<![CDATA[Beansprout Productions - Blog]]>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:02:08 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[From Fog to Blog...]]>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:10:24 -0500http://www.beansproutproductions.org/1/post/2012/05/from-fog-to-blog.htmlPicture
Greetings ~
I am currently subscribed via #RSS to 4 or 5 blogs.  I read an additional 3-4 per day via Facebook, email, or other networks.  It has become part of my morning ritual.  Over coffee I begin my day reading stories and seeing photos of friends, colleagues, and strangers' travels around the world (Susie Weekes), technical tips and advice (Bob O'Haver), synopsis of current news (NextDraft), random observations about life and creativity (LaundryLineDivine), updates from far away family, or just cool and interesting tidbits.  It's a diverse collection of stuff that is in people's brains shared out loud.  I like it.  

So each morning I sit at my window in my usual morning fog where I can see and hear the earth wake up with me and I read blogs.  Somewhere during 2 cups of coffee and a few blog posts, the fog clears and I feel awake, caught up, inspired, informed, amused, and centered, ready to embark on my own adventures for the day.  Then I walk my dog, which is my time to let it all sink in.  Quite often on these walks I realize that what I've read stirs an idea or a new perspective that works its way into my own story... #STORY.  

That's it.  It's all about story.  Everyone is just telling their own version of the story.  That's what I am all about.  That's what Beansprout Productions is all about.  We all have a story.  It is our stories shared that make the world go round... literally.  I suppose the #internet and more specifically #socialnetworking is just our collective story.  And, I believe in the power of the #collective. The Evolution of the Collective Conscience is why we are experiencing #socialchange, #socialevolution, #increasedhumanity, #technologicalbreakthrougs, etc.  So, maybe I'll start #blogging, sharing #photos, and learning how and when to properly and effectively use #hashtags.  This is me #blogging and #hashtagging.  Maybe a few people will read it, maybe not.  I may or may not know what I'm doing, but I'll #doitanyway.  Of course, feedback, suggestions, and advice are welcome.  #OffWeGo!

PEACE + LOVE ~ L

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]]><![CDATA[I Am Music]]>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:40:24 -0500http://www.beansproutproductions.org/1/post/2011/09/i-am-music.htmlI am Music, most ancient of the arts.  I am more than ancient; I am eternal.  Even before life began upon this earth, I was here – in the winds and the waves.  When the first trees and flowers and grasses appeared, I was among them.  And when humanity came, I at once became the most delicate, most subtle and most powerful medium for the expression of emotions.

In all ages I have inspired people with hope, kindled their love, given a voice to their joys, cheered them on to valorous deeds, and soothed them in times of despair.  I have played a great part in the drama of life, whose end and purpose is the complete perfection of human nature.  Through my influence, humanity has been uplifted, sweetened and refined.  With the aid of humanity, I have become a Fine Art.  I have a myriad of voices and instruments.

I am in the hearts of all and on their tongues, in all lands among all peoples.  The ignorant and unlettered know me, not less than the rich and the learned.  For I speak to All, in a language that all can feel.  Even the deaf hear me, if they but listen to the voices of their own souls.  I am the food of love. I have taught people gentleness and peace; and I have led them onward to heroic deeds.  I am comfort for the lonely, and I harmonize the discord of crowds.  I am a necessary luxury to all.  I am MUSIC.

Anonymous

What more is there to say?

]]><![CDATA[In a glass half empty...]]>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:26:45 -0500http://www.beansproutproductions.org/1/post/2011/08/in-a-glass-half-empty.htmlI see great potential for the ways it can be filled.
]]><![CDATA[Beansprout Moment - Dateline: Chicago 2007]]>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:24:01 -0500http://www.beansproutproductions.org/1/post/2011/08/beansprout-moment-the-butterfly-and-the-lady-big.htmlPicture
The butterfly and the ladybug just happened to meet up on this flower... Not only had they likely never been aware one of the other, or been particularly decisive about their destination, but think of the journey each made to land here. The butterfly is big it may have taken her minutes, the ladybug tiny, perhaps she's been traveling for hours. Yet here they are at the same moment, together in a glorious merging of color and light in exquisite detail over lunch. And how fortunate for met that I just happened to pass by just in time to witness and to be inspired. A reminder to never miss such a chance meeting and it's potential to become something beautiful.
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