Here are a couple pics of my entry for The Dart Gallery's Batman-themed show, "Biff! Pow! Art!", on til June 12th. The show theme was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the classic Batman tv series and features many excellent pieces by local artists.
In order to bend the theme into my own art practice, here is "Bat Mobile", comprised of 4 papier mache bats (made from Chronicle Herald newspapers), a couple lichen-covered branches and 3 pine cones from the woods around our place, and some string...
There's something very satisfying about mixing my sculptures with actual bits of nature, and trying to sell sticks and pine cones in an urban gallery. Here's another pic taken before the strings were shortened, the bats are posed a bit better in this one. Both pics were taken in a living room window at our home.
Now that the weather is warm, I've slowly been working on ceramic pieces for my first firing of 2016, sometime in June, which will include some new items for Jenny Jib down in Lunenburg as well as crow sculptures "Murder of Crows" - a show coming up in July at Dart Gallery that will feature the crow art of Lee Cripps.
1. Our garden, especially lemon balm and asparagus that are now nice and established; as well as haskap berry bushes and lots more. Next time I'll post some pics.
2. This "Paradise Stolen" youtube series, by Stefan Verstappen who also made "How To Survive Corruption" which has been on this list before. I like that this guy keeps making the connection between psychopathy and all sorts of things in society that don't otherwise make sense.
Paradise Stolen - Episode 1 (don't show your children!)
Paradise Stolen - Episode 2 - The Myth of Efficiency
Paradise Stolen - Episode 3 - The Myth of Overpopulation
Paradise Stolen - Episode 4 - The Myth of Terrorism
Paradise Stolen - Episode 5 - Why We Are Poor
also:
Historical Cycles: Are We Doomed To Repeat The Past?
3. This Vimeo video, a short cartoon by Taylor Erikson called "The Greatest Economics Lesson"
4. This American company: Youthbuild - where youths are taught the skills necessary to construct affordable housing, in a number of countries, thus fixing 2 problems with one solution: underemployment among youths, and a lack of affordable housing. This company receives funding from the Skoll foundation, which was founded by Canadian -born billionaire Jeffery Skoll. I ended up researching this guy after reading Canadian Business's article: Canada's Richest People 2016: The top 25 Richest Canadians.
5. Speaking of creative uses of resources to solve problems: this article about Portland Oregon commercial real estate investors "Menashe Properties" who offered up one of their office properties to shelter homeless "As Multnomah Village Shelter Closes, Menashes Offer Up Downtown Relo Spot"
Given the high vacancy rate reported for office property in downtown Halifax, perhaps there is opportunity here too.
6. Animal Sculptures by Ellen Jewett
7. This post "Ceramic Animal Art", especially like the pieces at the end by Brendan Hesmondhalgh
8. We Create - Why we need handbuilt homes. Great documentary on youtube about cob building with a focus on how this building method is both affordable and fosters community
9. Companies in other provinces that develop affordable housing available to purchase "rent to own", for locals who may just want to own a relatively simple place and not one of the luxury units that seem to be used increasingly as investment vehicles for foreign investors. Sounds good in this Global news article: "1000 dollar down payment among Canada's affordable home ownership options." Eg, Options for Homes in Ontario, and its affiliate in Montreal, "Acces Condos" which works in collaboration with SHDM. Would similar rent to own developments make sense for Halifax? Councilor Gloria McCluskey has mentioned this preference in the media both recently and in the past.
1. The new facade at The Dart Gallery. The scaffolding is down and the space has a glorious new exterior. I don't have a pic, so go see! Because of the on going renos, the upcoming group show Biff! Pow! Art! inspired by the 50th anniversary of the classic Batman TV series has been postponed to May 27th, 7 - 10 pm. The expansion of the gallery into the space next door will be complete by then. For artists, the deadline for submissions for show has been extended to 11:59pm May 15th.
2. Homemade vegan treats that started off as an attempt to make halva but kept evolving into a delicious vehicle for superfoods. So easy, melt coconut oil on stove, add honey to taste. Add any combo of lots of raw cocoa powder, cinnamon, ground ginger, cardamom, cloves, ashwagandha powder, whatever, a dash of salt... in coffee grinder finely grind any combo of lots of sesame seeds, dried coconut, almonds, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseeds, whatever, have way more seeds than oil, fold into the oil mixture, add in puffed quinoa if desired. Mix it all up and spoon in to silicon molds, put in freezer to set and voila, super delicious, nutritious snacks that are way more satisfying than any candy bar.
3. This youtube documentary about Suze Orman, How Suze Orman Scammed the World (2016)
4. The FitnessBlender youtube channel This is really smart, a husband wife team providing great home workouts via youtube
5. The FitLifeTV channel This is cool too, as the videos are a mix of health tips and mind training tips, eg 1 Simple Trick to Manifest Your Desires
6. This blog post: Mixed Generational Housing: Seniors and Families with Kids Within The City
7. This youtube video: How Do I Prune Raspberries?
8. This Dark Souls website by someone who has gone through experiences with Narcissists and/or Psychopaths and has clearly transformed those experiences by creating useful information, eg, this article: How To Play Pingpong With a Narcissist
9. Parasites and Demons. A youtube video. This is a pretty trippy theory, and one of the few videos I've seen that proposes a link between these members of 3d reality and other dimensions. Interesting!
10. Self/Less pretty good movie on Canadian Netflix, a very unique story idea
11. A couple more Infinite Waters videos: How to recognize your third eye and How to manifest 33 magic
12. This quote by Nikola Tesla: “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
13. Nikola Tesla Vs Thomas Edison. Epic Rap Battles of History (short youtube video)
14. The History of Nikola Tesla - a Short Story. Short youtube cartoon that describes the "War of Currents" between Tesla and Edison
1. Exciting art shows: Helen Opie has a show on now through April 20th at ARTsPLACE Gallery in Annapolis Royal. The title "Helen 4.2, fourth cycle" refers to her place, in her early 80's, at the start of her 4th astrological "27 year cycle" - I think this is referring to the Saturn Return. Helen will be giving an artist talk Saturday April 16th at 2pm.
and Raymond Chow, an established BC artist who moved recently to Nova Scotia, has an opening this coming Thursday April 7th 6-8 pm at Art 1274 Hollis.
2. Best caption for a photo, ever, IMO, spotted on google while looking for inspirational pics of papier mache sculpture
"Chocolate eggs are not very good for animals, so these ones were made of
papier mache filled with juicy treats such as mealworms."
It went with these pics of various primates on the blog for a Wildlife Park.
3. Some videos about gratitude.
Oprah's Gratitude Journal, Oprah's Lifeclass
Gratitude - Ted talk by Louie Schwartzberg
The Extraordinary Power of Gratitude - reading of Chapter 7 "Gratitude" from The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles.
Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey - Abundance and Gratitude
This is interesting too, where Esther Hicks describes the different between gratitude and appreciation in this youtube video: "the emotion of appreciation versus the attitude of gratitude".
4. Houzz TV Youtube video of a guy who turned his home into a playland for rescued cats
5. This John Bergman Lecture on youtube "The Cure for 97% of Diseases"
6. youtube video from Rewire Me: Dr. Joe Dispenza: How to rewire the brain and recondition the body
and this Coast to Coast interview with Dr. Joe Dispenza
7. A couple new Infinite Waters videos, on the Emerald Tablets and How to Stop Being Controlled by People (According to a Psychologist).
8. New human body research topic, "Adrenal Fatigue".
Here's a Dr. Rostenberg youtube video about it "Adrenal Fatigue - How to Treat and Beat the Effects of Stress" super informative, but his advice to eat many meals throughout the day is counter to other people that recommend intermittent fasting and fasting between mealtimes. personally I've decided the compromise is to not fast when the body gets real hunger signals, as presumably this would create stress.
and How to Heal Thyroid and Adrenal Fatigue by Dr. John Bergman
and How to Lower Cortisol by Dr. Eric Berg. Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland. This one actually recommends only having 2 - 3 meals/day
9. The StarshipsStartHere.ca website, especially this pic of Kirk vs. Gorn at the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
10. speaking of space, a lot videos from the Bob Sanders youtube channel. His stuff is pretty "out there" but anything is possible and he has a soothing voice. eg,
Why are we here! short answer, to raise energy of ourselves and the planet... unless you're part of the archons (psychopaths?) in which case you want to cause the waste and destruction of and to make people hate eachother. This is possibly a happy reason why cute cat videos go viral and may, from this perspective, actually be a better thing to pay attention to than bad news. It also potentially explains a lot about politics in a lot of places.
here's another:
Archons and Ascension which includes a unique anti-fracking argument
Another lapse in posting - was away from internet for a while in there!
1. Awesome beaded earrings by my artist friend "Peaceful Frog" - aka Carrie, she's chosen to name her new jewelry business by her Nisga'a name. She'll have tables of her wares coming up at a school in North Van as well as the National Aboriginal Day celebration, June 21, 2016 at Trout Lake park in East Vancouver. These are a lot of work and made from quality beads, I picked up a pair of turtles and wolves, the pic doesn't do them justice though and these pieces have great vibes like their creator!
2. Researching Fatty Liver. On the topic of learning more about health and nutrition, fatty liver was something I never really heard of but apparently it's super common. More reason to love your liver by detoxing from alcohol and other toxic foods and eating more bitter plants. Here are a few links.
Do you have the protruding belly? It may not be fat, it may be your liver. youtube video by Dr. Eric Berg
How to reverse a fatty liver. youtube video by Dr. Eric Berg
Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage. NBC news article
House call: Do you have a fatty liver? youtube video by Dr. Mark Hyman
With my ongoing obsession with Candida I wondered if there could be a link between the two. Why not:
Candida, Gallbladder and Fatty Liver Disease. youtube video by Candida Crusher
Further more fatty liver doesn't just happen in obese or alcoholic people, here's a description of Non alcoholic fatty liver disease as described on youtube by Dr. Robert Brown
On the bright side the liver is the only internal organ that can regenerate itself.
3. Yellow split peas. They have lots of health benefits as described in this livestrong article, in particular pea protein is high in branch chain amino acids as described in this Shape article.
4. Love Spirits vs Denial Spirits - Origins of "Good and Evil" - stealing of soul energies. youtube video by Tobias Lars
5. Natural treatment and causes of PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) fibroids and cysts. youtube video by Montrealhealthygirl.
6. "They Live" 1988 movie directed by John Carpenter based on a short story by Ray Nelson. This is awesome, about a guy who finds sunglasses that allows him to see through the masks of humans who are actually controlling aliens. If this story has any truth in it, it could explain so much! Never seen this before but heard about it via this video list by deep diving youtuber Infinite Waters - aka Ralph Smart: 10 Films that will make you question everything!
Well I slipped into a bit of a mid winter time warp the past few weeks, so this will be a long list!
1. Movies on Canadian Netflix: Tesla: Master of Lightning, Girl On a Bicycle, Pump: the movie and True Story
2. Inspiring Youtube videos about older people:
86 Year Old Gymnast and here's a bit more about her: World's Oldest Gymnast - Guinness World Records
Arizona Man,110 years old, credits long life and health to 5 foods
121 Years Young: Man born in 19th century oldest on earth? (from Russia)
102 year old woman talks about her diet life and religion
3. This lecture on youtube about water fasting: Dr. Alan Goldhamer, "Fasting can save your life"
last month I decided to do a 24 hour fast, which turned into a 7 day water fast after a lot of research and mentoring from a friend that used to water fast 7 - 10 days, twice a year, decades ago. Her current naturopath however is of the opinion that the earth is so toxic it's best not to water fast for more than a day, and juice fasting with herbs is better plan to support detox.
There is a lot of information about water fasting, both the pros and cons, as well as personal stories available online of both positive and negative experiences for water fasts of various lengths. Here's a pro-fasting page: "prolonged therapeutic fasting can resolve many health problems"
For me, it felt like a good thing to do but I wouldn't recommend it as I think everyone should do whatever feels right for them and do their own research first. I doubt I'd have fasted as long as I did if I lived alone, or if we don't happen to live in the country on a very good well. Also I was largely not eating most of the foods that could trigger detox reactions, for a few weeks before (eg, I'd already cut out sugar, caffeine, wheat and most animal products and processed foods). Someone going straight from a 'normal' diet to water fasting could feel pretty awful. I was advised that the refeeding process is also important and a person should take their time - I started off with watered down fresh juices and moved on to homemade vegetable broth and salads. I saw one person on youtube was excited to end a 5 day water fast with a trip to their favourite fast food restaurant - probably not a good idea!
The best thing about my fast was that I discovered I have issues with Candida albicans overgrowth, good to know, this was something I'd heard of but never given much thought to before. Everyone has candida in their guts as part of their cohort of 'bad' gut parasites to break down food, it's a fungus, the problem is when people eat too much food that feeds Candida such that it gets out of control... pretty sure I did this over Christmas, and I'm going to blame it on cheese and popcorn though maybe too many mandarins and dates wasn't smart either. Apparently Candida overgrowth is common and could potentially be a precursor to other health conditions.
4. This cartoon about Candida, I linked this last year but here it is again because it's great:
The American Parasite - Candida (the hidden epidemic)
5. This hour and 20 minute long youtube video, which has a conspiracy theoryesque title but the first hour of which is actually a great documentary that appears to be from the 1970s: okay I googled it, it was made in 1974: "World without cancer - written and narrated by G. Edward Griffin."
This documentary points out that all other chronic metabolic diseases have been found to be caused by nutrient deficiencies, eg, Scurvy is caused by vitamin C shortage but it took hundreds of years for people to accept this. The film submits that cancer could likewise be caused by a shortage of B17, something found in places like apple and apricot seeds as well as berries... I've started eating the seeds in my apples as well as eating our stash of frozen whole currants from the garden. Anyhow super interesting, so is the last 20 minutes which is more sensationalized but makes some interesting points.
6. More about the potential link between fungus, including fungi other than Candida, and cancer. I see this gets dismissed as quackery a lot, but it sounds plausible to me.
This youtube video: Is it Fungus or is it Cancer? Doug Kaufmann - Know the cause
This page fungus and cancer - it's selling a product but has interesting information.
7. There's a lot of varying advice on how to deal with Candida overgrowth online, but I find this New Zealand naturopathic doctor's "Candida Crusher" youtube channel to be quite good.
Some vegans maintain that Candida overgrowth is actually caused by too much fat in the diet,
eg this page: How to beat Candida understanding the real issue
and this youtube video: How I cured my chronic Candida - after 7 years!
that makes sense too.
I like this vitality massage youtube video as well "The Real Cure For Candida! Truth Revealed!" which is a bit 'out there' but points out that curing Candida overgrowth is about lifestyle as well as diet - this is also something mentioned a lot on the Candida Crusher channel. Plus this guy reminds me a bit of the lead singer of Mother Mother.
8. Max Igan - Our Psychopathic Society, March 2, 2012, youtube video episode of 'surviving the matrix' oh oh oh here I go listing stuff about psychopathy again.. oh well then. feels like a timely topic with the Jian Ghomeshi trial on which is likely disturbing people all over. here's a good page: Getting over the psychopath: cultivating indifference
9. This life regenerator youtube daikon radish salad recipe "how to remove mucus from your body" looks so good but I'm really into grapefruits lately so would probably swap that for the orange.
10. Some law of attraction youtube brainwashing videos:
Everything is always working out for me - Abraham - Esther Hicks
How to Change Your Beliefs to Change Your Life (Your Story) - Infinite Waters
How to Change a Belief - Teal Swan
11. Finally a couple of great interviews with Tom Montalk discussing the alien agenda.
Ep. 8 Tom Montalk Hidden Alien Influence (Part 3)
Radio 3Fourteen - Tom Montalk - Alien Agendas, The Physics of Reality & Etheric Energy
12. all my new commercial glazes and underglazes - big thanks to the downsizing moving couple who let us take away the hundreds of bottles of glazes and clay slips in their basement; some of these glazes are vintage, with cool things like crystals, so I'll be doing 100% sculptural work for awhile when I start working on clay stuff again this spring.
1. The AWOLNATION Megalithic Symphony CD box set. Wow, possibly my favourite thing ever. Includes lots of great re-mixes, a patch and surf wax comb/bottle opener.
2. The Tobias Lars Youtube Channel. Lots of great videos here, eg.
Narcissists and Sociopaths as teachers yes, sneaking in a narcissism video after deciding not to blog about this, this one is great though
Galactic Farming of Humans
Soul Agreements - soul choices (the unseen role)
3. Youtube videos illustrating that the 'added iron' in many processed products containing grains may actually be from iron filings, perhaps from industrial waste
Heavy Metal Cereal
and another demonstration of metal filings in cereal
And here's a Natural News article by Mike Adams about it:
Wheaties Cereal Found to Contain So Many Metal Fragments They Can Be Levitated With Magnets
4. Using baking soda in detox baths. I read about this in a Dr. Mark Hyman book (I think) where detox baths were recommended as part of a detox diet . There are a few articles online about the benefits of baking soda in baths, eg Detox Bath & Baking Soda from Livestrong, and this wikiHow on how to take a detox bath is pretty informative too. The baking soda can be combined with epsom salts, sea salts, essential oils and even peppermint tea for detoxing through the skin.
