The Existential Porcupine: Albany Patch

Friends and Inspiration

nicolarts.blogspot.com/ - Nicolas! Genius animator. Will eventually work for Disney, if he wants. Otherwise, he will continue to make his own films. "Pasteurized", his latest short, is finished!!! Keep your eye out for this short, animated gem.

http://tinyurl.com/64rrx8p - The Bloggess! Most hysterical blog posting I've ever read.

http://tinyurl.com/2besfwh - Berne Brown! A talk on the counter-intuitive notion that vulnerability increases social connection.

http://oakestown.org/ - Kaya Oakes! My relative! she's like a second cousin, once removed or something, but more importantly she's a great writer (hellof funny) and a very cool person. Her newest book "Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church" is available now. A great read!

http://tinyurl.com/7d7legz - Tara Brach! This is a talk called "Stress, Wakeful Relaxation And Freedom". Tara Brach has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a graduate of the five year Buddhist teacher training program at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. I'm only slightly still upset with Tara for not replying to the email I sent her in Jan. 2010

http://www.michaelericdyson.com - Michael Eric Dyson! African-American scholar, Professor, public intellectual, civil rights advocate, and strong proponent of Affirmative Action. Brilliant debater.

www.timwise.org - Tim Wise! White, anti-racist writer and educator. Compelling and inspiring.

The Existential Porcupine

Thursday, October 13, 2011

My first professional piece of writing!!!