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Constantly moving happiness machines

December 11, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

What is the impact on us as individuals and society if our capacity to choose is engaged primarily in the matter of consumption?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: capitalism, Detroit, hope, New York City, USA

No more heroes

December 9, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

What is required of us emotionally, morally, ethically, if we are going to be part of building something new?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: cafes, community, Lancaster, rebuilding

A new phase of the dance

December 7, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

I don’t feel the same loneliness I felt before I met Mark – because this is a different stage in the dance…

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: cafes, rebuilding

Giving voice to sadness

December 4, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

It’s vital in a city like Detroit that the voices of suffering, poverty and disadvantage are heard

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: Detroit, Lancaster, London, USA

Remembering the Syracuse slump

December 2, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Questions about the future, what we want to build and create can render us powerless and ineffective, unsure about what to do…

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London, new politics, rebuilding, USA

Learning to see afresh

November 30, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Are our individualistic perspectives a blindness that prevents us seeing our inter-connectedness? Could experiencing and understanding our dependence on others bring fresh sight?

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: London, new politics

Is that all there is?

November 28, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

During a trip to Sidmouth, I got to think about cafes, poscapitalism, and the fact that what’s needed is more than cool coffee bars and distressed wood

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: cafes, Detroit, London, postcapitalism

Respecting the past

November 27, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

I often find it necessary to argue against some imagined suggestion that any happiness I might have in the future would somehow ‘cancel out’ the pain and anguish of losing Mark

Filed Under: Notes Tagged With: hope, London, loss, rebuilding

Where dreams are made of

November 25, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

Being in New York has challenged me to think about the extent to which my sense of self rests on what I consume

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Detroit, New York City, USA

Can Detroit deliver social justice?

November 23, 2015 by Julie Tomlin Leave a Comment

It was great to come across great cafes and restaurants and enjoy the vibrancy of Detroit’s art projects and social enterprises, but the question of how everyone can benefit from its revival remains…

Filed Under: Cafe culture, Notes Tagged With: Detroit, London, postcapitalism, rebuilding, USA

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