have preached to 20,000, all of whom could hear him.
Further info here.
Posted at 11:11 PM
Mon - February 19, 2007
more favourite words
cogitate on this
IRENIC -only a vowel away from ironic. It means
aiming for, or aimed at,
peace.
NASCENT -a beautiful disyllabic sound that gets softer as it grows. - emerging into existence and beginning to show signs of potential.
VIVIFY - to enliven or animate.
MAUNDER - to move or act in an idle manner; to ramble in speech; dreamy action.
CONFLATE - combining two into one.
NASCENT -a beautiful disyllabic sound that gets softer as it grows. - emerging into existence and beginning to show signs of potential.
VIVIFY - to enliven or animate.
MAUNDER - to move or act in an idle manner; to ramble in speech; dreamy action.
CONFLATE - combining two into one.
Posted at 06:29 PM
Sat - February 10, 2007
if music ...
something new in music
categorisation
It's not that I don't like music. I do have my
favourites and these days I tend to stick with those. Some years ago I noticed a
heavy brand of torpor descend whenever I walked into a music store. It took me
until yesterday to work out what this all
about.
Yesterday I stumbled on a web site that has me re discovering post 1980s music.
What is different about theperiodiclabel is the way music is organised into categories.
Now I should say that the system used by The Periodic Label is not so great if you know exactly what you want. If you're a committed Boy Band fan or really want to buy only World Music - stick to HMV.
The Periodic Label is a treat for people wanting to check out what's out there unburdened by the prejudice of categories. - Well, sort of. Actually, I'm so impressed with how The Periodic Label organises music that I might be doing them a disservice in saying that.
There is an option to see an alphabetic list of all the bands who have made a musical contribution to the site. So try that before going to HMV.
Clicking that takes you to three pages ranging from Basement Band to Vaughn Montgomery. If you just want to explore, mouse over the periodic table graphic on the opening page to discover music categorised according to the mood of groups of chemical element. There's the music of Aqua Vitae, Quantum Chaos and Dark Matter to name but three. I went to Heliosphere first and that's how I discovered Kelly Jones. Click on her logo and a short bio gives a little background on the artist and an opportunity to share your views on how you rate her music. Want to download a song? No problem and no charge - just right click on the song title. Want to browse by listening to the music? - Launch audio player. Want to sell a track downloaded from the site? Don't do it -'You got 'em for free, so give 'em for free.' Nice, huh?
There's plenty more to rave over - go see for yourself:
theperiodiclabel (it does take a while to upload)
Yesterday I stumbled on a web site that has me re discovering post 1980s music.
What is different about theperiodiclabel is the way music is organised into categories.
Now I should say that the system used by The Periodic Label is not so great if you know exactly what you want. If you're a committed Boy Band fan or really want to buy only World Music - stick to HMV.
The Periodic Label is a treat for people wanting to check out what's out there unburdened by the prejudice of categories. - Well, sort of. Actually, I'm so impressed with how The Periodic Label organises music that I might be doing them a disservice in saying that.
There is an option to see an alphabetic list of all the bands who have made a musical contribution to the site. So try that before going to HMV.
Clicking that takes you to three pages ranging from Basement Band to Vaughn Montgomery. If you just want to explore, mouse over the periodic table graphic on the opening page to discover music categorised according to the mood of groups of chemical element. There's the music of Aqua Vitae, Quantum Chaos and Dark Matter to name but three. I went to Heliosphere first and that's how I discovered Kelly Jones. Click on her logo and a short bio gives a little background on the artist and an opportunity to share your views on how you rate her music. Want to download a song? No problem and no charge - just right click on the song title. Want to browse by listening to the music? - Launch audio player. Want to sell a track downloaded from the site? Don't do it -'You got 'em for free, so give 'em for free.' Nice, huh?
There's plenty more to rave over - go see for yourself:
theperiodiclabel (it does take a while to upload)
Posted at 04:11 PM
on speaking too quickly
a category lost
Hmmm.
Fortunately, they're not gone forever, merely residing in 'oops!'
Fortunately, they're not gone forever, merely residing in 'oops!'
Posted at 04:08 PM
CHAORDIC SYSTEMS
might they save the world?
Somewhere between chaos and order lies the
balance that makes life, that makes
Life.
As a school boy I was trained to believe that chaos is danger and that human beings can only live in order. Despite the efforts of my teachers, I never really got the hang of order. Even now, in late mid life, I prefer to work in an untidy environment. I never could see the risk of chaos as any different from the risk of order.
So it was with great delight that I stumbled on the concept of the chaord.
The word combines CHA from chaos and ORD from order. The concept behind the word claims many things including a non hierarchical system of leadership, new forms of governance and alternative attitudes to ownership.
Is it true, then, that getting slack with order does not necessarily mean a chaotic end to everything? It seems hard to believe we could have fallen for the lie of order's supremacy for so long. Only the artist knew any different and there is a little of the artist in us all.
Creativity, if you think about it, is a marriage of chaos and order - as is Nature herself. We have for too long been shackled to unbalanced assertions of order. Perhaps now is the time to break free.
Of course there are responsibilities in the chaordic life style. We are only free to flourish, not to dominate or exploit. We sustain rather then obtain; we honour the person over the pound (sterling); we invest in our planet.
You can learn more about chaordic systems at www.chaordic.org , where you can even sign up to become an owning member.
first published 21/01/07
As a school boy I was trained to believe that chaos is danger and that human beings can only live in order. Despite the efforts of my teachers, I never really got the hang of order. Even now, in late mid life, I prefer to work in an untidy environment. I never could see the risk of chaos as any different from the risk of order.
So it was with great delight that I stumbled on the concept of the chaord.
The word combines CHA from chaos and ORD from order. The concept behind the word claims many things including a non hierarchical system of leadership, new forms of governance and alternative attitudes to ownership.
Is it true, then, that getting slack with order does not necessarily mean a chaotic end to everything? It seems hard to believe we could have fallen for the lie of order's supremacy for so long. Only the artist knew any different and there is a little of the artist in us all.
Creativity, if you think about it, is a marriage of chaos and order - as is Nature herself. We have for too long been shackled to unbalanced assertions of order. Perhaps now is the time to break free.
Of course there are responsibilities in the chaordic life style. We are only free to flourish, not to dominate or exploit. We sustain rather then obtain; we honour the person over the pound (sterling); we invest in our planet.
You can learn more about chaordic systems at www.chaordic.org , where you can even sign up to become an owning member.
first published 21/01/07
Posted at 04:03 PM
THE PASSAGE OF TIME
(words for those moments of
embarrassment)
Never believe that anything in life is a waste
of time.
first published 13/12/06
first published 13/12/06
Posted at 04:02 PM
ABSENCE
Excuses for recent neglect
It's been a little while since I picked up the
blog pen. I have been playing with a text editor to get a new web site out there
in cyber space. A redesigned blog will accompany the New Year Launch - no firm
date for this electronic birth. I am back from the nether world html tags and
css squiggles. I will keep you informed.
Meanwhile, here's a photo of goats on the cliff path.
first published 07/12/06
Meanwhile, here's a photo of goats on the cliff path.
first published 07/12/06
Posted at 04:00 PM
SOMETHING ABOUT BLACKBERRIES
keeping birds wild
There is perhaps an irony in our habit of
collecting blackberries from the hedgerows for our tea time pie. And then
putting out food for garden birds. Birds eat blackberries from hedgerows because
that's what they do - and besides, they can't afford to go to a supermarket for
their breakfast. We buy food - usually highly processed, eat some of it and
chuck out the stale loaf for our feathered
friends.
If I were a wren I'd rather forage for a blackberry than eat human leftovers.
first published 19/09/06
If I were a wren I'd rather forage for a blackberry than eat human leftovers.
first published 19/09/06
Posted at 03:59 PM
DIGNITY AND TIMING
a politician and a formula 1
driver
Much has been written in the last week about
the longevity of Tony Blair's role as Prime Minister. It seems that he wants to
make a decade as the resident of Number 10. Which is a bit odd in itself as I
seem to recall he choose to reside at number 11. It's possible I'm being overly
cynical here. Could be it's the job rather than the address he's keen to keep. I
suspect this has more to do with the image of historic prosperity he holds for
himself than it does with pension rights. I could be
wrong.
What a bun fight it's been.
Michael Schumacher on the other hand retired with dignity. And timing.
first published 11/09/06
What a bun fight it's been.
Michael Schumacher on the other hand retired with dignity. And timing.
first published 11/09/06
Posted at 03:58 PM
THE STATE OF THINGS
a true life tale and speculative personal
opinion
A friend of mine has recently been diagnosed
with testicular cancer. It's not spread to other organs but it has visited some
lymph nodes causing swelling and a degree of blockage. The blockage has affected
his kidneys causing complications of
treatment.
Now this man is amongst the happiest souls I know. (In contrast, most of my working friends understandably moan about the tyrant work and yearn for their retirement.) He lives modestly and inoffensively in a caravan with the enthusiastic consent of a farmer.
Some days ago a council official gave him one month's notice to quit. A matter of illegal occupation leading to a void of council tax apparently.
We call ourselves civilised.
As it happens I pay council tax. I pay income tax and vat on everything I buy. I pay road tax and fuel tax, tax on tobacco and alcohol. I object to my taxes being spent on weeding out cheerful eccentrics who would never dream of hurting anyone in any way.
I don't believe anyone is more important than anyone else, or less deserving of respect and dignity.
When I see notices on government vehicles inviting me to report any un taxed cars I might have noticed on the streets, I experience an intense desire to commit criminal damage to said sign.
Perhaps we would all feel happier about paying taxes if we could see them being used to promote the sort of society we can be proud of. This might well differ from one individual to another, but I wonder how many of us see 21st century Britain head in such direction. How many of us simply pay up to avoid the hassle that ensues if we refuse to feed the Ego fuelled cauldron of Masculine Power whose job it is to Govern?
I acknowledge that much general compassion is carried by organisations and individuals, that death by starvation no longer exists in this country, that we have a system of social security and accessible health care. It's not all bad. I notice that these features of our civilised society are given less respect and value than they were 30 years ago. Their infrastructures are under threat. The poor, the weak, the unfortunate are encouraged to think of themselves as victims and grudgingly thrown a life line. We have in the past moved toward becoming a compassionate society. We now rest on our wilting laurels and point to history in an attempt to demonstrate our collective tolerance of humanity. Whilst developing commercially, economically and technologically, we refuse to consider the future - or indeed the existence - of whatever essential essence makes us human beings. So how can that essence develop? And are there alternatives to our current system?
Well, there are options, but there is not a quick fix. It's not so much a change of system as a change in attitude that could make a difference.
As individuals we can find the courage to acknowledge our fear - because only then can we operate from love - and discover our values and our truths while tolerating the truths and values of others. Nobody whose daily life, routine and habit is fuelled by fear can call themselves free.
In governance it is possible to empower as well as to control. If all we can offer by empowerment is the creation of people distanced from their fear by fragile financial independence, we cannot call ourselves a civilised nation. Such a society has simply replaced the boar with institutionalised tyranny. - Both are ruled by fear.
We can achieve civilisation - if we want to - by channelling our individual and collective energies into respect for self and others. We need each others' support to do this as surely as the shamefully exploited 'Third World' needs the help of western society to avoid being suffocated by financial debt. We owe them too - for the homes, the lifestyle, the livings, the culture we have taken from them in the name of our own 'civilised' existence.
first published 08/09/06
Now this man is amongst the happiest souls I know. (In contrast, most of my working friends understandably moan about the tyrant work and yearn for their retirement.) He lives modestly and inoffensively in a caravan with the enthusiastic consent of a farmer.
Some days ago a council official gave him one month's notice to quit. A matter of illegal occupation leading to a void of council tax apparently.
We call ourselves civilised.
As it happens I pay council tax. I pay income tax and vat on everything I buy. I pay road tax and fuel tax, tax on tobacco and alcohol. I object to my taxes being spent on weeding out cheerful eccentrics who would never dream of hurting anyone in any way.
I don't believe anyone is more important than anyone else, or less deserving of respect and dignity.
When I see notices on government vehicles inviting me to report any un taxed cars I might have noticed on the streets, I experience an intense desire to commit criminal damage to said sign.
Perhaps we would all feel happier about paying taxes if we could see them being used to promote the sort of society we can be proud of. This might well differ from one individual to another, but I wonder how many of us see 21st century Britain head in such direction. How many of us simply pay up to avoid the hassle that ensues if we refuse to feed the Ego fuelled cauldron of Masculine Power whose job it is to Govern?
I acknowledge that much general compassion is carried by organisations and individuals, that death by starvation no longer exists in this country, that we have a system of social security and accessible health care. It's not all bad. I notice that these features of our civilised society are given less respect and value than they were 30 years ago. Their infrastructures are under threat. The poor, the weak, the unfortunate are encouraged to think of themselves as victims and grudgingly thrown a life line. We have in the past moved toward becoming a compassionate society. We now rest on our wilting laurels and point to history in an attempt to demonstrate our collective tolerance of humanity. Whilst developing commercially, economically and technologically, we refuse to consider the future - or indeed the existence - of whatever essential essence makes us human beings. So how can that essence develop? And are there alternatives to our current system?
Well, there are options, but there is not a quick fix. It's not so much a change of system as a change in attitude that could make a difference.
As individuals we can find the courage to acknowledge our fear - because only then can we operate from love - and discover our values and our truths while tolerating the truths and values of others. Nobody whose daily life, routine and habit is fuelled by fear can call themselves free.
In governance it is possible to empower as well as to control. If all we can offer by empowerment is the creation of people distanced from their fear by fragile financial independence, we cannot call ourselves a civilised nation. Such a society has simply replaced the boar with institutionalised tyranny. - Both are ruled by fear.
We can achieve civilisation - if we want to - by channelling our individual and collective energies into respect for self and others. We need each others' support to do this as surely as the shamefully exploited 'Third World' needs the help of western society to avoid being suffocated by financial debt. We owe them too - for the homes, the lifestyle, the livings, the culture we have taken from them in the name of our own 'civilised' existence.
first published 08/09/06
Posted at 03:56 PM
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Published On: May 20, 2007 03:25 PM
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