Category Archives: Woodland

30-SEP

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Swimming

Smile!

An important & popular fact it is, that things are not always what they seem.

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars, and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time.

But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams (1999)

27-SEP

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Reconnoiter

Along the Guadalupe River
Mural at Campbell Community Center by M. Luna & Alber De Matteis

Time of great explorers has passed but there are still precious territories to discover. We can explore the boundaries of our own lives. But before we go exploring we’ll need a map telling which areas of mind are still uncharted.

Garry Kasparov

26-SEP

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Routine

37.28,-121.88

To all Explorers:

  • Plan the route
  • Marshal resources, discarding any excess
  • Maintain a sharp tactical eye, never back away unless certain
  • Remain alert for dangers, aware of changes in environment
  • Energize with new confidence and inspiration
How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov

04-SEP

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Magnanimity

Anura

Frog and Toad are individual characters with different points-of-view and reactions to situations. While Frog tends to be more open, friendly & relaxed, Toad can be more serious & uptight.

There are good trips, and there are bad trips. Some end in feelings of transcendence, others in feelings of madness & doom.

An entire neurological system, the endocannabinoid system was discovered in 1988. The body manufactures its own cannabinoid molecules, which attach to their own cannabinoid receptors, whenever something new, important, or meaningful is encountered. On the level of the cell, cannabinoids, it would seem, help create meaning.

28-AUG

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Journey

Path to the Peak
  1. Get a big idea.
  2. Build an advantage.
  3. Improve it.
  4. Swap it out for a new one.
  5. Move quickly, see what happens.
  6. Make a new plan.
  7. Move again.

I made a hole in the forest so the light shined in, and started writing.

I put my mind to the pages of my journal, explaining myself to myself.

Luwi Ikabala

Make personal progress – choose the right path. Decisiveness sends you forward.

Libra by Eugenia Last

26-AUG

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Exploration

Thomas Hart Benton (1889 – 1975)

In the West proper there are no limits. The world goes on indefinitely. The horizon is not seen as the end of a scene. It carries you on beyond itself into farther and farther spaces.

LEWIS & CLARK AT EAGLE CREEK by Thomas Hart Benton (1968)