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  • Pause with Josie – Episode 2

    This is episode-2 of the calm conversation with Josie Gibson from The Catalyst Network, inspired by Robert Poynton’s book “Pause – You are not a To-Do list“. The approach is simple: we both read chapter-2 of the book and highlight three sentences, and mark the words that resonate most. These sentences and words are the triggers for… Read more

  • Petervan Ride April 2020

    My musical ride compiled from April 2020 releases, here and there some classics from previous decades. A lot of good new stuff in this one. Works best if you play in shuffle mode. Enjoy! Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 23 Apr 2020

    An irregular, unpredictable, incoherent, unfocused set of mind-sparks that got me thinking. Only 2 weeks since the previous edition, but it feels like the harvest of a full month. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! A fantastic well researched set of premonitions on Culture, Brands, Space, Entertainment, Tools, Politics, Death. Very good, tout court.… Read more

  • Moodscape-1 – Clockdust Astronauts

    Cover of Rustin Man’s “Clockdust” Album Let’s try something new here: a “mood-scape”, documenting a personal mood/world using words, visuals, and sound. And inviting you to build new worlds by participating on a 1-1 basis. Although “new” is relative: the term moodscape was initially coined in the seventies, and mixing media can hardly be labeled… Read more

  • Pause with Josie Gibson – Episode 1

    Recently, I discovered two books by Robert Poynton. One is about “Pause“, the other book is about “Improvisation“. Together with Josie Gibson from The Catalyst Network, we started some 1-1 calls to share what these books trigger for us and our communities. We decided to start a small experiment: we read a chapter of the… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 8 Apr 2020

    An irregular, unpredictable, incoherent, unfocused set of mind-sparks that got me thinking. This time, Delicacies has a Corona-lockdown. I was trying to avoid yet another collection of COVID-19 articles; I am sure you have found plenty of sources on that subject. Instead, this edition of Delicacies hopefully brings some form of antidote, some oxygen, some… Read more