We started doing The Movements back as far as our small group, about 35 of us, who met in the carpeted living room in the back of the Glendale Avenue antique shop where we held our meetings, back in 1966 and ’67.
There are no photos of the actual movements classes, but I do have this photo along with a few others, of my friend Diane doing some body movements in the black-painted glass panes at the front of the shop — like I said, an antique shop that had been there for decades, now turned into a bookstore with incenses, candles, yoga gear — that sort of thing. Continue reading →
Practicing guitar is always an option. Play softly.
If you’re operating a shop, storefront, booth, kiosk or busking station, you’ll want to know what to do with those interminable waiting periods between customers, and there will be plenty of them, believe it.
Many retailers and service personnel lose a LOT of precious productivity, and when you own your own business and want to be your own boss — well, you’ll have a LOT of time on your hands.
If you’re ever in a department store where customers are not actually engaged in sales, you’ll see the salespeople adjusting things, dusting things, re-arranging things, pricing things — basically, doing something, anything, to appear busy.
It’s widely believed, and perhaps it’s true, that if customers see salespeople loafing about, they won’t buy a thing, which certainly matches my extensive experience in retail.
Heck-darn, when you’re talking Retail, you’re talking Planet Earth. Why, back home, we NEVER pay retail — nobody pays retail anywhere except here on Planet Earth.
Humans of Planet Earth are so ignorant, they call it “bartering”, not “bargaining”, when you make offers and counter-offers.
Bartering is where you trade a laying hen for a carpenter’s work fixing your wagon, and I don’t mean that figuratively at all. Continue reading →
Bunraku Puppetry Rides Again!!! —Yes, it’s true; everyone who was a member of the NABT, North American Bunraku Troupe, is invited to participate, and newcomers to the art are very welcome! You will learn how to manipulate a puppet in Second Life. Just as in so-called “Real Life”, the sound is provided by the “chorus”, or in some cases, might be pre-recorded, but the puppetry is always LIVE action! How is this done? Classes in Second Life Puppetry are starting right now at Prosperity Virtual Ashram. If you don’t know anything about it, this is the time to find out, and that hurdle is the First Initiation. We are actively looking for great puppeteers, and the troupe elders are very excited to have the opportunity to pass the art to the next generation!
Gorby’s Place — Live Music All Day Long — In the Ashram Tower — The address is: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Prosperity%20Ashram/127/173/178
There will be a lot of new folks visiting the Ashram today, so I thought a short tour of some of the high points might be in order… Click the thingy to read more about it…
Hearts and Flowers, a sentimental song of yesteryear (that’s a long time ago by modern standards, about the 1900s or teens. It used to be played in theatrical melodramas — American Stage Performances were sort of on a par with modern high school or grade school theater… and still are. Cats, Cats and more Cats. So what about the violin? It’s playing that sad song for anyone who can’t keep up with today’s gaming hardware and user-smartness requirements. First of all, nobody can, not even the idiots who set the standards. Secondly, nobody cares, and thirdly, hardly anyone knows what the hell I’m talking about here. Basic lesson to be learned is, stay with it to penetrate its secrets. That’s the message for this particular eveningtide, in which you can hear the town crier calling gently, “three o’clock and all is well, except for a gang of orcs and dark lords blasting through the barrier! Well, back to work I go now, on CTF Six, an experiential experience for you in Bardo Architecture, with a touch of gaming thrills, spills and chills!
The video is a demo of a remarkable piece of playable sculpture. I propose to buy them unpainted and paint, carve, wood-burn and decorate with a variety of beads, feathers and textiles, and then sell on the open market.
Herein is the kind of data I try to give you every day in my blogs — to save you time, energy, money and most of all, dead ends. It’s not at all tricky to find good didges, but selecting one with which to ACTUALLY BOND is like choosing a mate, mate.
What should you be looking for in a didge, especially if you know nothing about them but want one anyway??? Continue reading for more info…
