learnteach

At Burning Man, one of the very interesting and very useful concepts is MOOP: Matter Out Of Place. It's not trash, necessarily, llthough it often is. It's not being disorganized, per se. It's leaving things out where the playa will play with them, dust them, blow them away, turn them into trash. In a LNT (Leave No Trace) environment, MOOP is bad. Getting a handle on MOOP makes life much easier.

I, and a number of my friends, are overcome by MOOP. It's a very common thing now to have Too Much Stuff, no place to put it, etc. And managing your stuff is a major life commitment: manage it, or watch your money (which is another form of time/energy) rot away.

Anyone who moves quickly realizes there's too much stuff. Even organized people who move generate stuff. And it's MOOP if you're not taking care of it. When the piles intermix and intermingle, it becomes thought and energy needed. When one is low energy, it's tough to deal with.

Projects generate MOOP if you don't control them. Any good passion is MOOP-y if you're not careful, if you have many demands on your time, if your space is limited and your passions not.

Me? Passions everywhere. In no particular order: Make a Wardian Case, grow carniverous plants, make a glass tryptich to St. Teresa, learn aikido, install the new windows in the house, make whirlygig art, build several wooden men, put storage in the attic, organize the books...

But the passions? Carniverous plants. Learning to make better pickles. Fresh Salsa. Skilled movement, on motorcycles, dance floors, in dojos.

Journaling. This journal is too public; it is published. Incomplete thoughts put here will be judged, and questioned. Only complete thoughts can be put here; livejournal has evolved into social networking and away from idea journalling.

Some random thoughts for the day.