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The Joy of Paragliding & My Soul is in the Sky ~ Shakespeare

Posted on Jul 4th, 2008 by Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist Joy Bringer
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OOPS - I did IT again!     FLY FREE that is! :)

The phrase "nothing compares to this" gained a new meaning as we ventured with tandem paragliding again with our amazing instructor John Kraske. And since words are falling short to describe the amazing experience, I will share some of the great quotes that come close to the beauty, freedom & lightness of being that flying offers us as we dare to merge with the clouds & the skies...

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." 
~ Leonardo da Vinci ~

"You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky." 
~ Amelia Earhart ~

"To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities." 
~ Nevil Shute ~

"More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination." 
~ Wilbur Wright ~

"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from." 
~ Eric Hoffer ~

"Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes."  ~ Charles A. Lindbergh ~

Dare to come fly with us? :) We will do it again & again!
(July 11-14 on Oregon beach is next!)
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Shopdropping a.k.a. Droplifting & Reverse Graffiti

Posted on Jul 8th, 2008 by Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist Joy Bringer
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How about some really UNIQUE & FUN random and/or deliberate acts of kindness?

Here are several great ideas thanks to the highly Pronoic Rob's Free WIll Astrology.

Shopdropping, also known as droplifting, is the incredible act of reverse shoplifting: going into stores and putting things onto the shelves. 



Shopdroppers have their own reasons for doing what they do. Some are social and political culture jammers who want to raising awareness about consumerism or adding warnings to dangerous products. Others seek to promote their own product, such as an album left in a record store. Still others do it for their own amusement and artistic fulfillment without expectations of any kind of return. ( I recommend the latter/lastest :)  

Mixed Messages: a shop dropping intervention



Some shopdrop projects are individual endeavors while others are the work of highly organized groups, such as the Droplift Project.
It might not surprise you to learn that reactions to shopdropping or droplifting vary as much as approaches to it and reasons for doing it. Some people find it harmless and amusing while others find it shocking and disturbing. 

Pronoic warning & proclaimer: Shopdroppers who are caught are variously freed by confused police or held on charges related to destruction of property or even fraud. :) 

Reactions or other shopdropping thoughts, experiences & suggestions? :)

And if you really like the idea, you may like another unconventional one - Reverse Graffiti...

Thanks to Rob Brezsny &, the Droplift Project &  weburbanist.com for the fun & inspiration...

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What draws us together? First Love, Foremost Humor & JOY :)

Posted on Jul 9th, 2008 by Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist Joy Bringer
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 09, 2008:

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What actually doesn't? I think/feel ANYTHING And EVERYTHING connects us & brings us together. But if I had to list what really makes the difference beside LOVE that would be HUMOR AND JOY. Our ability to smile, laugh & not take ourselves so seriously. Find the positive & funny even in the gloomiest places, darkest times & most miserable people. And do it with a contagious laughter, positive attitude & pronoic actions that transforms everything. Yes? :)

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"Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations." ~ Erica Jong ~

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
~ E.E. Cummings ~

"JOY is not in things, it is in us."
~ Benjamin Franklin ~


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Joy Attack & Too Beautiful AND True! ~

Posted on Jul 16th, 2008 by Joy Bringer : Visionary Creator & Artivist Joy Bringer
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Yes We did it again! This time solo!

We flew on our own & we grew some new wings!

We found our way & we dared to meet the birds in the skies.

Feeling of total freedom & lightness of being symbolically & literally!

Sense of peace, happiness & bliss, both short & deep!

What an ecstatic encounter! What a wrapture!

 

I had a Joy Attack! A contagious one too!

With all the inevitable symptoms - uncontrollable jumping up & down, flying limbs, irrepressible laughter, tears of Joy & happy screams! Even my awesome instructor John Kraske caught the Joy syndrome and was LWTJWJ (laughing with tears and jumping with Joy) with me up on the hill! While my darLing Darin was screaming 'Bellissimo' to my very first attempt to paraglide solo over the dazzling Oregon coastal dunes at Cape Kiwanda, following his amazing solo flight as well. I am still overjoyed & recovering from this Joy storm & we are now both confessing to be totally, irreversibly & incurably addicted to... PRONOIA & may be even flying. :)

Un Poco loco, right? Si, May be, Da, oui, whatever it may be.

Jumping With Joy after First Solo Flight Cape Kiwanda

 

“Long you live and high you'll fly and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.”

~ Pink Floyd ~

 

It is too Beautiful AND True!

If something good can happen it will & it does & it rocks! Join us!

Let's BE a living proof of all those DARIN/A's Laws as we are!

Be the Joy we want to see!

True pronoia in action!

 

 

To Jump Or to Fly & Why Not BOTH! :)

 

“We are each of us angels with only one wing,

and we can only fly by embracing one another.”

~ Lucretius ~

 

Can you endure this much Beauty & Joy?

Can we co-create even more? J

 

 

“If something is not beautiful,

it is probably not true.”

~ John Keats ~

 

 


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