More Changes

As I mentioned last week, I'm in the midst of planning some new projects in the land of blogging and won't likely continue to blog about Canadian Politics much at all. I'm in the midst of recruiting a collaborator for a new blog I'm hoping to launch in September dealing with our experiences as Christians. I got to talk to my potential partner last night for quite some time and we're both very excited about the possibilities.

In other news, I have a new dream. I've just discovered, (via Jordoncooper.com) a space in New York called Paragraph. The idea is that it is a cooperatively funded space for writers of all stripes and sizes to ply their craft in a creatively stimulating but focused and peaceful space. Similar projects in New York are The Writers' Room and the Brooklyn Writer's Space.

I can imagine a similar project opening in Kitsilano focusing on a mix of aspiring and established writers hopefully with a discounted rate offered to UBC students. A space like this would be something I would love and I'm not aware of any projects here in Vancouver that function like this. Perhaps one could piggyback a niche into the project dedicated to a creative, sacred space that would be open to anyone who requested it. My pastor likes to talk about "Third Spaces" and as much as I'm disinclined to use newspeak, particularly when it comes from Starbucks, I think that a real practical way the church can work to foster community in cities is by fostering these kinds of communal, semi-public spaces. Perhaps with the church building these kinds of spaces, there'll be less conspicuous consumption associated with finding space for self.

Anyone else interested in something like Paragraph closer to home? send me an e-mail.

On Future Dealings...

Greetings from the 905...

Oddly enough, I woke up in Hamilton this morning.

As is evident from my last post and the fact that May has long since come and gone, this little project has sufferred for lack of attention of late.

The fact is that I've got a lot going on in my life these days and while I enjoyed maintaining a political blog through the election and the shaping of the leadership race, I have neither the inclination nor the time to make a serious go of it anymore and this blog won't likely be back as a political discussion.

Instead, I'm in the midst of attempting to convince a friend of mine that we should start up a collaborative blog dealing with our respective experiences in the traditions of the christian faith. So here's hoping this blog might live again soon even if not as a political obsession.

In other news...had breakfast with a remarkable fellow this morning. I look forward to our fledgeling acquaintance becoming a more firm friendship...

I can't wait to be back in Vancouver.

Peace.