Articles

Here are some timely articles that you are sure to enjoy!

A Life Without Television

They were first coming out with television when I was a child (yes, I'm giving my age away) with the round black and white screen.  In the UK, TV broadcast only operated a few hours per day, then grew and grew in time.  I remember as a child that, whenever I saw one of those devices in a room, I'd edge away from it and even try to hide from it!  I found it invasive -- even when it was off!  I must have sensed the Orwellian ramifications way back then.  I hated the thing!  Being visually impaired and trying to make any sense of what was on that round B&W screen was more burdensome than I cared to be bothered with ... so I was happy to have the excuse of not being able to see it and disappear -- back to my piano or drawing pad, thank you very much. Read more... Life Without TV

Birthing A New Economy

This year has brought some irreversible and challenging changes—both on personal levels as well as to the global community.  The economy, as we’ve known it, is crumbling, because it is based on a lie centred in consumerism and materialism.  Hence, many people—who are not driven by the quest for and acquisition of revenue—are being ‘left out’ or ‘disregarded’ and worse...  What I'm seeing, as a result, is the need to create a new economy—an economy that's not centred strictly in revenue, but rather, in the mutual sharing of goods and services without necessarily the need to have and be dominated by a 'middle media'—using something external that so-called 'defines the value' of a specific item, product or service. Furthermore, an individual’s worth should never be determined by how much revenue or material possessions one’s got, but, rather, by one’s capacity to love and to share one’s talents and skills.  Read more... Birthing A New Economy