This is a cashew. Staghorn Sumac This is a cashew. Really. Source. This is a cashew: Poison Ivy There are many other cashews in the world. Mangos … … and pistachios … … for […]
Of Cashews and Creativity
Stepping Stones through the Posthuman Swamp
Living in the early 21st Century is sure wild, isn’t it. Welcoming Figure, Aquamarin Hair Salon, Jena, Germany Think of it. You go in this building to get your hair done, which […]
Creativity and Environment: The Story So Far
THE CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT This post collects the 17 sections of a discussion on creativity, identity and environment which I have posted over the past 5 weeks. It is the first half of […]
Creativity, Technology, Art
Perhaps an image of creativity would be useful. Here is a vineyard at Hauterive, Switzerland. That’s Lac Neuchâtel in behind. The 21st Century term creativity here does not refer to the creative […]
Creativity in Iceland
Iceland was long isolated from the rest of Europe and maintained ancient, pre-industrial modes of creativity, economics and land use long after they had been rendered obsolete elsewhere. Many parts of Icelandic culture […]
Water and Air Pollution in the Okanagan Valley
This is the bottom of Okanagan Lake, in 15 centimetres of water, in Vernon, on a public beach. I know the green stuff is algae, that shouldn’t be there, but what is […]
German and American Creativity and the Fate of the Earth
The word “creativity” is American and expresses American culture. If you’re ever in a position to hear this word, be assured, you are in the United States, or some form of it. […]
Creativity, Creation and the State of the Earth and Our Cities
Creativity is a word, which is used in attempts to express innovative, artful and thoughtfuldevelopment and change. The one thing that it does not express is creation. This is creation: Note that in contemporary speech, […]
French Creativity
To understand why the earth is in a mess … Coal-Fired Electrical Plant: Originally Creative, Now a Technical Model … an understanding of creativity is necessary. Similarly, to get us out of this […]
Technologies of the Self
This is an experiment. I’ve taken an old post from deep in the archives of Okanagan Okanogan … … and will attempt to polish it up to support some observations on identity […]
Okanagan Okanogan 