Complete Lists 4/5 Post 6th - Alyson

My Accountability List 8/27-9/2

1. Daily Practice Meditation and Diarycard

2. Life Drawing Session

3. Apply to a Call for Artists

4. Start Blog for Accountability List 

5. Write rough on Asian American

6. Write rough on Family Series

7. 12 drawings ink or whateva

8. mid-complete 2 paintings

9. do a super crappy photoshoot 

10. check in on that bank situation

11. confirm camping trip with work and sisters

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Alyson Highsmith <alysonhighsmith@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey!

So I fucked up too and did not do my #9. Daily shit is hard to do. Lame lame lame! Camping is postponed for us once again. 

Another note: Emily is joining us officially this week. How is Sunday for a meet up? I'm free Wednesday night as well. 

1. Life drawing session: Sunday morning at the Atelier

2. 8 ink drawings

3. Print out a list of 5 residencies and 5 shows to apply for: got them all saved and ready

4. Develop film:

5. Finish becoming Asian book: being asian american can be confusing, the end. 

6. Read Chapter 3 Baudrillard: this made absolutely no sense to me, i seriously was just reading words and seeing just the shapes of the letters. 

7. Rough out all painting sketches (5-6) YEAH!

8. Check in on residency: Yep! 

Hello Ellen!

I hope your trip to Italy was amazing and inspiring. I just want to touch base and see how things are coming along at the Rensing Center. I look forward to meeting you as well and hearing from you soon! 

Sincerely, 

Alyson Highsmith

9. Daily meditation practice and diary card: Booo, 4 out 7 days

On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Alyson Highsmith <alysonhighsmith@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's mine!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alyson Highsmith <alysonhighsmith@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:53 AM
Subject: Accountability List
To: Maraya Karena <marayakarena@gmail.com>

Hey Maraya!

Thank you for joining for my roommate birthday party, it felt really good to have you there. Lets sleep over party sometime very soon. 

Congratulations on your accountability list completion. Is that 3 total now? or 4? Soon we'll be taking a beautiful and breathtaking journey to the most fantastic and car accesible location possible. Side note: I'm still mulling over the gifting circle. Money and me. . . we have it rough. Give me a little more time. I'm digging your meta narrative, can't wait to see the next and the next and the next versions. 

I finished my list too! I'd grade myself a B+, which is a huge improvement. Should we set up a blog for just us on our accountability lists? We could set it up so only you and I have access to it view and write it in. We'd have more of an organized record of our achievements. We could make a point to write a bit on each check off the list. It'd be more work, but I can see it as a potent self reflective tool that is different than a personal journal in it's singular purpose. 

1. Rough out one painting of family series - Come to my studio sometimes and I'll show you what i'm twerking with. 

2. Figure drawing session - saturday morning, 9-12, busty blonde nude

3. Call Anna - didn't answer but still arranged a lunch date

4. Call Josie - didn't answer i'll call her later

5. Read Asian Amer Chapters 3 - 5 - yes done did that, i think i'm really racist. i'm confused

6. 4 ink drawings - ink and water color drawings, felt really good getting into it

7. Buy Stretchers/Canvas for 1 more family painting - that shits expensive

ACCOUNTABILITY LIST 8/20-8/27

1. Life drawing session

2. 8 ink drawings

3. Print out a list of 5 residencies and 5 shows to apply for

4. Develop film

5. Finish becoming Asian book

6. Read Chapter 3 Baudrillard

7. Rough out all painting sketches (5-6)

8. Check in on residency

9. Daily meditation practice and diary card

Complete 5th and Post 6th - Maraya

okay.
so this week i did everything except a clean draft of my metanarrative article. I just couldn't do it.
boo-urns.


By next week I WILL:
1. have a clean draft of my meta narrative article
2. have a garage sale
3. invest in bit coins
4. set up lynn and terri with grey water information
5. decide about peru
6. outline money and community article
7. do my practice every day

... and have a play date with you and your friend!!!
long over due.
<3

Maraya's 5th List

This week I WILL:

1. Finish my personal and financial statement for the PW Winter Inensive
2. Have a CLEAN third draft of Meta-narrative article
3. Have another conversation with Terri
4. Set up the garage sale
5. Invite Jen, Brooke and one other woman to circle
6. Talk to Rob
7. Do my practice every day.

This will be my fourth week doing all the dos if i do the dos!
Lets go somewhere beautiful!!!

4th List Complete, Post 5th List - Alyson

Accountability List

Accountability List

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Alyson Highsmith <alysonhighsmith@gmail.com>	Aug 13
to Maraya

Hey!

That sounds like a wonderful idea! So I have 2 weeks complete and you have 3 weeks? Is this right? I'm so proud of us doing this for a month. I don't know about you, but this has really put a fire under my ass and I feel great about all these tasks I accomplish on a regular basis. Time seems so much more finite now. 

I finished my list this week! Barely, once again. I'm totally being a C+ lister right now. Abstaining from libations will definitely help and I found that anxiety I get from smoking puts in a right mind frame to totally feel Butler. 

1. Work for Mom for 5hrs

Worked on Wednesday from 10:30-3:30

2. 10 hrs of drawing

Combination of sketching, life drawing session and still lives

3. Go to Life Drawing

Monday night at the Atlier in Temescal Oakland, kinda super lame, maybe I'll go back . . 

4. Do 4 complete still life or landscape ink drawings

2 Laundromat drawings and 2 stillives

5. Read Becoming Asian American Chapter 2

Yep! 2nd Generations have it rough man, IDENTITY CRISIS GALORE. it's not just me. 

6. Read Baudrillard Chapter 2

Yep! The consumer has no free will! Comsumerism is based on class and social status and the desire for both. And a whole bunch of stuff 

7. Read Butler 47-78

Yep! Who create all this binaries? Were they always here? What does everyone else have to say about this? Also marriage is a homosexuality interaction. man on man all the way. 

8. Stretch Canvas 40 x 40, now gotta prime!

Accountability round 5:

8/13 - 8/20

So I have a goal of completing the family series in 4 months, so that's 6-7 complete paintings ready to frame and show

1. Rough out one painting of family series

2. Figure drawing session

3. Call Anna

4. Call Josie

5. Read Asian Amer Chapters 3 - 5

6. 4 ink drawings

7. Buy Strechers/Canvas for 1 more family painting

4th List - Alyson

Hey Lovely Lady!

OK

Late List

1st!

 I owe you $30, you owe me $60. I think we should keep the moneys seperate from other moneys so we not just paying eachother the same bills back and forth. Also I think for every week we do everything on our list we should get a quarter point towards a get off free pass. 

And now my list!

1. Work for Mom for 5hrs

2. 10 hrs of drawing

3. Go to Life Drawing

4. Do 4 complete still life or landscape ink drawings

5. Read Becoming Asian American Chapter 2

6. Read Baudrillard Chapter 2

7. Read Butler 47-78

8. Stretch Canvas

OH BOY!

3rd List - alyson

Hey lady!

I'm glad you got everything done this past week. I slacked at the last minute. . . .ugh I didn't work 5 hours for my mom. I don't think I'll put that on the list again, it doesn't really enhance my life and its purely obligatory volunteer manual labor. Otherwise I got the rest done. I miss you and want to seeee you.

I'm on my phone so I'll email a done list later as well. I'm happy to see you getting your article out there!!

Fwd: Re: suggested article for Reality Sandwich

Fwd: Re: suggested article for Reality Sandwich

Inbox

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Accountability List

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Maraya Karena	Aug 5
to me

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Ken Jordan" <ken@kenjordan.tv>
Date: Aug 4, 2013 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: suggested article for Reality Sandwich
To: "Maraya Karena" <marayakarena@gmail.com>

Thanks, Maraya! This is great. I'm scheduling it for tomorrow. We'll ping you when it's live. 

Please send a short bio we can use for you. 

Cheers,

Ken

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Ken Jordan

Reality Sandwich: http://www.realitysandwich.com

Evolver: http://www.evolver.net

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 4, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Maraya Karena <marayakarena@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Ken, 

Here's the article!

I cut out some parts and included a bit towards the end about how the task at hand is not only to create more festivals, but to build sustainable systems of living with each other and the planet. Rhizomatic networks of communities all culminating in the great turning towards Festival Earth.

I also changed the line breaks into prose, which I think ultimately flows better.

Feel free to cut anything else out or move things around. If there is anything else I can do, please, let me know!

many thanks and much warmth, 

maraya

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Ken Jordan <ken@evolver.net> wrote:

Hi Maraya,

Glad you're up for preparing your article for Reality Sandwich! In general, RS articles are 1,500 - 2,500 words, but we're not strict about length. I think that dividing the piece into 3 sections is fine, if you want to keep that structure.

Look forward to seeing the finished revision.

cheers,

Ken

On 7/27/13 2:36 PM, marayakarena@gmail.com wrote:

Hey Ken!

So great to meet you!!
I would definitely be up for making those edits and incorporating more about what comes next for festivals. How long do you think is an good length and do you feel that the three part division should be taken out entirely?

I'll get started right away and if you have any other feedback or suggestions I would love to hear them.

much warmth,
maraya

On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Ken Jordan <ken@evolver.net> wrote:

Thanks for making the connection, Nick!

Maraya, great to meet you! I agree with Nick. Your post would make an excellent article for Reality Sandwich. Would you be up for editing the 3 parts into a single article, removing the repetitions (like Victor Turner's 3 points, which appears twice), etc? Also, you might consider including some of the feedback you've received from readers since the post first appeared, particularly regarding "what comes next" for festivals in order for them to grow and develop as you discuss.

Let me know what you think.

cheers,

Ken


On 7/25/13 11:13 PM, Nick Meador wrote:

Hey Ken,

I want to suggest a piece for Reality Sandwich called "The End of Festivals, the Beginning of Festival Earth" by Maraya Karena. I met Maraya last year in Evolver Boulder. She has both first-hard experience at a variety of transformational festivals, and also a background in cyborg anthropology focusing on rituals and rites of passage.

Maraya has posted the article as a public note on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notes/maraya-karena/the-end-of-festivals-the-beginning-of-festival-earth/10151728403952884

It's a diversity voice in the buzzing festival season, for sure. It brings into question whether these events are achieving their said purpose, and looks for ways to do that more.

I'm CC'ing her in this message, in case the two of you haven't met. I'm sure she'd make a valuable contributor to RS.

I hope all is well on your end.

Warmly,
Nick

--

Ken Jordan

Evolver.net - http://www.evolver.net
Reality Sandwich - http://www.realitysandwich.com

                                ... It's our world to change.

3rd List - Maraya

Hey loveness!

The wireless in my new place isn't working so I can't link you to all my dos from my phone, but scared strait from last week I did them everything on the list. Here's for next week:

1. First draft cosmological shift article
2. Research for holograms & law of atraction text
3. Coordinate September schudule
4. Circle follow ups
5. Give one reading
6. Contact asha about greywater system
7. Do my practice everyday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuUviee89o&feature=youtube_gdata_player