Looking for peoples interested in being involved in the Glasgow DIY festival to be held at the end of September. Either organising events, running events, or attending.
We will be putting on a range of events, from DIY music to talks on bicycle maintenance. (from gumtree)

Interested? Get in contact

A few wee ideas that popped into my head..
- diy phography/developing/processing
- diy music – spontaneous/imporvised music in groups
- diy spirituality – exploring spiritiualty/faith/celtic christianity outside the church
- diy medicine – looking at simple remedies for common things
- diy web – introductions to blogging/twitter, basic website creation

Also.. Dan Lyth’s album is free to download on his site in exchange for your email address.. lots of luscious acoustic music to enjoy for the next wee while…

Twas the night before christmas,
And in every house,
Not a blogger was stirring,
w/neither keyboard nor mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimmney with care,
And the hush in blogosphere.
Went from here and to there…

In August this year, Greenbelt Festival hosted a conversation for anyone interested in exploring the possibility of doing something like Greenbelt in Scotland. So a second meeting took place in Perth in November to take things a step further.

So ‘The PROJECT‘ was born… an interim process of small, viral, organic events during 2009 & 2010, building to the possibility of a larger event in 2011.

These small events would allow us to flesh out what a bigger event might look like; to more immediately model the kind of thing a larger event would contain; and to build a community of folk who’d be able to make a larger event happen.

It was clear at both meetings that any future event in Scotland should have its own identity, should grow out of Scottish culture and concerns, and not merely attempt to imitate Greenbelt. Although initially inspired by the spirit that Greenbelt (and other events) manifests, ‘The PROJECT‘ should develop a distinct Scottish nature, responding to the specific conditions, context and needs of this place and time.

More Info on The Project Wiki and Facebook Group

Took my camera out today with me for the first time in ages.. popped along to Kelvingrove just in time to catch the Dumbartonshire Concert Band, had a quick look around again, popped into Montgomery’s for something to nibble on, and ended up watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” in the GFT.. a wonderful end to a beautiful day..

selected translations from the scribbles:

* riffing on the idea of reimagining the Kingdom of God (emmsy and stewart have lots on this..)
* we’re the translation that matters.
* we’ve seen the transition into the “emerging financial” market (although Brian didn’t extend the metaphor to any “crashes” that might happen!)
* Another slice to the pie or a ring on the tree?
* Interestingly the Catholic communities who took Vatican II seriously are probably some of the best placed people in this transition
* Doug Gay – Interesting to see the word “capitalism” itself re-entering the public domain – where previously the only people who used it were mostly hard-lefties.
* getting beyond growth. Development without growth – the idea that a developing economy could be measured in some terms other than continual expansion. Noting that divorce could be considered an economic growth for the economy – two house, two cars required, etc.
* “Post-denominational?” – Doug Gay notes that denominations are worked examples of power and decision making structures.
* being agents of the future – getting ahead of the pack, calling people forward to something, rather restraining them from going where we don’t want them to go.
* “Critical Mass in Scotland”
* Understatement – be more than it seems or seem more than it is (this in reaction for the search of the next big thing)

fragiletent , tractorgirl , mardibum , annedroid , 2churchmice (John & Olive Drane), headphonaught and wendy have all seen him at some point over the last weekend to and have thoughts worth reading too!

well worth being at.. and above all congrats to the EA for having the guts to invite him!

also in pdf format. Details for the events are available here… maybe see you there..

[Update] i’ve posted a few notes from the glasgow discussion here

It’s good to taste the bru again!