Vilma Lucas: May 2012

Capitán Grito

Un dibujo de la navidad del 2000

Our loyalties must include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth

Parabola Magazines Facebook status update today:
Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Initially our loyalties were to ourselves and our immediate family, next, to bands of wandering hunter-gatherers, then to tribes, small settlements, city-states, nations.

We have broadened the circle of those we love. We have now organized what are modestly described as super-powers, which include groups of people from divergent ethnic and cultural backgrounds working in some sense together — surely a humanizing and character building experience. If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth.

Many of those who run the nations will find this idea unpleasant. They will fear the loss of power. We will hear much about treason and disloyalty. Rich nation-states will have to share their wealth with poor ones. But the choice, as H. G. Wells once said in a different context, is clearly the universe or nothing.

–Carl Sagan, "Cosmos," Random House, 1980, p. 339

Thanks Everyone!

Thanks to everyone who made it to Bailey's Range

last night for Community Table Night.

We had a fantastic turnout!

For more pictures make sure to check out our Facebook page.

Community Table Night

"The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation." -Milarepa

In a group, alone, while eating, while walking...make friends with yourself.

A correria nossa de cada dia

Na última quarta-feira, ao sair da gráfica para entregar um material de um freelance, parece que deixei meia Luana lá e voltei à Terra. Dei-me conta de que uma semana tinha passado e eu não tinha vivido, praticamente. Era só trabalho, trabalho e trabalho. Tinha duas semanas para entregar um jornalzinho pronto. Uma folha em branco tinha que se transformar em um jornal em pouco tempo. Eu tinha que fazer tudo, dos textos à criação. Menos as fotos, que receberia, mas mesmo assim tinha que tratá-las. O tempo corria e eu, para não ficar mais atucanada, nem o via passar... Baixava a cabeça e ia, até a madrugada.

Por muitas vezes desejei fazer freelances. Pelo dinheiro, pela experiência. Mas dá trabalho... e será que compensa?

Estes dias li uma notícia da Igreja Universal que tinha criado em algumas cidades brasileiras o "Drive-Thru da Oração". Uma iniciativa para fazer com que as pessoas, por não terem tempo ou costume de frequentar a Igreja, recebam uma palavra espiritual, uma benção ou fizessem uma oração em poucos segundos, sem ter que sair do carro. Isso mesmo, as barraquinhas da Igreja ficam próximas a rodovias movimentadas de cidades como São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília e Salvador. Os adeptos só precisam fazer um pequeno desvio, saindo da avenida e encostando o carro na barraquinha, onde serão atendidos pelos missionários. Depois, é só seguir seu caminho.

Eu não sou contra iniciativas que sejam para levar a palavra de Deus adiante, como Jesus mesmo ordenou aos seus discípulos. Mas aí, uma pessoa parar o carro, receber uma palavra espiritual e seguir adiante... Será que ela absorveu o que lhe foi dito? Será que ela realmente se preparou para recebê-la? Será que o tempo dispensado ao Senhor, provedor de tudo o que eu tenho, foi suficiente?

Há muitas pessoas que dizem não frequentar a Igreja porque não precisam ir até a Casa do Senhor para rezar. Ao mesmo tempo, o Senhor diz que devemos ir à Sua casa. O corpo e o sangue de Cristo, que é o nosso alimento espiritual, junto da palavra de Deus, são concedidos lá. O espírito precisa ser alimentando assim como o nosso corpo precisa de água e comida.

Por mais que nossa vida seja agitada e estamos sempre contra o relógio, buscamos nos alimentar, tomar banho, nos vestir, dormir... tudo o que o corpo precisa. Por que muitas vezes não

temos o mesmo cuidado com o nosso espírito? Por que não reservamos um tempo para agradecer a quem nos criou e de quem provém todo o bem?

Alguém poderia dizer: "Ah, mas se eu não comer, vou morrer. Se não for à Igreja ou tomar a Santa Ceia, não vou morrer". Esta é uma constatação verídica. Assim como a morte, que é a única certeza da vida. E depois da morte? Assim como se eu não alimentar meu corpo, ele poderá fraquejar e falecer, se eu não cuidar meu espírito, o que será dele depois da morte?

Fazer freelance é bom. Pelo dinheiro, pela experiência. Mas não quero mais ter a sensação de não viver. Meu corpo já está alimentado. Minha cabeça, depois de uma semana sem dormir direito, já está descansada. E espero poder alimentar meu espírito neste sábado.

Uma abençoada semana a todos!

Luana Lemke Guterres

in the pines...

in a matter of ten minutes on saturday afternoon we'd made the decision to jump in the car, had an overnight bag packed with enough for everyone in our little family, loaded up the boys and hit the road. andrey had come home early from what we thought would be a weekend spent working. seattle had been calling to me for months and i couldn't take it one more day.

i've been surprisingly responsible since lucas started kindergarten. we haven't travelled on a whim like that since last summer. i was beginning to get stir crazy. the daily phone calls from my mother started to sound something like this:

cath: hi, linny! how's things today?!

me: we're in the tri-cities. still.

some days the boys and i will pull up to andrey's job site with the road trip tunes on loud hoping we can tempt him into running away with us - always ending up with a kiss on the cheek for everyone and just enough time to get lucas to school by the first bell.

but not on saturday.

he was easily convinced by promises of fresh sushi.

and a cuppa morning starbucks on the pier.

we spent the entire day on sunday wandering around my city. and that city - she even rained for me. because despite what they say - it doesn't always rain in seattle. the sweet little sprinkling was a lucky one and only added to my happiness. it meant buying an umbrella.

and hopping in city puddles.

we rode the monorail from the seattle center to westlake and then wandered a few blocks to pikes. we drove through the u-district and i replayed some of my happiest lindsay memories there. when the babes started to doze off - we took the scenic highway through the pines and ended up in snoqualmie for a mini hike in the misty rain with the wild ferns. we buckled ourselves back in as the sun started to go down and kurt sang me and my sleepy boys all the way home at the top of his lungs.

the magic in an unplanned adventure is just what i needed. just what i needed.

i can hardly wait to do it again.

Fantasy Falls UNTOUCHABLES!!!!

Well here's a post of our trip we had down the fantasy Falls.This was my second time on this amazing high Serra run!!!

Sam Sutton approaching the Untouchables.Sam was feeling fire up and keen to give this stout ass unrun section ago.Sam totally stomped the shit out of it and sold the line,You the man bro!!!
(Photo Mark Shackleton )

Sam driving hard right and totally cleaning the line, winning!!! (Photo Mark Shackleton )

Sam sold the line to Lars Lammer he walked straight to his boat and fire it of crazy ass swiss.Lars got pushed a little to hard left on the top drop but came out all okay!!!! (photo-Mark Shackleton )

Lars approaching the bottom drop.You want to try get as hard right as possible,but myself and lars got pushed hard left right into the guts of the big ass hole,we both managed to get flushed right out,stoked!!!! (photo-Mark Shackleton )

I pushed a little to hard right of the top drop as you can see and aired a massive boof out and pulled it off!!! (photo-Mark Shackleton )

Try to get right but just ended up running right into the guts of the hole (Photo Mark Shackleton )

Lars Lammer running one of the best boofs in the run!!!! Photo-Mark Shackleton

Myself running fantasy Falls

Tyler Fox boofing the nice clean 15ft drop just below Fantasy Falls

Big ups towards Sam Sutton for sacking up and totally stying the Untouchables.Sam is on a totally different level from any paddler i no. One talented ass paddler!!!!

stand by for some more California shit running updates

Dinkey

Well the mission has started well.Been getting on some sweet classic cali runs.Here are a few pic of our half day dinkey trip!!!!

Sam styling it!!!!

Myself running Nikki Kelly's rapid

Myself getting my steeze on!!!!

Well stand by for a fantasy falls update UNTOUCHABLES yeowwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!

A Mini Mondrian Moment

Hello pen friends! I have been dreadfully busy with the entire packing/sorting/throwing out/moving thing, but I have not forgotten about the Mini Mondrian contest! So, without further delay...

These 5 lovely postcards were all of the entries that I received. It took some thought to choose which person won the tiny painting (and other assorted goodies). But... As one of the first post cards I received for the contest, and definitely one that stuck in my mind, the winning postcard is shown below. Thank you all for entering!

Congratulations, Carrie! Please send me your address to the email address on the right hand side of this page!

Pi on the Spot June 4th -8th

Pi on the Spot will be donating 50% of their sales to

Friends of Lucas Park during the entire week of June 4th.

Schedule to be posted closer to date of event.

Heres the video on the making of Sophie the giraffe

It's not a wonder why its so expensive, and babies sure love it. It's too bad more things weren't made with such care.

Get out and play!

The opposite of play is not work. It’s depression. Brian Sutton-Smith

A reminder to get out and play! Or stay in and play. Just include a little play in your life day to day if you can.

Get giddy, be wacky, and have fun! There's lot's of research to support the benefit of play.
It gives our immune system a boost, gives us vitality and clarity, releases endorphins, and is HUGE for stress reduction. Its a great investment for our well being much like yoga. And remember: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." There is truth to that old saying. Happy Spring! Giddy up and play! And by doing so you may even encourage others to do the same. its sort of contageous ;=) Namaste.

Works in progress ... (part 2)

Fragmenten van de stad

en de dingen die voorbijgaan

Françoise Lucas Wilma Eras

Tentoonstelling in het Bisschop Hamerhuis
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen

Verlengde Groenestraat 75, 6525 EJ Nijmegen

14 mei 2012 - 11 oktober 2012

op werkdagen van 9.00 tot 18.30 uur

Francoise Lucas en Wilma Eras zijn twee Nijmeegse fotografen die elkaar gevonden hebben in hun manier van kijken naar hun stad. Ze trekken er regelmatig op uit om fragmenten van de stad te vinden in onverwachte details en abstracte beelden.

Deze tentoonstelling laat een kleine selectie zien van recent werk.

Françoise Lucas Wilma Eras

Een stad lijkt een vrij statisch gegeven, maar de stad verandert onder je ogen, subtiel en bijna niet zichtbaar. Van de plekken die we de afgelopen twee jaar hebben gefotografeerd, is de helft inmiddels getransformeerd of verdwenen. Gebouwen zijn afgebroken, muren opnieuw geverfd.

Françoise Lucas: “In de stad sta ik stil bij details. Ik creëer ruimtes met de camera. Binnen het kader van de foto ontstaat er dan voor mij, in de gecreëerde ruimte, een verhaal. Buiten het kader van de foto’s, zijn de titels talige elementen die een lezing van de beelden suggereren. De kijker is vrij om deze draad te volgen of zijn eigen verbeelding.”

Wilma Eras: “Als ik door de stad loop, zie ik een lichtbaan op een muur, een schaduw die de hoek om gaat, een reflectie van de overkant in een winkelruit. Ik weet niet of dat normaal is, maar dat is wat ik zie en beleef. Een andere werkelijkheid die zich verschuilt in details van de stad. En dat is wat ik wil laten zien in mijn fotografie.”

Wishing you all a very Happy Mothers Day

A few of my favourite Mothers Day quotes.

image courtesy of Michael Kalatsky

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

George Washington

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

Harry Truman

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Mark Twain

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. Irish Proverb

My mother is a poem  I'll never be able to write , though everything I write  is a poem to my mother. 
Sharon Doubiago

Let the mission begin

Well I have made it to the state of Californa.Stoked to be here,feeling raver fired up and keen to get back on the shit running mission. Here's are a few pics of myself and Chris Ewart running south silver on thursday,the flow was a little high, we ended up walking out above sky scraper that shit was looking a little to stout!!!!

Chris running autobahn

Myself running boof boof slide

myself running the last tea cup, to portaged out ha

Well everything is dropping in here and fast.Its going to be a stout week. So stand by for some shit running updates!!!!!

Would like to thank Riot Kayaks for sorting me out a boat here in the states!!!!

BROWN!!!!!!!

Donjon La mazmorra Dungeon

Algunos dibujitos echos leyendo la mazmorra

My sincerest thanks

Without getting into any gory details I'd really like to say thanks to so many of you. Friends, family and students alike. You know who you are (and there are lot's of you).

These past weeks have been a difficult time in my life and you all mean the world.
And my partner Silas thanks you too.

Ahh..life. We all have these periods. Thanks for making me smile through it all. :) None of us gets out of here unscathed and while at times bittersweet, it is still a beautiful world. And mostly because of friends like you.

We Won!

Friends of Lucas Park was awarded a $15,000 playground grant from KaBOOM! and the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. This means lots of opportunities for you to get involved. For ways to help out email us at LucasParkSTL@gmail.com.

We now have to raise matching funds. You can make a donation by clicking on the Donate Here button on the right side of the page. Every little bit helps.

Guardian Concept

Orc guardian concept

Why we practice

The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look at all that’s happening around us without freaking out, where we can be quiet enough to hear our predicament, and where we can begin to find ways of acting that are at least not contributing to further destabilization.
–Ram Dass
Thanks to Parabloa magazine for the quote

Guilty

Ok. I am guilty.

I had a large number of introductory letters to send out. My left hand has been aching all day and I was not prepared to write them all by hand. I cheated.

Each of these letters going out today have a letter inside a card. Each card is the same. Each letter is the same. But the thought and sentiment is all the same!

Have you ever "cheated" in your mail?

i have enough.

all of a sudden - i have a full calendar.

daily to-do's.

a ringing phone.

i am stepping outside of my comfort zone.

i am being brave.

and all of a sudden - i have all the time that i need.

i am up with the sun.

moving and doing.

being present.

i have more patience.

i have the energy to be what they need.

i have a clear head.

a full heart.

i have a new calling.

Maurice Sendak.

I bought these envelopes from the lovely Missive Maven some time ago. I have debated on using them many times, but honestly, I couldn't be brought to actually cover the art with a label and stamp. When the news came this morning that Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are had passed away, I actually had to take a moment.

Much of the reason that I love books comes from his beautifully written and illustrated books. He wrote not for children, but for a children's interests. He didn't shy away from the more 'adult' topics and emotions, but he cleverly disguised them in a way that children would understand them. He didn't have to be vulgar or pander to them. He wrote and we listened. And we knew.

I still don't know if I will ever use these envelopes. But one thing is for sure... it was certainly nice to be King of the Wild Things for a time.

... Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot.

Community Table Night May 29th

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday May 14th at 6:45 pm. We will meet at the Culinaria on the mezzanine level.

M Ã E ...

“Ser mãe é padecer no paraíso.” “Ser mãe é uma bênção.” “Ter um filho muda completamente a sua vida.” “A mulher só é completa quando se torna mãe.” Essas são algumas das frases que todas – mães ou não – já ouviram pelo menos uma vez. E há muitas outras corriqueiras – que eu, talvez por não ser mãe, não me recorde agora. Mas eu não quero me ater nos tradicionais discursos de Dia das Mães. Gostaria de dar outro enfoque a este ser, até porque “todos os dias é dia das mães” – isso também é meio batido.

No mundo atual, o papel da família está desfigurado. As notícias diárias de filhos matando pais, pais espancando filhos, adolescentes violentos sendo incentivados pelos pais, pais acorrentando filhos drogados, entre outros casos, são exemplos claros da desestruturação da base material de qualquer ser humano. Isso porque, talvez, a base espiritual também precise ser fortalecida.

A cada ano que passa o número de cristãos praticantes tem diminuído. Os motivos são muitos: trabalho, correria, estresse... Mas todos levam ao mesmo fim: as famílias estão afastadas de Deus. Neste mundo moderno e tecnológico, os valores e as necessidades humanas se transformaram. Até o dia, que continua tendo 24 horas, parece que encolheu. E a frase que mais ouvimos ao pedir algo a alguém é: “Não tenho tempo” ou “Tenho que consultar minha agenda”. Imagine se Deus fizesse isso conosco.

“Eduque a criança no caminho em que deve andar e até o fim da vida não se desviará dele.” (Pv 22.6) Essa passagem bíblica nos mostra a importância dos pais na formação cristã do filho. Sabemos que a identidade e o caráter de um ser humano vêm de berço. São os pais, com suas atitudes, valores e demonstração de amor, que vão influenciar na construção da personalidade dos herdeiros. São os alicerces da família.

É por isso que acredito que ser mãe é uma dádiva. Unanimemente. A diferença está na forma como cada mulher recebe – e aproveita – esse dom. A mulher, por si só, já é um ser sensível, amável, delicado, caprichoso. Quando se torna mãe, então, isso se multiplica. É como se o cordão umbilical, mesmo cortado na hora do parto, continuasse ali. E com o filho também acontece algo semelhante. Se parar para analisar, os filhos sempre têm mais afinidade com as mães. É a elas que eles recorrem quando se sentem em apuros ou até mesmo para necessidades básicas como uma roupa limpa, um almoço, um colo...

Mãe é mãe, em todas as classes, idades, raças, nações e religiões. Que Deus abençoe a todas e que as ajude a perseverar em Cristo, educando seus filhos no caminho que os levará à vida eterna.

Um Feliz Dia das Mães e uma abençoada semana a todos!

Luana Lemke Guterres

I know I've been a lazy blogger these past weeks...

posting lots of you tube video's and quotes and not much more but...here's another one! haha! I couldn't resist. A huge thank you to a long time student of mine I cherish beyond words Carol for bringing this video to my attention. I thought I'd share too. Miracles happen in yoga class every single day and yoga really is for e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y. It's all in finding the right class and practice for "you". Us yoga teachers get to see students blossom in every single class, and thats what keeps us doing what we do (it sure isn't the money)!

It's better than money. So much better than money. The only thing this video is missing is a scan of the guys brain. I'd love to see it. Weight loss completely aside, this guy got his life back. Yoga is self care in the highest sense of the word. Send yourself and the people you love to yoga. There's no reason to wait.

Happy International Midwives Day!!

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Hello New Followers!

Hello! I logged into Blogger to see that I'm now up to 55 followers! If you're a new follower and have not received a piece of mail from me, leave me a comment if you'd like one!

I'd also like to welcome LR to the world of blogging. Go read her blog here : Envelope Chronicles . LR is one of my earliest pen friends from my blog, so if you don't know about her, you should!

Spring Time in Tahoe! Loving it

From spring shredding at Kirkwood with some of my favorite people, and biking to the beach, this new season is glorious. I am having a hard time transitioning, "What am I supposed to do with my life if I can't snowboard everyday?" Tough life right!

I am excited to start DH biking when all the trails clear of snow, which will be pretty soon. Planning to build a split board soon so I can test it out this spring.

My third day at the beach was great! Had a blast with the ladies. Another fun day with my Schwinn... your one of my best friends! Thanks Josh ;)

Oh and please notice the Kirkwood Beer Koozie.