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ElectionsWe have elections coming up in November. Please make sure you are registered to vote. And, let’s talk about who’s running, and who deserves our vote. This would not be a great time for the US to have the Republicans running anything in Washington, DC. During the Bush years they sent us backwards and the damage they did was great. Let’s work to make sure that the Democrats retain power in Washington, DC. Help me with this, will you?
Well, yes, my 11th year, how could I not go? A free gifted ticket helped! Thanks, Nurse Flo! (for a longer write-up of my trip this year, click here for the September issue of The Eleven)
Yes, it was marvelous. Yes, there was dust. Yes, I had the time of my life! I’m going to do a longer write up of my experience, with a slide show and all that, but right now it’s time to decompress. Vitamin C, deplayafying stuff, and showering often 🙂
I spent much of this year plying the playa with my trusty bike, making new friends, and enjoying the incredible large-scale artworks. The weather really cooperated, and it was the best weather year we’ve had in a long time. The rainstorm on Monday night led to clear lungs for the next 3 days, and the temperatures were very mild compared to previous years. I found some new theme camps to enjoy this year – the big pink heart, Tuna Guys, and the BRCPO 2.0 was filled with a really stellar bunch this year. I’ll be posting a lot more, but here’s some playa to walk on to start with. Â
Here was slideshow of some photos that Tantelope took. I could write for days about this experience, of course, and there’s emails to answer, and my e-letter, The Eleven to write, so that will have to wait a little while 🙂 Dontcha worry, I’ll say more, cause it was a big big year. Best ever, as they all are. Next year was always better, though 🙂
The Beloved Festival 2010When the moon is in the seventh house
and jupiter aligns with mars
The peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars
this is the dawning of the age of aquarius
I thought I’d do a little write-up of my visit to the best Festival experience I’ve ever had – The Beloved Festival, known on their website https://www.belovedfestival.com/ as Oregon Open Air Art and Music Festival which is held every year near Alsea, Oregon about 3 hours SW of Portland, Oregon, USA.
I thought I’d do this in a way that would be fun for me. I picked up a lot of business cards, postcards and knickknacks all weekend, so I’ll pull one out at a time from my backpack and talk about it and share it with you. And here are more photos taken by a friend. Sound good? OK, let’s go!
1. Art by Adam Scott Miller – https://www.adamscottmiller.com – Adam’s art was featured in a large white tent with a sand floor. Well-lit, and beautiful, the tent was a place to wander any hour of the day or night and see some very inspiring images. I’d recommend a visit to Adam’s website for more adventuring in the world of imagery. Then there was all of the other art at the festival – from the incredible nature installations done by Nature, Dandelion and many others (see photos), to the stage draped with beautiful orange and red fabric by Gregory and the Guildworks team, to live painting happening by the stage all weekend and jewelry by the vendors and face-painting and henna done to all who sought that out. Pretty pretty pretty! btw, the wristlet I got is so beautiful, I’ve decided to leave it on for a while – nice touch!
2. Dance in Seattle? Euphoria: A Dance Odyssey: Every Tues. night, call Franklin for more info 206-406-7283. Yes, Franklin was there, as were many members of the various ecstatic and contact dance communities which made the dance floor in front of the stage such a great place to be. I also had a visit with Michael Suzaris and Jenny Pell (presented on permaculture at the festival https://www.permaculturenow.com ) on their way back to Seattle. Michael has gotten an interesting events space up and running on the north end of Lake Union called OmCulture which also hosts dance and other events. https://www.omculture.com/ – PDX Ecstatic Dance? https://www.pdxecstaticdance.com/
Genesa Crystal, installation by Ansula
3. Bright Earth Foods. Super Foods for Super Humans! Yum. So, there was a guy set up on the hill by the tasty food vendors with a set up selling Noni shots. Noni, not sure what it is, but it’s certainly good for you, and you could buy a small glass for $1 or a glass with blue-green algae in it for $2. Their website is https://www.brightearthfoods.com – I’m looking forward to getting myself some wizard paste soon! There’s a longer story about that goodness (we call it hippie crack around these parts) from Beloved #1, perhaps for another day.
4. Music to listen to this note by? I suggest the Beloved music player on their website. A quite nice selection from Beloved’s past. Also, the slide-show on their site done by local photographer and all-time hot DJ, Raku Loren, is worth watching 🙂 Raku’s also DJ’ing this Sunday at the Village Ballroom sunday dance @ 10:30am – 7th and Dekum, NE in PDX. B There.
5. Some stickers from Onanya These folks are doing something very right. I saw them at a previous Beloved festival. https://www.etsy.com/shop/onanya They say about themselves: “Our work is a collaboration between a Shipibo community of the Peruvian Amazon and us. Our clothing designs become the canvas of their magical patterns. Together we bring you a One of a Kind Piece of wearable art. This work is created while we are together in the village.” Yep, like that 🙂
6. Ongoing Classes and Events: The Sacred Muse, The Evolutionary Priestess, the Inner Alchemy of Evolution https://www.thelivingchalice.com – lovely photo of a hummingbird feeding on this card, though website does not seem to be working. Folks in Fairview, OR
7. More clothes and beautiful people @ Naga Designs, Felt Creations! I spent a lovely Thursday afternoon wiling away a couple hours in the sky chairs next to Alani Klein’s booth. She and her friend came down from Courteney, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada to share their beautiful felt creations. More @ https://www.nagadesigns.com
8. Give Peace a Dance! Peace Village Saturday Late Nite After-Party – Organik Time Machine, Cornflower & Special Guests – Ashland, August 21st @ Cultureworks $10. https://www.peacevillagefestival.org and https://www.culture-works.net
9. https://autumnskyemorrison.com/ – the paintings of Autumn Skye Morrison who was doing live painting near the stage. This painting was displayed all weekend: 
10. Nemo. The art of Nemo Boko! I met Nemo on Wens. night while he and his girlfriend were busy setting up the office side of the art tent. Nemo’s site is https://www.nemo.org – for psychonauts and curious minds 🙂 Go, Nemo, Go!
11. My eleventh year at Burning Man. Camp 11:11 3:15 & F. My newsletter, The Eleven – sign up @ https://albertideation.com
12. 1st & 3rd Thursday night Gong Meditation in Portland with John Reinscreiber! https://shamanicvibrations.com – “…let the voices of the gongs carry you to a place of timeless peace and solitude” I have been to this event and John does an excellent job taking everyone deep with his gongs and sound healing. He also has led sound healing for the Beloved Festival for the past two years, and he’ll be speaking tomorrow @ Our Community University @ my house! Details @ https://albertideation.com/2010/07/31/ocu2/
Beloved was lovely in so many ways. People showing themselves, opening, learning, growing, being their beautiful, smart and courageous selves. Kindness ran wild. Great food, smart people, inspiring music, creativity, children, elders, white, black, and perfect weather in a lovely forest setting. Thank you to the organizers and the many volunteers that made it possible! I hope to live my life in a way that is more like what I experienced this past weekend as much as possible.
13. Third Eye Pinecones, Amulets and Adornments, Carl Weiseth, Santa Cruz, CA – https://www.conesandstones.com – these folks had a necklace that you’ll probably see a lot around town. Very very lovely. looks like this:
14. https://r3xx.net/ – Transformative Media Inspiring Minds. Now, I want a tagline like that 🙂 These must have been the folks in the art tent who were displaying an interesting selection of books and videos and the like. Nemo, hello, you must be affiliated with these folks….
15. Stevee Postman – https://stevee.com – There was a large painting done by this artist, and I have a feeling there was other work around by him, as well. Quite an image gallery @ https://stevee.com/gallery-01.html
16. Shivoso. Pause. Another Pause. The best talk on tantra that I’ve ever heard. Delivered in the purple temple to a very rapt audience. Great Q&A afterwards. I’ve already sent an email connecting Shivoso, recently arrived from CA to PDX, to various leaders in tantric arts here in town and hope to learn more from him. https://intimacyarts.com : from his website: “I want to share with you new ways of being in relationship. There is a huge change coming on in the realm of intimate connections and many people are finding it challenging to navigate through the shifting fields. Many of us are trying alternative ways of being in relationships, such as polyamory, same gender, open, polyfidelity and variations in monogamous relationships, and there is a need to support these different choices. I have found a common ground for all these relationship styles that is rooted in the psychology and energetics of being human.”
17. https://www.altaryourreality.com – ah, Trinity and the folks who brought the two incredible temples, featured prominently in the pics on this slideshow and at the festival. These were where the Lovetribe‘s Cosmic Temple of Love and the Purple Temple were. Both delicious! OK, I could probably use some more adjectives. Lovely. Plush. Soft. Purposeful. Watch the video here to see how these temples come together. Thanks, Trinity!
18. Kyer Wiltshire Photography. Funny how a business card sometimes can just look so normal. Weddings, events, portrait, commercial, and the biggest picture book about West Coast Festival Culture in existence. His photos were being shown as a slide show on the side of the big white tent a few nights running, and Kyer could be seen shooting photos all weekend long. From his website: “Kyer has expanded his creative talents photographing erotic fire dancing, aerial dance, fire dancing with Phoenix Rising, Nocturnal Sunshine, LuminEssence along with many talented performers such as international magician Jeff McBride, Heavy Hips Belly Dance, Mir and Company Aerial Dance, Xeno, Mutaytor, El Circo, Apsara Dance, Mystic Family Circus, Living Tarot, Living Folklore, Yoga Motion and Cirque du Soleil. Kyer published his beautiful outdoor nude yoga photos in the Sacred Form Yoga 2005 and 2006 calendars.” Yep, like that.
19. Oh Krishna, it’s Ali’s turn. You know, the Floating Lotus, Sacred Massage Temple on Water. I helped Ali put his water temple together – the design of the lotus is so clever. Whoever designed it really did a beautiful job, and the end result is magical. Ali told me that he has only used the floating platform @ Beloved. Contact him and bring him elsewhere, I’m sure he’d love it. So will you. Hi Ali! Thanks for the watermelon! https://www.floating-lotus.org
20. Back to food. https://krishnakitchen.org – yum, yum, yum, and more yum. Fresh coconuts? Raw organic vegan prasadam. Thank you for staying open late, folks.
21. Catalyst for Fun Hot Tips: https://www.catalystforfun.com – Amanda Winters, Funtrepreneur, crowd rouser and social worker. Amanda did a wonderful job throughout the festival rousing us to greater heights. And, she’s just moved to Portland, how lucky we are!
22. One Oasis Credito – Redeemable for 1 Shower or 1 Sauna. Manoj got my other one 🙂 Well, this is a longer story than I have time for right now, but suffice it to say that the Oasis is where one goes for a shower and sauna @ Beloved, and other places in the PNW. Here is how to find them on FB.
23. HealthForce Nutritionals – Vital Healing Botanicals – https://www.healthforce.com – these folks were part of the food vendor crew which also included some great coffee, Kava, middle eastern food, Coconut Bliss, etc. Yum, and thanks for keeping it delicious and nutritious!
24. The music – oh my, I’m about done. The music was fantastic. All the performers can be found on the Beloved website, as can all the workshop presenters and other Gods and Goddesses. Musically, Gaudi stood out for me, but I loved much of what was offered.
Thanks to my great Gazebo campmates for creating a great place to come home to, and for everyone who put this festival on. Until next year, Om nama shivaya!
Albert
PS – 5.25.14 – They’re still alive and kicking! Go, Beloved!
1.15.2020 – Anytime I think about Beloved I get such a good, warm feeling in my heart and body. So many incredible memories, experiences, learnings, friendships – come join us at the Facebook community group for ongoing offerings from the community. .
Our Community University: Round 2
Title: Continuing education to help us thrive in the future
10am-3pm on Friday, August 20, 2010
1823 NE 13th Ave. (convenient to 8, 9 and all MAX lines)
Each class $10 or all 4 for $35
Post class community building discussion @ 3pm, free
RSVP and/or Paypal to albertkaufman@gmail.com to reserve your space in class!
Or, at the door.
Wi-fi, tea and hot water, available
How to create world peace through purposeful living.
Sarah will offer meditations, exercises and psychic mini-readings to help people get in touch with the difference they are here to make in the world, and how to do it.
Please visit her website, https://www.BodyInsights.com to learn more about Sarah and her services
11am: Ken Cararro
financial planning, investing, and money management
12pm: Lunch for an hour
1pm: Jon Reinschreiber
Basic Shamanic Journey Work.
In this workshop you will learn the basics of the shamanic drum journey, and undertake several journeys.
You will learn to navigate between the three worlds, and meet your spirit guide.
Every one should bring something to lay on, water, a notebook and pen, and an eyeshade, if you desire one.
For more information on other work that Jon is leading visit: https://www.shamanicvibrations.com
2pm: Sue Supriano
I’m a newcomer to Portland as I just moved here about 2 months ago. Â I’m honored that Albert Kaufman has asked me to speak about myself and my work as part of introducing myself to the Sacred Circle Dance Group and Our Community University.
A few words about my past and present– Â Though I spent my “growing up years” in a rural area in the midwest, I’ve traveled a lot of the world and moved to Berkeley, CA as soon as I graduated from the University of Chicago in 1963. Â I jumped right into the Civil Rights Movement and have continued as an activist for peace and justice ever since. Â I lived in Berkeley and Oakland until fairly recently when I just spent 4 years in Eugene, OR.. Â For the last 30 years I have been involved in grassroots community radio (mostly the Pacifica radio station of KPFA as well as having my own independent website with podcasts of my audio interviews, for the last 8 years or so. Â Â I have hundreds of interviews covering a wide variety of subjects nationally and internationally. Â I will be happy to share more with you about my full and interesting life and work and we can talk about the importance of community radio of which you have a good example of here with KBOO Radio.
learn more about Sue @ Steppin out of Babylon
https://www.suesupriano.com/
3-5pm: Open discussion on how to build community. Bring your great ideas, something to drink or nibble on, and let’s share ideas for how to build our community together.
Albert Kaufman has been building communities and leading discussions for a while. Come join the conversation and let’s celebrate what we’re doing well and figure out our next steps towards a healthier, happier, more prosperous, and juicier community.
More about Albert and his various talents @ https://albertideation.com/
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UndrivingWhile in Seattle recently for the Green Festival, I ran into the great folks from Undriving.org – a group in Seattle doing great things. I signed up for my undriving license, got my photo taken and ended up with this cool undriving license I carry around with me. I’m trying to bring them to Portland for the last Portland Sunday Bike Parkways, 9/26 in NW Portland. If this sounds interesting to you, please get in touch. I’m mainly looking for some sponsorship, and I would be glad to share with you all that I have done so far – we have power, a location, canopies, some volunteers, tables, and they’ll come if they can get some $upport! Let me know!
Photo gallery: https://undriving.org/community/photo-gallery
Note from Mike in Seattle to encourage us:
UNDRIVING’s innovative UNDRIVER LICENSE STATION has proven to be “the”
popular draw at over 45 events in Washington over the last three years.
We issue personalized UNDRIVER LICENSES (over 5,000 at last count) on the
spot to people for making a pledge to reduce their car use, or car use on
the planet, over the coming month.
But what’s really grabbing everyone’s attention is the incredible follow
through of new UNDRIVERS. Our event surveys consistently show that over
90% of new UNDRIVERS follow through on their pledge, and over 70% develop
a new lasting transportation habit beyond the pledge month! And we’re
documenting some incredible stories of people who got their UNDRIVER
LICENSE and what then followed for them; nothing short of phenomenal. In
fact, we recently received a grant in conjunction with the UW Digital
Media Lab to produce 5-7 video stories of new UNDRIVERS. We’re in
production now and will be completed in September.
Transportation agencies like InterCity Transit in Olympia, TDM dept’s of
cities like The City of Redmond, WA, neighborhood groups, schools, large
employers like American Medical Response, etc. see that having the
UNDRIVER LICENSING STATION engages their event audience, and also the
benefit of cooperatively tying in UNDRIVING to stimulate participation in
their own trip-reduction programs.
We are a non-profit corporation in the State of Washington, and have been
working towards becoming our own 501c3 for some time. One of our board
members, Cindy Butler, who has taken other non-profits through this
process, has been leading the charge on this and we are in fact close to
having a completed application to submit, meanwhile, we’ve been using
Urban Sparks as our fiscal sponsor.
As we build our organization and it’s fundraising ability, we’ve been
relying mostly on station appearances to fund the program and related
costs, equipment and supplies used to make the licenses, etc. To come to
Portland we have additional travel costs as well (which we are already
working on creative solutions to), anyway, it’s much more than just
setting up a table with brochures!
This organization’s current goal is to create a more turnkey licensing
station, in order to respond to requests we are getting from outside the
Northwest to replicate what we are doing here. As I mentioned to Albert,
we hope to have the new licensing station for the September Parkways
event, should our participation pan out.
Many of our station appearances have been fully funded by the event host,
in others it’s been combinations of sponsorships from event host,
transportation agencies, neighborhood groups, local businesses, etc. and
on-site donations. So we are looking to get sponsored to come down there,
but at the same time, we want to unleash UNDRIVING on Portland!! Let’s
talk!
P.S. It’d be really a great move if you can get TriMet involved as we do
here with King County Metro (they give us “free-ride” bus tickets, each
new UNDRIVER gets 6). If you can get something similar going with them
it’s a great incentive for getting potential new UNDRIVERS engaged.
