by Havi Brooks | May 25, 2015 | stuff I think about
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 7, 2014 | stuff I think about
A look at the good and the hard in my week, a ritual of reflecting. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday.} What worked this week? Renaming things. I didn’t want to go to the Post Office, until I decided that USPS stands for Universal Sovereign...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 14, 2012 | stuff I think about
In the home I grew up in, wordplay (emphasis on punnery) was the primary form of communication. At some point, at the age of oh, maybe fifteen, it suddenly dawned on me that other people, ones who are not related to me, have conversations over dinner. Weird, right?...
by Havi Brooks | May 12, 2011 | my personal practice
There is this marvelous thing that lives at the Playground. This is actually something I invented for one of the early Rallies (Rally!), and it’s become a huge part of Rally culture. It’s the right to decide at any given moment that you don’t feel...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 28, 2011 | working on patterns & habits
It seemed like the kind of day for some permission slips. Permission to not know. Or not know how. Permission to not have to follow everything to the end, whatever that is. Walking out of the movie is okay. So is changing the project. Permission to wish for aspects of...
