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Roland Maurice
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Art, food, farming, climate, localism, collapse aware, spiritual curiosity, all wrapped up in one aging queer package.
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Octavia Butler reminds us that change is never one-way:
“All that you touch, you change.
All that you change changes you.”

A gentle cue toward reciprocity, presence, and moving through the world with care.

#Interbeing #MutualBecoming #FieldNotes #OctaviaButler
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you.” — Octavia Butler
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Diversity United by Fernando Sánchez Castillo, 2020 (5000 bronze figurines of August Landmesser refusing to salute in a crowd of Germans, 1936)
#augustlandmesser #fernandosanchezcastillo #art #artinstallation #bronze #fightoligarchy
Single figurine of August Landmesser. Detail of a large art installation featuring thousands of identical figurines of August Landmesser arranged in rows, accompanied by a photo of the inspiration, Landmesser, in a crowd of Germans at a World War II rally. A large art installation featuring thousands of small, gray, identical figurines of August Landmesser arranged in rows, with two slightly larger figurines in the foreground, set against a wall with a section covered in yellow sticky notes.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Crowfoot reminds us what “The Myth of the Bottleneck” taught last week: when life narrows, don’t grip harder — choose what’s good.
Even a handful of earth is enough to carry you through.

#HoldOn #BottleneckWisdom #Crowfoot
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Hold on to what is good, Even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, Even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, Even if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, Even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, Even if someday I'll be gone away from you". ― Crowfoot
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Bullies only win when the rest of us don’t show up.
This week’s anchor: choosing integrity over avoidance.
Full article: emotusoperandi.medium.com/bullies-stoo...

#ShowUp #CollectiveCourage #Resilience
Bullies, Stooges, Lackeys and the Rest of Us
Everything you need to know about global politics you learned in elementary school
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December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Unknown title (Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park) by Edwin Smith, mid-20th century (photography)
#edwinsmith #savillgarden #photography #art
A black and white photograph of a garden path winding through a wooded area, with large tree trunks and flowering plants in the foreground and along the path.
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Vortex (installation view) by Tomoko Shioyasu, 2011 (paper)
#tomokoshioyasu #papercuttapestry #installationart #art #papercutart
An intricate, large-scale paper cut tapestry by Japanese artist Tomoko Shioyasu, featuring dense, organic patterns resembling the flow of water or cellular structures.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#fightoligarchy #elbowsup #gallowshumor #funnybuttrue
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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What if you saw something familiar as if it were brand new?
Sometimes the world feels stuck because we've stopped noticing the small shifts.
A pause can bring the landscape back into motion.

#LookAgain #FreshEyes #EverydayWonder #NoticingMatters #SlowSeeing #RachelCarson #SeeingWhatsAlreadyMoving
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” — Rachel Carson
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Soil is a reminder that life moves long before we can see it.
Care, patience, and steady tending create the flow we depend on.
Sometimes the work is happening underneath our feet.

#Grounded #SlowWork #RegenerativeCulture #wendellberry
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.” — Wendell Berry
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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View of Ancient City (Antikes Stadtbild) by Paul Klee, 1927 (ink and pencil on paper on board)
#paulklee #bauhaus #drawing #art
The drawing depicts a landscape with various architectural forms, including buildings and a tower, rendered in a schematic and somewhat childlike perspective using geometric shapes and rhythmic patterns.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Under himlen den blå (Under the Blue Sky) by David Svensson, 2020 (old book covers, canvas)
#davidsvensson #readymade #contemporaryart #art #bookcovers
The artist uses the physical book covers, which often feature canvas, dyed paper, and sometimes leather surfaces. Composition: The covers are laid open and flat, presenting both the outer and inner sides as abstract, puzzle-like arrangements. Aesthetics: The pieces showcase different formats, paper qualities, and aged color variations (shades of yellow, brown, red, blue, and gray), highlighting the history and memory embedded in the materials.
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Real movement in any project often starts with something simple: people meeting each other.
Connection brings things back into flow.
#lifeboatacademy #margaretwheatley
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "The most radical thing we can do is introduce people to each other." — Margaret Wheatley
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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In nature, nothing is wasted.
What looks like a mistake often becomes the thing that carries the work forward.
Compost is part of the process — not a detour.

#LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #RegenerativePractice
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” — Henry Ford
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Kimmerer’s reminder lands softly but precisely: restoration is empty without relationship. What lasts is the reciprocity we build with place — the ongoing, living exchange that outlives any single intervention.

#BraidingSweetgrass #Reciprocity #RelationalEcology
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Restoring land without restoring relationship is an empty exercise. It is relationship that will endure and relationship that will sustain the restored land." - Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Moneybox by Gianni Motti, 2009 (installation views, the budget of the exhibition in one dollar bills suspended by wire)
#giannimotti #conceptualart #contemporaryArt #artinstallation #art
The installation features thousands of crisp one-dollar U.S. bills suspended from the ceiling, just out of reach, filling a white exhibition space. (installation view) The installation features thousands of crisp one-dollar U.S. bills suspended from the ceiling, just out of reach, filling a white exhibition space. (installation view) The installation features thousands of crisp one-dollar U.S. bills suspended from the ceiling, just out of reach, filling a white exhibition space. (installation view)
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Sometimes the bottleneck isn’t the calendar — it’s the breath you’re holding. This week’s piece is about patience, pressure, and the small exhale that changes everything.
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#Patience #SlowWork #Leadership
The Myth of the Bottleneck
Because patience isn't passive
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November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Correctness can feel like clarity, but it often narrows our vision.
This week’s article explores how to see movement again in complex work — even in white-out conditions.

Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti points to the doorway: complexity, context, compassion.

#Complexity #Context #Compassion
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We need to move from a culture of correctness to a culture of complexity, context, and compassion.” — Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#forgetblackfriday #buynothingday #relax #happywithless
"The only brand you can't live without. Forget Black Friday, Celebrate Buy Nothing Day. Instead of shopping and consuming, stay home and relax."
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Rampant consumerism is burning up the planet. White Friday = Buy Nothing Day
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Self portrait by Pierre Bonnard, 1930 (pencil and transparent and opaque watercolour on paper)
#pierrebonnard #watercolour #painting #selfportrait #PostImpressionist
A painterly self-portrait of the artist Pierre Bonnard, created around 1930. The image, dominated by warm yellow and orange tones with accents of blue, shows the artist in profile, wearing glasses, with his head bowed in concentration or introspection. The brushwork is expressive, focusing on light and color rather than precise realism.
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Questi scritti, quando verranno bruciati, daranno finalmente un po’ di luce (These writings, when they are burned, will finally give a little light) by Anselm Kiefer, 2020-1 (multimedia painting including lead, ash, and straw)
#anselmKiefer #painting #art
Visual Elements: The artwork is installed in a curved, panoramic room, creating an enveloping environment. The walls feature a heavily textured, mixed-media application that resembles a barren, scorched landscape or field. Materials and Texture: The work incorporates materials such as ash, straw, lead, and dirt, giving it a rough, geological texture. Dark, vertical elements within the lower part of the work suggest charred plants or stubble, with some heavier, rock-like elements scattered on the floor. Detail, Visual Elements: The artwork is installed in a curved, panoramic room, creating an enveloping environment. The walls feature a heavily textured, mixed-media application that resembles a barren, scorched landscape or field. Materials and Texture: The work incorporates materials such as ash, straw, lead, and dirt, giving it a rough, geological texture. Dark, vertical elements within the lower part of the work suggest charred plants or stubble, with some heavier, rock-like elements scattered on the floor.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Even in wounded times, the world keeps offering small currents of orientation.
Here, we’re paying attention to what’s already moving — the quiet signals that help us find our way again.

#joyoverdespair #seeingmovement #lifeboatacademy
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift." — Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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In complex work, stillness isn’t failure — it’s an invitation to look closer.
Momentum often appears only after we slow down enough to notice it.
This week we’re tuning into the subtle shifts already carrying the work forward.

#SeeingMovement #ComplexWork #LifeboatAcademy
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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One Day by Elmgreen & Dragset, 2015 (aluminum cast, matte white paint, clothing, glass, wood, and matte black lacquer)

#elmgreen&dragset #sculpture #artinstallation #ContemporaryArt
The sculpture features a life-size, aluminum bronze statue of a young boy in black shorts and boots, standing with his back to the viewer and looking up at a framed rifle of the same material as the boy.
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Mantra of the day: Part of 'being here now' is holding the long view.
#personalreflection #dailyreflection
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM