by Havi Brooks | May 18, 2011 | stuff I think about
My very favorite place to think about that jumbled thing that is culture is at the Playground. It’s been nearly a year since we found the space, and in that time I have watched it transform from a tiny, sweet thing in my head and heart into the most amazing...
by Havi Brooks | May 13, 2011 | updates & announcements
In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. This is kind of weird because I most of yesterday thinking it was Friday and feeling...
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...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 27, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
When I get stalled and stuckified — which happens all the time — I have this game I play. You stop whatever you’re doing. You look around and find five objects. Objects isn’t really a big enough category. Five somethings. Could also be things...
