Roland Maurice (@rolandmau) — Bluesky Profile

1 day ago

Where are you investing your time?

Not just money — your hours.

What you build, support, keep showing up for.

So the question becomes simple:
what future are your hours helping along?

Full reflection
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#BuildWhatLasts #Farmastery #CollectiveMaturity #WhereYourTimeGoes

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1 day ago

Earrings featuring a large honeysuckle palmette disc with a pendant depicting the Trojan prince Ganymede being carried away by Zeus in the form of an eagle.

Earrings with Ganymede and the Eagle, Classical Greece, ca. 330–300 B.C (gold)
#ancientgreece #antiquejewelry #mythology #art

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2 days ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." — David Graeber

The world isn't a fixed fact. It's something being made — and could be made differently. Graeber. The quiet ground under all the building. The full reflection is here: emotusoperandi.medium.com/reflections-...

#DavidGraeber #Polycrisis #LifeboatAcademy

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2 days ago

Colour photograph of the Dalai Lama's Peacock Tent at Doguthang (Rikya), Tibet, 1939. The large ceremonial tent features an ornate double-peaked roof decorated with elaborate scrolling patterns in gold and blue on a cream ground, with deep rust-red triangular panels at the peaks. The lower walls are white with decorative border trim. Guy ropes extend from the structure. A crowd of Tibetan people — including monks in robes and laypeople in traditional dress and wide-brimmed hats — gather in front of and around the tent. Mountains and a partly cloudy sky are visible in the background. Attributed to Hugh E. Richardson.

Dalai Lama's Peacock Tent at Doguthang, Rikya, attributed to Hugh E. Richardson, 1939 (colour slide)
#hugherichardson #Historicalphotograph #DalaiLama #photography

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4 days ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Our greatest hope: being less alone than the system expects.” — Ben Kadel, Farmastery Steward

Something changes when people discover others are noticing the same patterns. Conversations open. Understanding grows. Courage spreads.

Sometimes hope begins with a simple realization: we are less alone than we thought.

Full reflection:
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#SharedSeeing

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4 days ago

View 1 - The sculpture consists of massive, interconnected arches constructed from hundreds of stacked, raw materials resembling large wooden blocks or bricks. These segments are meticulously layered and angled to create a complex, organic form that appears to defy gravity, reaching toward the ceiling of an industrial-style gallery. The structure is held together without visible fasteners, utilizing a "catenary technique" inspired by Antoni Gaudí to maintain stability through gravity and weight.

View 2 - The sculpture consists of massive, interconnected arches constructed from hundreds of stacked, raw materials resembling large wooden blocks or bricks. These segments are meticulously layered and angled to create a complex, organic form that appears to defy gravity, reaching toward the ceiling of an industrial-style gallery. The structure is held together without visible fasteners, utilizing a "catenary technique" inspired by Antoni Gaudí to maintain stability through gravity and weight.

C18 by Vincent Ganivet, 2013 (brick, wooden wedges)
#vincentganivet #installationart #sculpture #physicsinart #art

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5 days ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “It’s impossible for certainty and curiosity to exist in the same moment.” ― Andy Puddicombe

Certainty closes the loop. Curiosity keeps the door open.

When we stay curious, the patterns shaping our lives become easier to see — and easier to face together.

Full reflection:
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#CuriosityPractice #CollectiveDiscernment

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5 days ago

Front view of a sculpture of a falcon, with a human head and a sun disk on top.

Side view of a sculpture of a falcon, with a human head and a sun disk on top.

Ba Bird, Ptolemaic Period (332-30BC or later), Egypt (wood, paint, gold leaf)
#babird #ancientegypt #sculpture #art

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6 days ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Our society loves to reduce everything to the level of the individual, because then we don’t have to look at the social factors." — Gabor Maté

When the same struggles appear across many lives, it can help to widen the lens.

Some challenges are personal. Others grow from the conditions people are living in.

Understanding that relationship restores perspective.

Full reflection:
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#SystemsThinking

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5 days ago

Black and white photograph if a chrysanthemum floating in water with some of its petals floating around and the reflection of a barren tree in the water.

A Box of Ku #638, by Masao Yamamoto, 1998 (gelatin silver print)
#masaoyamamoto #aboxofku #photography #art

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1 week ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The polycrisis is a metacrisis: it’s a crisis of meaning and understanding.” — Ben Kadel, Farmastery Steward

We're witness many pressures and the destabilizing erosion of shared meaning.

Understanding grows where attention and honesty are sustained.

Full reflection:
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#SharedMeaning

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1 week ago

The work is a combination of sculpture and drawing of a crouching, muscular, almost three-meter-high figure that looks ready to move, described as a "crouching brute".

Baby by Thomas Houseago, 2009-2010 (Tuf-Cal, hemp, iron rebar, and charcoal, blends raw, plaster, sketched details)
#thomashouseago #scultpure #multimedia #contemporaryart #art

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1 week ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.” — Albert Einstein

Silence is not empty.

It aligns us with something — just as speech does.

Where is your voice invested?

Full reflection:
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#Alignment

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1 week ago

Reflections: January 6th, 2021 I had an interesting day today. Didn’t we all? Mine had a slight twist on it, though. My morning started out with an amazing conversation…

Ruptures shock, but can confirm what we already felt in our bodies.

January 6th wasn’t just an event, it was a threshold.

When false safety falls away, what remains is how we choose to live — with integrity.

Full reflection:
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#CollectiveMaturity

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1 week ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." ― J.R.R. Tolkien

The times are given.

Conduct is chosen.

Agency doesn’t require heroics — just integrity in motion.

Full reflection:
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#LivedIntegrity

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1 week ago

The image displays the white roof of a Volkswagen Beetle embedded in the highly reflective white floor of an art gallery, creating an optical illusion that the car is sinking. The room is bright with large windows.

Hasta Las Narices (Up to the Nose) by Ivan Puig, 2004 (Volkswagen Sedan, undisclosed white liquid)
#ivanpuig #installationart #contemporaryart #art

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1 week ago

An illustration by Victo Ngai depicts an adult giving a child a haircut in a domestic setting. The child sits on a wooden chair, covered by a newspaper cape, with a bowl upturned on its head, while the adult stands behind it, scissors and comb in hand. Hair clippings are scattered across the floor, alongside a broom, a fan, and slippers.

Bowl Cut by Victo Ngai, circa 2010 (woodblock printing)
#victongai #woodblockprint #art #illustration

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1 week ago

Clarity isn’t forged in comfort alone.

Pressure can refine as well as distort.

If we stay present through the heat, something enduring can emerge.

Full reflection:
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#AdaptiveStrength

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1 week ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.” — Katherine Henson

A soft heart isn’t fragile.

It can feel fully and stay grounded. Adapt and remain clear.

Some strengths shatter under pressure. Others deepen.

Full reflection:
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#StayHuman

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1 week ago

A painting showing a person, possibly a man, from the side, looking down at a chessboard with several pieces on it. The person is painted in warm brown and red tones, with a focus on their large arm and hand resting near the board. The background is a light, pale green and yellow wash.

Vizisakk (Water chess) by Pap Gitta, 2009 (mixed media on linen)
#papgitta #painting #art

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1 week ago

A vibrant, large sculpture by Takashi Murakami called Flower Matango, featuring a sphere covered in colourful smiling flowers with thorny green vines extending upwards and outwards.

Flower Matango By Takashi Murakami, 2001-2006 (fiberglass, resin, steel, and oil paint)
#takashimuramaki #sculpture #art #contemporaryart

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1 week ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the power to choose... The responsibility of human beings is to attend to reality.” — Simone Weil

Liberty is often asserted in moments of strain.

Less often do we speak of the discipline of attention.

But listening — to reality, to consequence, to what is unfolding — is what gives choice depth.

Full reflection:
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#AttendToReality

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1 week ago

Photograph of a young man from behind, bare shoulders and brown hair disheveled in the sunlight.

Photograph of a young man from behind, bare shoulders in the sunlight, back and hair wet.

#4 and #5, extract from the series Regrets by Stefano Marchionini, c. 2018 and ongoing (photography)
#stefanomarchionini #photography #photodocumentation #art

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1 week ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We face a spiritual, moral, and psychological crisis — not just a technical one.” — Ben Kadel, Farmastery Steward

We often describe this moment as institutional failure.

But if fear and disconnection are part of it, then repair includes how we regulate, how we speak, how we stay in contact with reality under strain.

Full reflection:
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#CollectiveMaturity

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2 weeks ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not… Habit is persistence in practice.” — Octavia E. Butler

Inspiration is fleeting. Habit sustains.

Listening for guidance isn’t a mood — it’s a practice you return to whether the spark is there or not.

Full reflection:
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2 weeks ago

A Breadcrumb for My Future Self Listening for the tuning fork note

Sometimes guidance is a small, steady note beneath the noise.

The challenge isn’t believing everything you feel — it’s learning to tell fear from resonance.

Full reflection:
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#BreadcrumbForMyFutureSelf

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2 weeks ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Once the illusion of external rescue falls away, what remains is the slow, learnable work of standing together — imperfectly, locally, and in real time.” — Ben Kadel, Farmastery Steward

When the idea of rescue falls away, what remains isn’t doom.

It’s the slow work of standing together — locally, imperfectly, in real time.

Full reflection:
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#StandingTogether

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2 weeks ago

Artwork titled 'Sand on Table' by Gabriel Orozco, featuring a small wooden table on a beach with a pyramid of sand on top.

Sand on Table by Gabriel Orozco, 1995 (mise-en-scène photography)
#gabrielorozco #miseenscene #art #contemporaryart

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2 weeks ago

Two forearms and hands resting on a pale surface oriented horizontally on the picture plane, with a bright, horizontal beam of light shining across both, roughly along the line of the arms' bones.

Bones Of Light by Helen Korpak, April 2010
#helenkorpak #photography #art

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2 weeks ago

A sleeveless, light-colored textile artwork resembling a human torso, featuring dense black threads that look like blood vessels or roots spreading from a central, heart-shaped area. The piece is made of flax fiber by artist Raija Jokinen.

Poisoned Blood by Raija Jokinen, 2005 (linen paper)
#raijajokinen #fiberarts #contemporaryart #art

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