Thanksgiving Gratitude

You Are Beautiful

http://youtu.be/iYhCn0jf46U Cheers to Tim Piper for making this short but powerful piece on the manufactured “beauty” that people are programmed to strive for. Young girls see images on billboards and in commercials and they’re programmed into thinking, “Her photo is on a billboard. She’s in a commercial. People must think she’s beautiful, I want to […]

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound on Nowness.com Filmmaker Harrison Boyce’s dreamlike depiction of his bi-coastal drive from New York to Seattle provides a timely counterpoint to the hectic season of catching planes, trains and automobiles back to wherever counts as ‘home’ in time for Christmas. Soundtracked by NOWNESS regularBoyce‘s brother Hamilton’s band, Song Sparrow Research, the video evokes […]

Investing and Yoga

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324798904578529302166205428.html?mod=us_most_pop_newsreel “Everything is impermanent, especially the market’s level,” says Mr. Kessel “He is one of a breed of financial advisers who are taking yoga and meditation out of the ashram and putting them into Excel spreadsheets. The values and teachings of these Eastern-inspired traditions, proponents say, impart a special kind of financial wisdom that, among […]