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GrapeThinking
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
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Thinking about Thinking
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Thinking is a such an interesting ability that we have. I’ve been thinking about thinking a lot.
The placebo effect, in particular, is a fascinating phenomenon… if the mind believes it is taking a medicine that is supposed to heal, even if that medicine is just a sugar cube, that belief still has the power to heal the body. A mesmerizing concept and implication for the power of perception and the human mind. If the mind has the ability to heal, then it also has the ability to self evolve. It simply needs to be activated… infused
Tags: belief, evolve, heal, mind, placebo, think, thinking
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الإكسير
Friday, December 31st, 2010
الإكسير in Arabic means al-ikseer, which is the source of the word elixir. The essence being the elixir of life… something alchemists have been seeking since the dawn of civilization. There may not be a magic potion that allows us to live forever, but the reality is that the elixir of life does exist.
The basis is an engine… a thinking engine that drives sustainable development, and more specifically, the health of the world. How do you create something in which the consumption heals the body and the production heals the earth?
Think about it
Tags: al ikseer, elixir, elixir of life, mind, Vine, Wine, الإكسير
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Fusing Mind with Vine
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Psychotherapists and holistic healers galore out here in the bay area… lovin it. We’ve learned so much about the body and the yogic practices of release and meditation, and yet the mind is the healer and will always have the fascination. To think about how you think is such a concept.grape(thinking).It’s not so much about deciphering the mind or objectifying it, but connecting it. Fusing it, or infusing it better yet.
To simplify… how can a wine benefit mental health, environ(mental) health. See the layers? When we realize the sustainable mind, the healthy mind, we realize the sustainable world. To create a real elixir you have to be a neurologist and a psychologist just as much as you have to be an oenologist and a viticulturalist. With this, the liquid becomes the frontier of technology… the liquid technology. To connect technology to the earth. A fusion between circuit and cell, between web and water… between mind and vine.
Tags: agronomist, agronomy, environmental health, fusion, infusion, mental health, mind, neurology, neuroscience, psychologist, psychology, Vine, viticulture
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Nature to the Grid: Urban Farming
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
This is a follow up on the Nature to the Grid theme I wrote a few posts for last year (see below for links). This one was sparked when I met with a friend of mine, Daron Joffe aka FarmerD, the other day in Berkeley. He’s a dynamic farmer developing sustainable environments. Gardens, farms, communities, and now urban farming projects. Urban gardens and farms are what seem to be the beginning of ‘greening’ our cities. A functional aesthetic.
Tags: biotowers, nature to the grid, urban farming
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