1) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4)
- Riddle house, Frank, Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew), Bertha Jorkins, the Dark Mark, Mad-eye Moody, Triwizard Tournament, Madame Maxine, Fleur Delacour (Beauxbatons), Karkaroff, Viktor Krum (Durmstrangs), Rita Skeeter, Cornelius Fudge, Ludo Bagman,
- It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
1.5) Lakota America – Pekke Hamalainen (skimmed, dense history)
Lakota-Sioux (shake/enemy), seven council fires,
Sicangus-burned thighs
Hegemony, teleology
Lakota people- stunning ability and willingness to change.
2) The earth beneath my feet – Andrew Terrill
Alps/Care’ Alto/Adamello National Park, Piz Bernina , Dolomites, salzachtal
3) On Sacred Ground- Andrew Terrill
Hofkirchen Austria; Bohmerwald; Breheimen Norway; Padjelanta happiness
Let nature be nature
Storybook snow- snow that had been written on by countless passing creatures.
Walking isn’t just walking, it’s thinking too.
I went to the wild for connection.
Because life without the wild is a mere shadow of all it can be.
Actions make the world,
Arctic/Svartisen- a home for the heart but not the body. A home for imagination. This was a place to visit but never stay; a place to cherish and always carry inside.
Northern Lights.
How much we must miss for not looking.
Focus on where you are, not where you aren’t, and what you have, not what you want.
Follow your own path in life, even when it runs contrary to how others live.
Straordinario! Flavio
4) The Creative Act: A Way of Being- Rick Rubin
Source, Vessel,
Look for what you notice but no one else sees.
Papancha- preponderance of thoughts
Focused intention. Innovation through ignorance.
Discipline and freedom seem like opposites, in reality they are partners.
Create an environment where you’re free to express what you’re afraid to express.
Seed-Experimentation (try everything/permutations) – Crafting (bricks) – Completion
Demo-itis: initial sketch was actually the best version, the seeds purest expression.
Artists allow us to see what we are unable to see, but somehow already know.
Commitment phobia
Every work of art is simply an iteration.
Complete as many elements of the project as you can without getting hung up.
Our charge is to soften, to become more porous, and to let more light in.
Creativity is something you are, not only something your do.
We create in service to art.
We all benefit when the best idea is chosen, regardless of whether it’s ours or not.
5) Cheap Land Colorado- Ted Conover
San Luis Valley, La Puente – building bridges
If you are not able to accept help without judgment, you are unable to give help without judgment.
1971 Colorado the State Nearest Heaven.
They’re not assholes, they’re just in crisis. There are a lot of people who come in angry- not at us, but at the situation they’re in.
6) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (5)
Dementors on Privet Dr/Dursleys
Mad Eye, Lupin
Prof Umbridge, Prof Grubby-Plank
Umbridge-High Inquisitor of Hogwarts.
Cho
The Quibbler (hogsmead)
Grawp- giant
O.W.L.s
D.A. – Dumbledore’s Army
Ministry of magic, Department of Mysteries, Prophecy with Voldemort, Sirius dead.
7) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, 13 elves /dwarves (Thorin),
Trolls- Bert, Bill, Tom, William
Elves of Rivendell- Elrond’s people
Misty Mountains
Gollum, riddles, ring
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Wargs, great grey wolf
Lord of the Eagles, Carrock
Beorn (skin changer) bear,
Mirkwood forest , Spiders,
Wood-elves Elvenking captured Thorin.
Escape via Cask floating the river
Long Lake, Lake Town, dwarf-kings of mtn Thror and Thrain
Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror King under the mtn.
Dragon Smaug , Thief Barrel-rider
The great white gem, the Arkenstone of Thrain (the heart of the mountain)
Esgaroth (town), Bard
Thrush, Raven- Roac son of Carc
Birds gathering
Dain son of Nain
Battle of Five Armies
Thorin to Bilbo: If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
8) We share the sun – Sarah Gearhart
Yote Yawezakama “all is possible”
Patrick Sang, Iten, Kenya (Rift Valley)
You are given an opportunity. Work hard.
Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor (hit by car), Faith Kipyegon, Laban Korir, Selly Chepyego, Jackline Chepkoech
Set goals, not expectations
Umoja ni nguvu- strength in unity
Social media has leveraged the common person to become someone with more star power than the actual athletes with ability.
Part of the best way to heal is to share.
Grab a higher branch
This is what happens when you show up for yourself. Day after day. Week after week. Month after month. When you keep your head up.
Treat yourself as the best one.
I will do my best.
People who exercise a lot don’t have time for negative things.
9) Built to move – Starrett
Movement is putting your body in motion by way of stepping, bending, crouching, shifting your weight, reaching, pushing, pulling, even fidgeting.
Rewording- restoring and protecting natural processes.
Functional/Athletic
Mobilizations- beyond muscles, including connective tissue, joints, and the nervous system.
- Up off Floor
- Breathe Easy
- Extend your hips
- Walk this way
- Future proof neck and shoulders
- Eat like you’re going to live forever
- Squat
- Find your balance
- Create a movement-rich environment
- Superpower Sleep
15 minutes a day of glute activation
Walkingschoolbus.org
There’s no rule that you have to be delivered to the doorstep of where you’re going.
Macronutrients- carbs, fats, proteins
Goals: easier movement, less musculoskeletal pain, overall good heal.
Learning to eat when you’re hungry, or just because food is available.
StandUp Kids.
Aggregation or marginal gains.
Dave spitz- Never do nothing
10) Hard Pivot – Apolo Ohno
What am I good at? What am I passionate about?
“I love you for all that you are and all of your mistakes.”
Unconditional love in empathy and encouragement.
Kindness, appreciation, and self love.
“I love you for who you are.”
Ikigai – life value, life worth
Performance, failure, effort, resilience, and composure under pressure.
Gratitude, Giving, Grit, Gear up, Go.
Woop – Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan
11) Life in Five Senses – Gretchen Rubin
Tendency towards epiphany
Chronic fog of preoccupation
Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch.
The more we know, the more we notice.
My brain has decided that this information was useful.
Every color changes every other color.
Looking led to noticing led to appreciating.
Resist the temptation to craft a response.
Our expectations shape our experience.
Ammonia inhalants (smelling salts)
Tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami.
Eleusinian Mysteries in Greece.
Self-knowledge and mindful action.
12) Chasing New Horizons – Alan Stern, David Grinspoon
Radio Signal to Pluto: 3-billion miles at the speed of light takes 4.5 hours.
Resisting group think.
Solar system is 4.5-billion years old
13) Soul Boom – Rainn Wilson
Updates that, while they refresh on your phone, never really seem to refresh your mind, heart, and soul.
Is God simply the consciousness of all living things?
Maya-Brahman
Paul, Romans- suffering produce’s perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Wakan Tanka – The great mystery
Matsuo Basho – Real poetry is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
Thich Nhat Hanh- in the sunlight of awareness, everything becomes sacred.
Build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
Hope and Joy
Andre Gregory – Don’t give. To cynicism, if you do, they’ll have won. They want you to be cynical because then nothing will ever change.
Hopepunk- says that genuinely and sincerely caring about something, anything, requires bravery and strength.
Virtues- kind, loving, responsible, compassionate, determination, imaginativeness, confidence, cheerfulness, cleanliness, resilience, self-discipline, enthusiasm, flexibility.
Unity. Planetary consciousness.
Love is the whole thing; we are only pieces.
14) Run like a Pro – Matt Fitzgerald and Ben Rosario
Base phase (easy)- strength phase (hills)- speed phase (high intensity)- Race phase
Progressive overload- Training becomes harder and more race-specific
6-minute test -> MAS, 65% VT1, 87% VT2 (Critical Velocity 20-30mins)
Steady State – Marathon effort
Lactate-Threshold – one hour
Self-consciousness is the enemy of efficiency.
15) Travel Light – Light Watkins
Spiritual Minimalism- the fewer options you have, the more freedom you have to make decisions, and the more present you become.
- Prioritize and cultivate inner happiness
- Make decisions from the heart
Meditation EASY – Embrace, Accept, Surrender, Yield.
Meditation is helping to get rid of the main thing that’s blocking your access to your own heart voice: stress.
Find your heart-voice.
Heros act, victims react.
If you feel you are lacking something, focus on how you can give it.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, there’s always an exchange.
Leave a place better/cleaner than you found it.
Write Thank You notes, origami
Exercise Affirmations: Gratitude is my super power
I am worthy of love
My life is blessed and I love who I am
5 things you’re grateful for
Values
Don’t strive for perfection, aim for consistency.
Keep practicing, even if it seems like it’s hopeless.
16) Everything all at Once – Steph Catudal
Rivs.
You know, you’re as important in this puzzle as we are, if not more.
Mason Jennings- if you need a reason as to why you’re here, you don’t need to look farther than me.
17) The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches – Matsuo Basho
Haiku/Haibun-
Breaking the silence
Of an ancient pond,
A frog jumped into water –
A deep resonance.
You will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
Cherry Blossoms
Full Moon
18) The Water Knife – Paolo Bacigalupi
Taiyang, Arcology,
Fiver, Zoner, Merry Perry (Texans, Tau Ox),
Catherine Case, Angel, Ellis, Julio
Vet- Coyote Killer, hyenas, Esteban, Cato
Lucy (Journo), Jaimie, Timo (photog), Amparo, Anna, Christine, Vosovich, Charlene,
Maria (Tex migrant), Sarah, Toomie (pupusa cart),
Michael Ratan (Ibis) – Native Water Rights Book: Cadillac Desert, David Kota,
Blue Mesa Dam collapse, Pima Tribe (Hohokam)
She now finally understood all the people who chose the right was instead of the easy way. Instead of the safe way. Instead of the smart way.
19) Inciting Joy – Ross Gay
Frog and Toad are friends
Rather than cursing the darkness, what if we planted some seeds.
Gene Smith’s Sink
Goji berry, Lavender
Wideman – hoop roots
Galeano- soccer in sun and shadows
Nina Simone
Quietude- a world where not every ounce of your imagination is for purchase.
We learn better when class is not a site of evaluation, but one of mutual bewilderment, encouragement, support, and witness (unabashed being with, unabashed care).
Aretha Franklin- Amazing Grace
20) Stay Sane in an Insane World – Greg Harden
Control the controllables.
“Geographic cure“
You’ve got to believe that you are Capable, you are Qualified, and you are Confident.
SDABs Self-Defeating Attitudes and Behaviors
SSAB Self-Supporting Attitudes and Behaviors
Attention- Affection- Approval- Acceptance
Assertive- valuing yourself and others, pursuit of happiness, stand up for beliefs, responsible for actions, honest/truthful/transparent, protecting yourself, concerned with who you aspire to be.
Confidence- Clarity- Control
Give 100%, 100% of the time.
Don’t let negativity occupy your mind.
Prevention- intervention- retention
Stop overthinking, have fun, stay out of your own way.
Pursue to be perfect, just don’t expect to be perfect.
If you’re afraid to fail, you’re afraid to succeed.
The data proves you’re capable, qualities, and competent athlete.
Believe in yourself, believe in each other and in the team, be more than a football player, become a man of character and substance.
Get people to believe in themselves, when you build up their confidence and skills, you create a mindset of excellence.
Cognitive behavior therapy
We have control over how we’re going to think about this. What are we going to choose?
Golf 6 Ts- Tempo, Timing, Technique, Training, Temperament, Trust.
21) Build for Tomorrow- Jason Feifer
Panic- Adaptation- New Normal- Wouldn’t Go Back
An entrepreneur is someone who makes things happen for themselves.
Resistance to change. Aversion to loss. Extrapolation of gain.
Build self-care into daily life. Learn to do better work, with less chance of burnout.
Let go of who you were to become who you are.
Adaptation: You have more control than you think.
Three psychological needs- autonomy, competency , and relatedness.
Entrepreneurs don’t define themselves by what they do, instead, they identify an abstract mission and then figure out endless ways to accomplish it.
Executing someone else’s vision
Your path.
Work your next job.
Indulge the unknown.
Goals can be motivating but limiting. It is a direction but not a map.
Clinging to the thing they know.
We all should identify and lean into our strengths, rather than dilute our strengths with all the things we’re not good at.
The Documented Life – prefer documentation over actual living.
What is this for?
An introduction isn’t for orientation, it’s a means for communicating value.
Four qualities for intro: measurable, stateable, understandable, desirable.
When we trap ourselves inside what we know, we stop looking at what we don’t know.
I cannot wait to do this a second time.
What’s your dominant question?
Build your tomorrow. The potential joy of tomorrow is what propels you and gives you purpose.
21.5) 52 Ways to Walk- Annabel Streets
22) Whiteout Lost in Aspen -Ted Conover
1991, Eternal youth
Hype distorts
Aspen was about pretending
Cabbie- Mellow Yellow
Fleetwood Mac
Mexican Restaurant
John Denver- Starwood
Stefan Albouy- marble mining claim
The Aspen Times
Floyd Watkins – Woody Creek
Elizabeth & Walter Paepcke
Hunter S Thompson
Maharaj Ji
UFO/Alien encounter
Hundredth monkey
Leo Buscaglia
New Age Cults – Alive Tribe
Hemmeter House- Ted and Susie Fields
Absentee wealthy
Prince Bandar bin Sultan 55,000sf house,
Nobody has parents around. That was part of this cruise-ship attitude.
She objected to the goal of having kids and a family, prefer leading a healthy life in a certain kind of community.
Food & Wine Classic – Fois Grois
Barbi – pajama party, Magic Mushroom House
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