Nik Beeson
@nikbeeson
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Meaning Mapping, Curiosity & Disruption, Poelogian https://t.co/IJRrgtxtr8
Toronto
Joined May 2010
The #Gaza catastrophe: a blame shame pain chain, a #transgenerational vengeance engine, a perpetual collective #trauma machine. https://t.co/egIJKSr8yg
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A song I recorded (rough) a month ago and just posted to Medium. Truth is a Refugee https://t.co/p4yDWM7vI6
#ukraine #truth #refugees #idols #war
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she’s long gone by the time the war is won
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#GRAFFITI
#Freedoms are always accompanied by equal & complimentary Sacrifices. A companion quote worth considering: "#Sacrifice: the boundless resolve, no longer limitable in any direction, to achieve one's purest, inmost, possibility." - Rainer Maria #Rilke
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A really fascinating and compelling thread employing the #neurophysiology of #addiction to explain the strange and powerful attraction of #conspiracy theories. #neuroscience
An addiction model may actually explain tribalism, confirmation bias, and even conspiracy theories/Qanon. Let’s unpack…. Several years ago I started observing the parallels between addiction and political tribalism as marriages/friendships/families imploded over politics….1/
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A good news story about crisis response teams made up of social workers and paramedics taking over from police. Makes *such* good sense in so very many cases. Thanks @antlerboy for the tip.
It’s an important article, for a few reasons. One, it does show the success of the program, and how it’s going to expand to other cities in Colorado. But.. https://t.co/EMATo2aQde
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A photo homage to a young humpback whale which died from ingesting plastic and washed up just south of the Tlell River mouth. @ Tlell, British Columbia
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“You have to have the courage to keep loving your garbage.” - #AustinKleon This missive from Austin Kleon in the boook ‘Show Your Work’ made me reflect that two of the most disastrous influences on my capacity to share my creativity have been ‘high-brow’ art and academia.
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A poem reflecting on #Cocoons, #Catacombs, #Curiosity & #Culture
https://t.co/BmqRKJMasg via @LinkedIn
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Of late, incited by the theme of a Metamorfosize event (thanks Grant Bosnick, Valencia Selestina et al for 'Caterpillar'!) and by my involvement in the creation of a pollinator garden (thanks Sarah...
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Fabulous (and very funny) advice on creativity from Matthew Inman, cartoonist of The Oatmeal! https://t.co/rTuJH6GeAT
#creativity #imagination #artist
theoatmeal.com
A 10 minute read.
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I've just released our my album, Howlings, on BandCamp. 'He who cannot howl cannot find his pack.' Have a listen! :
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Great idea @DanEng! @mattgallowaycbc , consider an intrvw w/'Collaborating w/the Enemy' author @adamkahane to discuss 'Stretch Collaboration' in extreme polarisation.
today @mattgallowaycbc asked the US audience how to work together given the divide perhaps an interview with collaborating with the enemy @adamkahane might help
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Looking forward greatly to facilitating a workshop at Berlin Change Days/Toronto Change Days in less than two days. An amazing cast with @NoraBateson & @ianprinsloo keynoting. Register asap for a transformative experience in change facilitation! @tochangedays @Change_GCD
What a cast for #BCD2020!!! With those people, nothing can go wrong! Join us for a virtual change festival like you never have attended before. #bcd2020
#celebratechange
https://t.co/1WZZW4Qw40
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Looking forward to presenting a workshop on 'The #Poetry of Perilous Passages', about daring to cross a suspension bridge... and what calls us to do so...
What do you expect from the https://t.co/1WZZW4Qw40 meeting https://t.co/MZYVz5CqLO on Nov 7? Are you with us on this long #virtual journey of #changemaking? Next stop: Berlin meets Toronto! Join us where #BCD2020 meets #TCD2020!
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Great article by @jornbettin . The pathologisation of life and #Neurodiversity , #monocultures, #ikigai, collective #trauma, the toxicity of 'normalcy'. "The trouble with normal is it always gets worse." - Bruce Cockburn...
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