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Leah at work wants to know “where do you find this stuff?”. Good question, where DO I find this stuff? What stuff? I just placed an order at Neighborhoodies for a few fun goodies. I found them in one of the many sources I get for edge goodness. Edge being stuff that is on the edge of what we think is now, here, possible. The ever shifting line of new. Thats really all it is. New, sometimes better, sometimes hype more often than not something that doesn’t deliver. But when it does deliver, wow, then you get a slice of goodness.
I have my sources, the web, magazines, the web, those people, that cool building over there, the music i hear, the tunes i chase down, the ideals that i think motivate me, the books i read, the books i buy and then never read cause of time, the audio books i listen to, the editing i do for fun, there videos i take, the wonderings i have wondering about well, the stream.
I tried to explain to someone a long time ago, during the anime years working at ADV in texas. I think it was after one too many late nites editing trailers or munching on chips and sippin margaritas.. but the stream is best visualized in my mind in the forms of artistic expression, much like something anime.
The stream is the now, its the ideas happening everywhere right now. Picture it in the room, just passin thru. Its right in front of you about 5–6’ feet away and about 5’ feet off the ground, its like a stream of light passing thru the room yer in right now. Ok thats trippy eh? Well think of it as one way of describing it really. That stream is the collective, you can tap into it and see and hear or suck down some bandwidth, or jump in and ride.
When I’m really tuned into the stream I start experiencing alot of syncronicity. I’ll read about yellow volkswagons in a magazine and then 10 minutes later after I opt’d to stop by the post office to mail a letter instead of just doing it at home.. what do I see? A yellow volkswagon. Sometimes it’ll hit me like a wave and i’m writing endless notes in my many to do lists, ideas colliding on what ifs, could bes, and wonder hows.
Sometimes the closer i get to technology the more the stream leaves me. Its like you need that outer edge of goodness, theres that edge word again. You want to be the expert climber that doesnt have to climb every day. Sometimes ya just go fishing despite what all the other climbers think when they see you fishing there wondering “why isnt he climbing” but you are climbing… in yer mind. So dont get too close all this infotechnology, this blogsphere, sure its awesome, its amazing, but we dont live in here a 100%, we take what we want and we live, understanding what people TAKE out and GIVE back and remix, again that other popular word right now, understanding that and the whys behind it, and you will go far my friend.
Sometimes I think my resources are too taxing, too expensive, too costly for my time. But I cant drop them. I’ve done it before, unsubscrided to that magazine only to start purchasing it at the bookstore. Trends emerge in odd places, there isnt one portal for newness, its spawning all over the place. Nice thing about blogs is that people are talking about it, expressing it, pondering it, using this space to help them refine, remember, reflect upon it. That alone makes it worth it, to dive back into this moment, to dive back into this experience. That is the utter glory of the blog.