The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think that it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills, and it’s very brightly coloured, and it’s very loud and it’s fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question - is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us. They say ‘Hey! Don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride.’ And we…kill those people. Ha ha ha. ‘Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride. SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and family. This just has to be real.’ It’s just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn’t matter because: it’s just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings, and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourselves off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here’s what you can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence each year, and instead spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace. (Bill Hicks, not me sadly)Tumblr (3.0; @deskimo)http://www.gravina.com/<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UnwZXsS6HQ4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UnwZXsS6HQ4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.gobeyondoil.org/">It’s time to Go Beyond Oil - Greenpeace UK</a></p>http://www.gravina.com/post/1048172678http://www.gravina.com/post/1048172678Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:07:53 +1000activism<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4CSP3WR9duw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4CSP3WR9duw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSP3WR9duw">Three Miles North of Molkom… Trailer - ON DVD 25th JAN 2010</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/Metrodomefilm">Metrodomefilm</a>)</p> <p>i once felt exactly like this guy!</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/1003139579http://www.gravina.com/post/1003139579Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:54:46 +1000hmmm<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74r6e9lGp1qcjyezo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74r6e9lGp1qcjyezo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74r6e9lGp1qcjyezo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74r6e9lGp1qcjyezo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74r6e9lGp1qcjyezo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74r6e9lGp1qcjyezo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>(via <a href="http://the-artist-gunnar-neeme.tumblr.com/">the-artist-gunnar-neeme</a>)</p> <p>i really LOVE this series by Vaike’s grand dad .. awesime minimal but passionate! mark of a true master.</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/976742416http://www.gravina.com/post/976742416Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:55:24 +1000art<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k7X7sZzSXYs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k7X7sZzSXYs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs&feature=player_embedded">How To Be Alone</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/andyradorfman">andyradorfman</a>)</p> <p>beautiful at 2:48 AM in the studio …. alone.</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/967441894http://www.gravina.com/post/967441894Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:49:10 +1000poetry<a href="http://www.mono-lab.net/">WordPressのテーマ テンプレート プラグイン カスタマイズ情報サイト | mono-lab </a>: <p>caaaw nice templates ;)</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/966841437http://www.gravina.com/post/966841437Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:48:00 +1000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6zjotA6Wo1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Your-beautiful-eyes/428809">Your beautiful eyes on the Behance Network</a></p>http://www.gravina.com/post/936717714http://www.gravina.com/post/936717714Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:24:29 +1000photography<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MKY0GlD44es&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MKY0GlD44es&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.abitare.it/highlights/guerilla-paint-action-in-berlin/">Abitare - international design magazine » Guerilla Paint Action in Berlin</a></p>http://www.gravina.com/post/932149686http://www.gravina.com/post/932149686Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:49:28 +1000art<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p3JcHhA7M-Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p3JcHhA7M-Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JcHhA7M-Y">Scottish Voice Operated Lift</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/g8aso">g8aso</a>)</p> <p>gold!</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/931269915http://www.gravina.com/post/931269915Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:36:56 +1000comedyuser experience<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6vw10Ci2d1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In case Family First are getting you down - great piece of art from my friend Deborah Kelly (that’s her in the foreground)</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/926796096http://www.gravina.com/post/926796096Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:00:36 +1000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6vkm8WVBs1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In the dispiriting run up to the election, our disgust with border paranoia and the whole miserable ‘debate’ is all we have to show. </p> <p><strong>A work by the <a href="http://www.boat-people.org">Boat People</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffyc/4868192755/in/set-72157624547430621/">Flag Heads off Sydney harbour </a> (by<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/steffyc">Steffyc</a>)</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/926145622http://www.gravina.com/post/926145622Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:54:00 +1000activismpolitics<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6pm9hwhxX1qzcznko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://whatthebutlersaw.tumblr.com/post/910565941/via-1-bp-blogspot-com-awesome">whatthebutlersaw</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U24diZjaPYE/TDQtHUd5cxI/AAAAAAAAAgA/3t7QENwZM1s/s1600/l11_22669925.jpg">1.bp.blogspot.com</a>   Awesome!</p> </blockquote>http://www.gravina.com/post/911454300http://www.gravina.com/post/911454300Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:19:17 +1000cool“I’ve often thought there ought to be a manual to hand to little kids, telling them what kind of planet they’re on, why they don’t fall off it, how much time they’ve probably got here, how to avoid poison ivy, and so on. I tried to write one once. It was called Welcome to Earth. But I got stuck on explaining why we don’t fall off the planet. Gravity is just a word. It doesn’t explain anything. If I could get past gravity, I’d tell them how we reproduce, how long we’ve been here, apparently, and a little bit about evolution. I didn’t learn until I was in college about all the other cultures, and I should have learned that in the first grade. A first grader should understand that his or her culture isn’t a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society. Cultural relativity is defensible and attractive. It’s also a source of hope. It means we don’t have to continue this way if we don’t like it.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Kurt Vonnegut</span> (via <a href="http://thechocolatebrigade.tumblr.com/">thechocolatebrigade</a>) (via <a href="http://acatinatree.tumblr.com/">acatinatree</a>)</em>http://www.gravina.com/post/895811709http://www.gravina.com/post/895811709Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:53:01 +1000wisdom<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gDW_Hj2K0wo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gDW_Hj2K0wo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo">Bill Hicks on Marketing</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/richselfdestruct">richselfdestruct</a>)</p> <p>Couple (Well lots) of swearing in this little excerpt from the late bill hicks - but the truth sometimes needs a few expletives for extra emphasis ;)</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/892391392http://www.gravina.com/post/892391392Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:37:13 +1000comedyadvertising<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6b3ns9xOj1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4565223&id=12185972707">Facebook | 350.org’s Photos - Elephants</a></p> <p>everyone loves elephants. especially recycled ones!</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/874113242http://www.gravina.com/post/874113242Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:35:52 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l645r7iSKH1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s with a heavy heart that i board my flight to Melbourne soon .. .the $300 difference between the train and the flight option ($540 by overnight train vs $180 economy flight + taxis) plus the fact i need to be 2 hours east of melb by 9 am mean i must fly for the first time in over a year. The fact is the terrible state of train travel in this country means i must spew large volumes of carbon out into the atmosphere to get to  a sustainability leadership retreat. The irony doesn’t escape me.</p> <p>Sigh, anyway a great article below on the soullessness of flight vs other forms of transport .. i couldn’t agree more .. i really do like the feeling of taking the train down despite the cost and lack of basic services (no wifi/power), sharing with strangers and impossibility of a good nights sleep (ok i dont like it THAT much!) …</p> <p>This quote from the article linked sums up my feelings nicely … “Airplanes are a means of ignoring the spaces in between your point of origin and your destination. By contrast, a surface journey allows you to look out on those spaces, at eye level and on a human scale…”</p> <p><a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/opinion/20sethstevenson.html">Thanks to the Volcano, An Escape From the Jet Age - NYTimes.com</a></p>http://www.gravina.com/post/856738018http://www.gravina.com/post/856738018Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:37:00 +1000travelclimate<a href="http://www.swaraj.org/illich_hell.htm">To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich</a>http://www.gravina.com/post/856725651http://www.gravina.com/post/856725651Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:33:10 +1000imperialism<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l63mmcrqBm1qz6lzho1_r2_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Ever since reading <a href="http://www.billmckibben.com/">EAARTH by Bill McKibben</a> so many songs i hear seem to be about climate, it’s just like after a breakup & every song is suddenly about your relationship.</p> <p>Weird - though not so weird when you understand the contents of the book. It does require significant grieving to accept the reality of climate science - our world is changing, the old Earth is dead.</p> <p>I won’t do a book review just yet - but <strong>YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK </strong>if you’re a human being living on what you think is the Planet Earth.</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/855548996http://www.gravina.com/post/855548996Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:44:00 +1000climate<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5vjz8SCaU1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Field theory is an ‘art club’ i joined. Members receive four pieces of art a year and this surreal, fun pack was my first piece - love the socks (sorry bout the crap iphone photo!) check them out at <a href="http://www.fieldtheory.com.au">www.fieldtheory.com.au</a></p>http://www.gravina.com/post/837765572http://www.gravina.com/post/837765572Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:06:03 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5oz7jyKCq1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://threepointturnz.blogspot.com/">Three Point Turnz - Babes on Bikes</a></p> <p>yep it is what it says on the label .. check out this gnarly bruise! respect.</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/822910864http://www.gravina.com/post/822910864Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:52:31 +1000bikes<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5onws44NR1qz6lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love riding to work - so much nicer than getting pub transport or driving in … the scenery in centennial park stops me in my tracks sometimes</p>http://www.gravina.com/post/822096232http://www.gravina.com/post/822096232Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:42:13 +1000