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Japanese Artist Shota Kawahara Takes on Chicago

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Vagabond artist, Shota Kawahara, is currently flat out preparing for a show as resident artist at Re-Invent Gallery in Lake Forest, Chicago. Graduate of the prestigious Kyoto University art faculty, nonconformist Japanese … Continue reading

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FREE Pussy Riot!!

Pussy Riot: A Female Punk Collective In Russia Image by Denis Sinyakov / Reuters They’re Fond Of Staging Public Protests In Which They Wear Colorful Ski Masks And Dance To Loud Music Image by Denis Sinyakov / Reuters Pussy Riot Rails Against Russia’s Oppresive … Continue reading

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The Serious Business of Permaculture

“What permaculturalists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what the details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people … Continue reading

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Dance, Dance, Dance…Around the World with Matt Harding

Come on World Let’s DANCE!! Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth  Video Credit: Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon; Music: Trip the Light   Explanation: What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing … Continue reading

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Stateside: Travels in a Parallel Universe

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   ***A huge thank you to all the wonderful people I met in the United States…warm, generous,  intelligent, hard-working, creative, happy, beautiful people.***   New York City   NYC: Stayed at … Continue reading

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花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi by Paul Murray and Elise London

花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/43714458″>花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user11925474″>Paul Murray</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Hanami is flower watching in Japanese and Hanabi is fireworks…this is a stop-motion slideshow of an arrangement of leek flowers opening over time into a … Continue reading

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ArtofNature: Exhibition of One Photograph

By Photographer Paul Murray & Belgian Graphic Artist Arnaud “PsoMan” Vanderkerkin I walked the Heaphy Track in 2004 to collect information and take photographs for the http://www.heaphytrack.com Web site. Along the way, I happened across an interesting rock and took its … Continue reading

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Flood Destroys Lewis River Bridge on Heaphy Track

Media release 17 July 2012 Heavy rain over the weekend has taken its toll on the Heaphy Track. The swing bridge across the Lewis River was destroyed during serious flooding that occurred in the region. “We believe that the unusually … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course

Permaculture Design Course in Karamea (September 30 to October 14, 2012) The course will cover theory and practice in Permaculture and will be held on a developing permaculture farm in sunny Karamea at the top of the West Coast of … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #13

Karamea Ministry of Red Tape A New Zealand Government Department Authorised by a Deliberately Ambiguous and Subtly Rhetorical Act of Parliament and Compounded by a Tacitly Implied Royal Approval to Receive Official Complaints.   Office Manager:    Red Scarlett Senorita … Continue reading

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