by Havi Brooks | Sep 5, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
This is a letter to you. It might be just the thing. It might also not make sense right now. It might speak to a tiny seed for later. You might think it’s not for you because of situations and circumstances, but actually it is for you. It is a letter for...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 3, 2011 | stuff I think about
You’re probably going to want to read Part 1 for this to make sense, but let me see if I can sum up: We were talking about being on (metaphorical!) Island Time, and how crazy, delightful, weird and uncanny it is when you suddenly perceive time to be plentiful...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 4, 2011 | stuff I think about
So. I was at the Playground yesterday — the center where I teach this stuff — doing what I often do: Moving things around. Figuratively too, but mostly literally. Pushing one table this way. Moving another to the Galley (because the Playground is also a...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 28, 2010 | working on patterns & habits
Yesterday was about Day 4 Syndrome. How its day-4-ness isn’t limited to Day 4, because there are bigger patterns at work. These patterns have to do with process and completion, and how scary it is to not see the end. And then to see it. Even though it’s...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 28, 2010 | biggification
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there’s a restaurant* called the Gandy Dancer. I’d link to it but they play outstandingly annoying music on their website.** Trust me. Anyway. The name is a slang term for early railroad workers. And the restaurant itself is right...
