Check this out SuperForest. This is awesome.
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Heyo SuperForest!
So today I was inspired. Today I decided that the old news needs to go. Today I decided to start SuperForest News Network! For now it will simply be distributed on our Facebook page daily (or at least as often as I/we can). The idea behind it for now is to share potential news stories (the headlines at the very least) that should be making the news. For now it will just be generic awesomnesses, but in the future I would love to get actual specific stories of awesomeness from around the world. I want to share stories of kindness, love, compassion, thoughtfulness, sincerity, surprise, kittens, and puppies. Like I said the things that should be making the headlines. So, PLEASE go head over to our Facebook page and like it, so we can spread happy stories around the net and globe! Here is our first story (note: most stories will only feature on the Facebook page as a headline, and not on SuperForest.org main page):
SuperForest News: This just in – mother read bedtime story to child last night. As a result the Child slept happily. Today at school she brought kindness to peers and teachers, smiles were had by all.
For more SuperForest News be sure to check into our Facebook page!
Love,
Mathew
SFNN Correspondent
SuperForest!
I have found an amazing site that is right up SuperForest lane! It is called HelloGiggles.com. It was founded by three amazing women, actress/musician ZOOEY DESCHANEL, producer SOPHIA ROSSI and writer/Internet Sensation MOLLY MCALEER. They themselves describe it as:
the ultimate entertainment destination for smart, independent and creative females. Everything hosted on the site will be lady-friendly, so visitors need not worry about finding the standard Boys Club content that makes many entertainment sites unappealing to so many of us.
And let me tell you it is full of gems and giggles and love and thoughtfulness. The team over at HelloGiggles is large and in charge, and I want you all to go check it out.
Here is an example of the greatness found on their site. Just one small kid, bringing his school into the raptures. Enjoy!
My friends Lila Roo and Jesse are artists and geniuses. She crafts beautiful and intricate costumes out of recycled plastic and travels the world making art, and he’s a video/sound/collage alchemist. They’ve joined forces to create a one-two hug of sweet smelling whimsy.
LR&J have put together a kickstarter campaign to create a mobile white wall to put art upon or create art in front of, and move it about the planet, inspiring and creating in an endless mobius strip of delight.
Sayeth Lila Roo:
“The purpose of aWall is to share art, music, performance, and film outside of normative spaces; museums, galleries, private collections, studios, music halls, and theaters. Thereby facilitating multi-sensory, and participatory creative expression beyond walls. In order to tear down the walls that box us and our creations “in”, we have decided to construct a singular, linear, transportable 8′x24′ wall that can exist out in the open, and move from place to place reaching a broad and diverse audience.”
Lila and Jesse have 34 hours to raise the remaining five thousand they seek to fund aWall. Melissa and I gave ‘em some smackers. If you vibe with them and want to help support the arts, check out their kickstarter page and follow the links.
Good luck Lila Roo and Jesse!
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Photographer Eric Valli’s shots of people living off the grid are stunning.
Where are these folks living? It looks like Clan of the Cave Bear.
I wrote this poem while in Mexico over the last summer. The people I met and the places I visited inspired me, and now I would love to share it with you. I also attached an audio of my reading of it.
Love!
A Hymn to the Loved – Spoken (Click to listen)“A Hymn to the Loved”Oh Childe of the lord!Oh Childe of the earth!Oh Childe of the universe!This I write for you.
I call out to the motherWho birthed at 16.I call out to the fatherWho left home in pain.I call out to the childWho cries secret tears.I call out to the brothers and sistersWho stand at our side.I call out to the young and oldWho can’t see eye to eye.I call out to those lost loversWho created our world.I call out to the fedAnd I call out to the starved.I call out to you, Childe.
Hear my voice.And let it sing.
You are loved.You are loved.
Your dreams are cherished in the womb creation.Let them churn in your soul until they bear fruit.And let you bring them into this worldTo be shared amongst your friends.
Your heart will be kept safe in mine,If you desire it to be so.Your soul will be kept sacred in my mind,If you share it with me now.My trust will be laid at your doorstep,If you open up your home.
Let your heart singAnd your mind hum the tune.Let your body danceAnd your soul jam along.Let your hopes flySo you can watch them soar.Let you share this all with meSo I can give you more.
Give each of us the gift of youSo we can all say, “I love you.”
This is a hymn to the loved.This is a hymn to you.May it remind you that the rest of usAre just like you.May it awaken your soulSo you can awaken mine.
This is a hymn to the loved.This is a hymn to you.
Listen and LoVE. Then check out Mr. AZ’s new songs here. They are full of love and full of abundance.
Love.
P.S. SuperForeset, it is not hard for me to love you because you are the world to me. Listen below ;)
Thanks to superforester Mina for the tip, and Boing Boing for the story. This inventive little boy is on his way to being the next Michel Gondry. Ten minutes you won’t regret watching!
Caine’s Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.
Image via Jordan Bower
Good Evening SuperForesters!!
I MUST share with you the creative endeavours of one Jordan Bower, a beautiful soul I am grateful to be acquainted with who is SuperForesting all over the place! Jordan is a self-described Lovewallah — loosely translated as a servant of love. I think it was almost a year ago that I had a very fascinating and passion-filled Gmail phone conversation with Jordan. A very close friend had connected me to him because she marvelled at the similarities between our life goals, so I had to call him! During our chat, I interviewed him for a story I was going to write about his life project at the time: he was walking from Vancouver to Mexico!
Ever since that awe-inspiring, soul-connecting conversation, I kept promising myself that I was going to take the notes I took and synthesize them into a story that I would share on SuperForest, and perhaps even share in a newspaper or an online magazine as well. I felt that Jordan’s story needed to be shared with as many people as possible. Jordan’s spirited energy and his honest, unabashed quest for love and connection and meaning in his world was and is so inspiring!
I still have not written the story, but I am finally feeling inspired to put pen to paper and I will share the fruits of that interview soon.
For now, please hear from Jordan himself as he launches his Monarch Spirit Project. It is a quest for love and connection, which is a quest we are all on, SuperForesters. Please consider supporting Jordan to make this project a reality. I know he would be very grateful.
In Jordan’s words:
Even if you feel you can’t [support financially], I’d really appreciate your help spreading this video in your network. In the past few years, I’ve spoken with thousands of young people who feel disillusioned by the prevailing culture of fear and disempowerment.
I think we can do better.
I believe passionately that telling a different story – a real story – about love, adventure, growth, creativity, and courage can have an important impact on the way we relate to each other and to the world around us.
I have a story like that. And I need your help to get it out.
This is the beginning of a new type of journey. I’m excited and nervous, like at the start of any quest. I intend to follow this path confidently, one step at a time. I hope you’ll come along with me.
Yours in support of brave souls who want to change the world,
~SuperForester Heather
Heyo SuperForesters!
You may recognize singer/songwriter/musician Christina Perri from her uber-famous Twilight ballad A Thousand Years, or perhaps you know her from her heartbreakingly honest song, Jar of Hearts. But let’s get serious, most of you probably know her because she sang with SuperForest’s favourite son.
I came across this video yesterday and I was so amazed at:
a) Her super beautiful glossy hair
b) Her unbelievable video game analogy
c) Her badass fearless attitude!
Enjoy this video where Christina drops some serious knowledge about going to the edge, facing your fears, pushing on and going for your dreams! YES!
Slowly I started to make these conscious decisions to do the thing that I was afraid of…and I’m so serious that the minute I did that it was like all these doors appeared…
Rock on, sister! “Feel the fear, and do it anyway!”
P.S., I talk a lot too ;)
And for your musical enjoyment, please enjoy Christina’s latest hit, A Thousand Years:
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