July 2010
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“If you are constantly sharing what you are doing in every moment, then how can you possibly be in the moment of experiencing what you are experiencing?”
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| This is from Dawn Beck’s Tantric Sacred Journeys eNewsletter. I thought it was worth sharing.
As we move through this time in history, I can’t help but notice how many people are ‘plugged in’ to technology. I’m sure you all notice as well. Computers, Blackberries, I-pods, I-phones, GPS, Texting, Twitter, My Face, etc, etc. The list is endless! We are so ‘connected’, aren’t we? And, are we? Where is the human connection? How did we EVER live without our ‘connection devices’?
My son and I had a conversation the other day about all of this. He’s 19 and is certainly used to having his cell phone, i-pod, and lap top and while he notices his dependency on, and appreciation of them, he also sees the dangers of becoming too dependent. And he hates Twitter! He doesn’t use it and sees it as a way to not be in the present. His comment was that the only thing people should be sharing on Twitter is that they are Twittering. The point being, if you are constantly sharing what you are doing in every moment, then how can you possibly be in the moment of experiencing what you are experiencing? He sees the benefits of ‘staying connected’ and realizes the dangers of needing to stay in constant contact! Funny, that’s the name of this EmailI Marketing Company that I’m using to write this email! Constant Contact. Ha, kind of funny! And, I appreciate being able to keep ‘in touch’ with all of you!
Beneficial, and often so out of balance with other forms of connection!
I tried to remember when I didn’t have a cell phone. How did I stay ‘in touch’? I stopped at a phone booth. I arranged a time to meet someone and didn’t change it last minute. None of us did. For those of us old enough to remember life without cell phones and all the other technological ‘addictions’ we remember getting along just fine!
Now, I am not advocating NOT using the technological advances that help us in business and in our personal lives. I certainly do use them. Obviously! But, I am advocating finding balance and remembering that connection, real connection is what happens between living, breathing, reacting, responding life forms.
Maybe there are some ways in your life to bring balance to all of the technology. Appreciate it. Use it when it serves the appropriate need and purpose. And, find ways to make sure that you are not abusing this part of ‘connection’ and compromising the human connections that involve eye contact, touch, facial expression, communicating with words and inflection, sharing of feelings, etc. Enjoy Human Contact! One human to another or in a group of humans…interacting and ‘being’! Notice if this feels balanced in your own life and perhaps make a commitment to balancing it, if it doesn’t.
Come share a bit of Human Contact at our upcoming Puja on Thurs, August 5. Look into someones eyes, share with words, notice and appreciate facial expressions, and touch real skin to feel Plugged In with breath, sound, words, touch, and connection!
Blessings for a continued joyous summer,
Dawn and Gerard |
Fashion28 Jul 2010 03:39 pm
Boulder Craigslist hotlist
Here are some of my favorite things for sale right now on Boulder’s Craigslist:
Flipping sweet blouse from 1988, $15, http://boulder.craigslist.org/clo/1862637421.html
Vintage cigarette and match holder, $12, http://boulder.craigslist.org/clt/1864753174.html
1950s diner table, $400, http://boulder.craigslist.org/fuo/1855181296.html
Retro lamp, $100, http://boulder.craigslist.org/fuo/1859608605.html
Arcadia Italian purse, $120, http://boulder.craigslist.org/clo/1862639156.html
$5000, http://boulder.craigslist.org/mcy/1789693880.html
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Fashion28 Jul 2010 10:16 am
Suite 200 fashion show Saturday, hosted by America’s Next Top Model winner, Nicole Fox
Fashion photo of the week: Now that’s recycling
Ever wondered what to do with all of those leftover bows on your birthday gifts?
This is the latest hat fashion, Maritime Propeller, of designer Hutmode Willer in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Dusseldorf is considered the “fashion capital” of Germany.
Obviously.
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Fashion22 Jul 2010 01:35 pm
The story of cosmetics
Check out storyofcosmetics.org to see a film about how major loopholes in U.S. federal law allow the $50 billion beauty industry to put unlimited amounts of chemicals into personal care products with no required testing, no monitoring of health effects and inadequate labeling requirements — making cosmetics among the least-regulated consumer products on the market. Think twice before putting on that lipstick, you might be putting on lead!
(taken from the Web site storyofstuff.org)
Fashion photo of the week: All of the headlines I come up for this one are unappropriate for a family publication
I used to live in Germany.
When I moved back to the United States, I missed the bread, beer and proliferation of black leather. However, I was delighted that boys on this island did not wear tight-fitting Levi’s. So few men can pull off this look without looking awkward and uncomfortable. And being confined in tight clothes generally makes men angsty. This is why Germans drink so much beer, according to my (undocumented and totally made up just to make a point) field research.
Then: The All-American Emo happened.
And now: This.
People Who Say The Things We Believe (i.e. fashion designers and stores that must constantly keep fashion revolving in order to make a buck) have declared that male Speedo-style tighty-water-whities are all the rage.
No. No, they are not. Nope.
Unless, according to this photo at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Miami Beach, you wear your briefs with laceless loafers and socks.
Suddenly, I am longing for David Hasselhoff’s short red trunks.
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Fashion photo of the week: More baby shoes I want to eat
I have an entire floor-to-ceiling over-the-door storage extravaganza in my daughter’s room dedicated entirely to her dozens of adorable baby shoes.
Leopard-print ballet flats, multiple satin and patent leather red shoes, leather Native American booties, baby Uggs, hip-hoppy sneakers with graffiti print, pink jelly shoes, tiny Cons with skulls. And those are just the newborn-to-3-months-old kicks.
The only problem with these shoes: My kid can’t walk yet. She has only recently developed neck control, and when she attempts to crawl, she sort of bulldozes her face into the carpet, leaving actual rug burns on her cheeks that are awkward to explain to strangers. Needless to say, she not only does not have a need for any of these shoes, but she despises them. When I put them on her feet, she panics, much like when I put snow booties on my poodle and suddenly she cannot walk without leaping diagonally with wide, crazy eyes.
Yet the shoe collection still hangs in a prominent location in her bedroom. Why? For me. I like to gaze at them. I enjoy taking them out of their little clear storage pouches and caressing them and oohing them. I have more than once felt so much adoration for the pair of pink ballet shoes with long winding satin ribbons that I seriously considered wrapping them in a tortilla and eating them for lunch.
Baby shoes are one of the greatest, most useless inventions in history. When your Mini Me finally gets old enough to walk, that means she is also old enough to throw a tantrum when you try to put said shoes on her feet. That’s why I think kids’ shoes have to look so darn cute. Otherwise, no parent would ever buy them.
Today, I celebrate Clarks Originals releasing its popular, cult classic Desert Boot and Wallabee Boot in kids’ sizes. The design was inspired by the boots worn by British officers in WWII. The retro-looking boots are made out of soft tan suede.
The boots will be availabe in kids’ sizes in select stores across the country starting this month, and later at other stores that carry Clarks shoes. Boulder’s Clarks store is at 1750 29th St.
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