waking up with ideas

a good sign - much better than with anxiety - woke up thinking about San Francisco and what an incredible place this is - I used to think that if my kids grew up here they could grow up anywhere... we've got it all in 49 square miles

WRONG - having it all exposes us - we become familiar with diversity and comfortable in it - seeing it all work together - how can you be afraid of differences if you are part of them - have exposure -

yet there are  many, many things as yet unaccomplished
but in this kind of environment you can work on them and have people listen
you can personalize them and see how working on them helps everyone - all of "us"

so, I think I've a plan to move on with planting seeds of hope and exposing those that are already growing or incubating

thinking about it all - again

my history as an artist organizer is bringing people together and forming community through conceptual thoughts as well as physical activity - when we "get" (understand) an idea and articulate (put it out to the public) it, it has achieved its greatest scale that is immeasurably incalculable - when people hear about it and can conceive of it, they get an idea of what it will look or sound like -  then when we implement it physically it is not only in people's consciousnesses  - but it is also in their physical vision.

with our seeds of hope project we are trying to do this very thing -  let people know that the issues with which we are dealing will affect every single person on this earth as they age - gender, race, religion, financial bracket, culture etc. aside.  get people thinking about it, give them ideas of what it could look like in a garden and in a community to plant seeds of hope both figuratively and literally, let them know how what we are doing is so universal it is incomprehensible, bring them in to participate in the visual and conceptual rewards of activities that bring us together while enriching our lives right up to the very end

we have been planting seeds of hope for well over a year now - more people are starting to hear about this project and signs of hope are increasing -  it's a long, long process - but we are creating community from the grass roots (the best place at which to start) and taking our creation right up to the level beyond which one cannot go....