korbenp's blog

Gather 'round the old Philco, folks; and turn it up. It's airing tonight! Just got a call from the writer, Joel Rose. He reminded us, by the way, that it's American Public Media that produces the show, not NPR. Nevertheless, it'll run on most NPR stations tonight, at 6:30 in most cities.

Here's a story about the effectiveness of community in one day of community acupuncture. It's also a reminder to all acupuncturists using recliner chairs treating woman in late stages of pregnancy. 

I like the focus on group qi. Here's another couple angles.

1)I
think our nature as humans is to be interconnected: emotionally, creatively, by
touch, and all sorts of other inexplicable ways. But, our daily lives
are largely set up to shut down these connections so that we can be
more productive, so that we consume more. We all try, though, all the
time, to restore these connections; and, every way that we do is a big
political act. If our natural connectedness was fully intact, it'd be
much harder for powers to wage wars in our name, flaunt contempt for
democracy and human rights, or deny us health care.

I set out to write a blog about loving my working class job, liking how the hard physical

work of doing CA connects me to more people, to my family, and to my own body, and just

to work itself. I will WORK on that entry. But, in starting that, I ended up writing something

that probably should be its own entry. Here it is.

This is inspired by Andy's post below. He refers to an article by Kevin Kelly.
Look it over if you haven't. As I was reading it, my wife walked by the computer and said "oh yeah, that's an awesome article." What I'd like to write about here is why she, an artist, and I, and acupunk, had both come across it, and why it's meaningful to both of us.

My wife, Amy Walsh, has totally changed her relationship to earning a living as an artist over the last year or so. These very conscious shifts have in no small way been informed by Lisa Rohleder's book about changing the business of acupuncture, and by helping me