Email communication
with the pioneer network of INL (april 2008)

From: Brian McClurg
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:12 AM
when i wake in the morning with the sensation of dream,
sights and sounds tell me its day.
that is life.

transferring those occurences from one to another,
thats the internet of life

From: Nahid Etezal Khiabani
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:36 AM
You have indeed inspired me and my latest, 3 minute, poem! is attached.
Love,
Nahid

Up on the hilltops
Where the high wind blows

Where the grass is green
And the sky so close,

Cry out my bequest
This will be my last request

Cry out to all who can hear
Whether they are far or near,

That we are all here to serve
And that we all should observe

The magic of life on earth,
That we’re all the same from birth.

From: Little Shiva
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:12 AM

Ghazaleh Ghazaleh too much energy Ghazaleh----------------never too much, never enough. Thanx for reaching out, thanx for the spark, thanx for connecting us. Who knows where it goes, is going, has been----------------now there's this little NET... WORK-------------------rhizome, not roots, for me-----------keep it spreading, keep it connected. Time is an important ingredient in art as in life. Years later, we may look back to trace the source, find a node, a point of contact-------------------------------Little Shiva

From: internetoflife ->
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:00 AM
To: internetoflife April 2008
Subject: >your feedback

Well hello

‘Tis me again, needing a little help from you.

Again, hard at work, not done yet but before tomorrow morning I need to be at some point of completion with this.

I’ve been thinking so much about my presentation and I thought, since you people are my thesis, I really want you to say something about it.

I’ll be performing poems, which are from the heart of me, the connector for this project but you are really the root for making it happen. So I’d like to show that the plant has roots and people need to know more about the roots, not the flowers that everyone sees in the end.

You have a feel for what I’m doing now and you were brave and kind enough to submit something to this project,  so I want to read out some of your feedback to the audience tomorrow as I show the website.

I think reflection from individuals towards an initiative are what determine success and, basically, take the pressure off of me, allowing me to leave the stage. This is about people, not me. I’m just leading integrity because that’s what I’m good at. I’ve been born with too much energy, and it has to get extinguished somehow. So I choose to em”power” others with it.

So, please if you like where I’m going with this; if you felt like your creativity was being encouraged; if you felt that what is to come is something innovative, let the people know. Anything, I don’t care what you write as feedback -- could be just supporting me as an individual, or the concept of what I’m doing. I think I’ll read some of your replies after my first email to the group, but now that it’s at the stage of being presented to the rest of the world, you are ones that can make this grow.


Whatever submissions I get for feedback today, that’s what I’ll read out tomorrow. If you send something later, I’ll just add to the rest.

Keep smiling!

-Ghazaleh

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RE: *informative reader for the connected speaker*
From: Karl Tablante
Date: Friday, April 18, 2008 5:39 AM

If you give a mouse a cookie. Good book, have you ever read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein? Seems like we got this ball rolling, now I'm excited. I think everyone is thinking the same thing. Pastry party. Ghaz, get it done! Otherwise you're going to find a mob on your hands. Make sure pecan pie is on that list of pastries. Thanks Ghazaleh - you're awesome for setting up this pastry party.

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RE: *informative reader for the connected speaker*
From: Fereshteh Forough
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:22 AM

Sounds very exciting:)

And I did this because I find your work and you as a person very creative,smart, and interesting.  And I'm thankful that you gave me the chance to express my ideas through it. It was exciting because I tend to be a very logical person, not really creative and this allowed me to connect with a different side of me. It was a challenge and allowed me to use my mind and knowledge in a different way.  This project caught my eye because it allowed me THINK and analyze my surrounding/self and it's sad that I don't expose myself to these things as often as I would like.

Cheers,

Fereshteh

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RE: *informative reader for the connected speaker*
From: Bruce Gavin Ward
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:05 PM

there are 39 machines defining a circle;
wires trail from each to each;
we are like the soldier towers curving off through the field;
but carrying knowledge;
we are connected;
we are 'intouch';
we are one;
we are all different;
and
we are one!

[why do i know that no one is the least bit uncomfortable
about their eddress being included, for all?]

__________________________B

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RE: *informative reader for the connected speaker*
From: Massoud Etezal Khiabani
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:33 PM

My dear piece of flesh and soul, Ghazaleh:
Salaam (Peace) be yours. What a magnificent energy and effort you have! You are the strongest link of the chain you have created from scratch. You see things in two ways.
One with your head's eyes and one with your heart's eyes.
Mask do not fool you for you are after the truth.
Truth is like ocean and mask is the bubble on the water.
You have managed to stick to the water and not be fooled by the millions of tiny bubbles  which have covered it.
I wish to be honoured to contribute.
May the truth be with you at all times and a bright horizon at your foreseeable future.

Massoud

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RE: *informative reader for the connected speaker*
From: Einat Vinokur
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:05 PM

Ghazaleh,
I did this for a few reasons. Primarily, becuase I consider you one of my closest friends, and I support all the good work that you do. You know you can count on me and I share your creative vision.
Secondly, I remember the conversation we had in a Starbucks nearly 2 years ago when you had your first inkling of what this thesis would turn out to be. I'm happy to see you grow everyday through this process, and I look forward to seeing the fruits of all your efforts.
 
love yah,
 
Einat

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RE: *informative reader for the connected speaker*
From: Peter Jones
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:52 PM

Ghazaleh – What an extraordinary, touching gesture to all of us to share your experience of each, personally – and shared with all of us. I really get your open-hearted generosity, and it awakens in me the possibility that I can also bypass the Web-conventional “social sharing system” and speak personally right to everyone participating, as you have, even when we do not know one another. You have really closed the gap that separates all of us from each other, and we’re all kind of bound to each other now by way of your force of personality and love for everyone.
 
I love the surprise you are creating for all of us (and yourself) with our progressive participation –you have created tangible anticipation.
 
Yours in waiting for what’s next, Peter
 
Peter H. Jones, Ph.D.
redesignresearch.com

From: internetoflife ->
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:47 PM
To: internetoflife April 2008
Subject: *informative reader for the connected speaker*

Dear connected friends via the most incredible communication tool in history (the Internet):

38 of us in total (including me) for the first release of INL: an online compendium of spoken livers

Friday you will receive an email from me containing a link comprised of all of your submissions.
This will not be public as of yet from the main page, only if you send the link to someone, they can access it.

I request for you to review your own submission and analyze what I have done with the colour-coding of your submission.
I’ve read them all very carefully way more than once and have tried my best to do what it is that I intend to do: read, extract, highlight, connect and present.
No, of course nothing is in any order, but I’ve tried to connect your words, phrases and concepts with the following manual:

Dependencies>
Yellow: the what, the science, the definition through the biologic and physiologic
Orange: the where, the place, the time, the space, the geography
Red: the choice, the action, the doing, the decision for the reason of...

Relations>
Blue: to nature, birth, proximity, past (I called this ‘here and now’ before, but changed the wording)
Teal: to value, thought, belief and perception (that’s what I meant by ‘by how I think’)
Green: to action, practice, creation, doings (your work, your field of study, business)

Connections> (these 3 colours will slightly be adjusted, but they are in the ‘purple’ gamut) -- this is the cyclical process of ‘doing’
Purple: observations, experiences, learnt, heard, felt...every piece of information (data)
Violet: making sense, knowledge, understanding, finding a purpose to pursue with reason
Indigo: completion, DOING after observing and making sense, making and following the plan that you created for yourself


If there are any changes you’d like to make the ‘colour-coding’, not the text because the purpose of this first release is that you are the pioneers and did it without viewing other submissions, you need to let me know by Monday. You can make linguistic changes, but you cannot change your entry.
After that I intend to create separate pages for each colour linking the bits and pieces from everyone’s entry in one page, so when the quote from your piece is clicked, it goes to the source: your page.

Here are the list of participants (in alphabetical order) and little description of our connection.
You can keep this for reference for the future. I just wanted you all to see who everyone is.
This is a lot of writing but I feel like this is necessary for me to do, because I want to do it.

1. Alex Sem: went to highschool together; were in the same program CyberARTS, we barely ever talked then; Facebook united us again through a random meetup with 2 other random people off of a website. It was the coolest random night at Starbucks Chatpers, The Rex and Subway ride home
2. Ann Homan: through my involvement with BIG (this past school year) – first presentation I made for ThinkTank class; we are working on the BIG Festival now; she’s the head of DIG IN
3. Bernise Ang: in 2006 I paid my way on a train to NYC to be at the Youth Caucus of Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14); she was one of the people who blew me away with how engaged she was in Singapore and her incredible leadership accomplishments and friendly aura made us stay in touch by email
4. Black Krishna: I was at Christie Ossignton Neighbourhood Centre couple weeks ago taking pictures to document the LOFT youth program in the basement – he was a friend of the coordinator Javid – we talked for a good hour or so about our perceptions – clicked pretty fast; I then hit up Bob Abate community centre in the area and he happened to be there too: we played ball...yes, I still have it ;-)
5. Brian McClurg: he’s my lovely talented friend (first person I met at OCAD) Iman’s boyfriend & long-term friend — we first met a couple years ago at Carribana at Centre Island; MSN keeps and Facebook keep us in touch
6. Bruce Gavin Ward: through BIG Festival planning and like Ann, first met at my presentation to the BIG group in October. He’s on so many committees and he volunteers more than antyhing. He also invited Bruce Hinds to speak at Architecture for Humanity panel discussion, which I attended as well and spoke up about his/my neighbourhood and giving visibility to the the highly engaged groups in the area.
7. Carrie Cutforth-Young: she was a very supportive participant at the Forum I conducted for OCAD in 2006 regarding school issues. She’s a mature CRCP student and very outspoken with her opinions (love that about women)
8. Christopher Moorehead: I think our first class together was Think Tank in second year with Keith Rushton; we’ve been in the same thesis class with Keith; Facebook keeps us more in touch; he also attended my Forum in 2007 rebelling against OCAD’s name change — outspoken mature student at OCAD with many years as an engineer
9. Daniel Blackman: I was in Florida for a semester last year; one of the first people who was inviting and automatically saw me as an outsider designer to value for opinion and not ‘competition’. We stay in touch through Facebook; he’s one of the few designers whose work I really appreciated down there; he realized that too --
10. Dave Mason: he was the judge for Best of Ringling show meantime launching the new identity that his studio SamataMason rebranded; he gave a speech about his life as a designer, oh yea he also picked 2 of my pieces for the show – I liked his speech, it was entertaining and he was Canadian, so I went up and thanked him, small talk you know...next thing you know I apply to be an intern for the summer and they accepted my application...so I was in Chicago (no, Dundee Illinois in the suburbs, but commuted by train from Chicago) with Dave beating my ass for 3 months ;-) he was also one of the first critiquers of my thesis...we talked for over an hour when I requested a small chat for some suggestions — he beat my ass ;-)
11. David Barringer: I read his long essay in Émigré magazine. It was so incredible and fun to read that I emailed him. This was probably 2 years ago. He wrote a long email back and since then we’ve been email buddies...long email buddies. He also edited an anthology and asked me to write. It should be coming out for the summer. It’s called “what happened to us in the last couple years?”. My piece is an email exchange with my cousin Arghavan in Iran about the situation there
12. Debbie Millman: I’ve been listening to her podcast Design Matters for the last couple years. I loved the intro to one of her shows so much that tears shed. I immediately emailed her and since then we’ve been friends. I called in a couple times to the show. Last time I called in and asked Jonah Lehrer some questions. She’s a businesswoman with a big big heart. You can feel it.
13. Einat Vinokur: we went to the same middle school, grade 7 and 8. We didn’t talk throughout highschool since we didn’t go to the same schools, but we had each other on MSN. After highschool we started getting close just through online conversations and then we met up and have continued the friendship in person, phone and online. Loyal friend. In the past couple years we’ve become very close and she’s one of the most supportive, positive, ambitious and extremely intelligent in her field of neuropsychology graduating this year from U of T.
14. Erin Siegel: we’ve yet to meet in person but I met her incredible artwork online at ocadarchive.com that went up just this Sunday. I emailed her and told her her paintings basically shook me and I told her she should submit a piece. So I’ve known her through email for 3 days.
15. Fereshteh Forough: we went to the same school in grade 6. After that we never saw each other but in first year university I think we me through Hi5. It was pretty cool how we reunited. We then added each other to MSN, went for coffee. I think we’ve actually physically reunited twice but I like her because she’s a grounded Iranian who immigrated the same time I did. She’s smart and pure.
16. Franciso Pereira: he came to TakingITGlobal while I was still working there part-time and I was amazed by how much he had done and seen around the world. He was brand new to Toronto, coming from London, so we went to H&M and bought plain tshirts. We talk on MSN mostly but we are part of the extended TIG family always.
17. Greg Van Alstyne: my teacher last semester for typeface design1. I proposed to make a really abstract, bizarre and conceptual typeface with Farsi and English and he trusted that I would do what I said I would do. He’s the director of IwB who made Massive Change. Intellectually and conceptually, it think he’s one of the very few teachers whose mind is way out there and sees crazy potential in digital futures with interaction
18. Greg Valou: we were in the CyberARTS program at CH Best and Northview from grade 7-12. We actually barely ever talked throughout those years. I thought he was too full of himself and I knew he was smart but his ego was too big lol That’s how you care across to me then Eg. After a couple really long wall posts on Facebook we reunited through our mentalities and writing...this was last summer. So we talk almost everyday online and he’s been following this thesis for all that time too. Greg gets me...very few young people do. Creativity practice is a need. He’s in Vancouver now.
19. Jaevion Nelson: I found his member story on TakingITGlobal so inspiring that I messaged him saying how inspiring he is. We’re the same age, he’s in Jamiaca and probably the most active youth in that country. Incredibly intelligent, motivated, ambitious, loving and generous young man. He has the longest resume you could possibly imagine filled with leadership activities. We talk on MSN. Jae keep doing what you do boy.
20. Jon Long: his  dad founded Long&McQuade and he’s the guy who does everything for the BloorOssington location. He first saw me present to the BIA (again through ThinkTank project). I went to interview him with my voice recorder. We ended up talking for 2 hours. Since then we’ve been friends – I walk in to say hi from time to time. Instant connection. Brilliant, incredibly hard-working, generous and compassionate man. His mind is out there and he calls me ‘young superstar’ every time he sees me. Hearts to you Jon.
21. Karl Tablante: We were in the same hang-out group in highschool. Lots of laughing and jokes was my connection with Karl in highschool and a couple years after. Karl completely changed and his vision for life radically spinned. He and I connect mentally and have been in touch — I call him up sometimes. He went to Marshall Islands to teach for a year and after that he has a new life ahead of him. Karl all the best to you in your pursuits.
22. Kevin Krueger: he was the one in communication with the SamataMason internship applicants. He was the one who informed me that they would like to talk to me on the phone. He was funny about my name when he called. Totally cool, totally friendly, funny, humorous and positive. I could see myself with these guys just through our first phone conversation. Same thing when I got there. Just a damn good and cool designer — why wouldn’t you wanna be around him?
23. Little Shiva: I don’t know you but you’re a designer in Charlotte who picked up on my project through my Facebook group, which she found that David Barringer had joined. So she participated immediately. It’s great to see this result come from my project. Something I think I will be experiencing more of continuing this endeavor. Thanks Little Shiva! I love when people you don’t know love what you do and find you.
24. Massoud Etezal Khiabani: he is my father — he’s given me birth, shelter and passed on his wisdom to me. He is a performer, a actor who states that the real actor is one who plays his true role in life’s movie. He is a visionary, compassionate and always has ideas. He is pure, loving and immigration has made his passions difficult to execute. I love him beyond words in English or Farsi. He’s seen me grow in his house...now I grow myself in the house of the world. He is also one who truly understands Islam, extracting the words of wisdom through history and stories, and can speak to the very depth of its purity for a fulfilling life.
25. Micahel Desjardins: he’s the IT guy at OCAD. I think we started talking when I walked into his office one day. Then I told him about my thesis and he introduced me to the founder of Octopz. We walked to MaRS on College St. and met up with the guy Barry. He likes me because I don’t just talk, I do. Michael’s a doer too. He has ideas and he does them. Another guy who’s always ahead with ideas.
26. Mwansa Njelesani: she was the big leader at TIG for the AIDS Conference in 2006. This woman is incredible. So intelligent, so loving, so full of positive energy. She’s inspiring and she’s from Zambia and there right now. She has her life together and she’s another woman who SPEAKS! Thank you for being the first to reply to my request Mwansa!
27. Nahid Etezal-Khiabani: she’s my dad’s older sister. I haven’t seen her since I left Iran...so over 11 years. She’s been in London for most of her life. I knew her as my aunt but didn’t really know her. We had one conversation a few years ago on MSN that proved to her and me that we both love poetry and writing. When I thought of this project I immediately thought of her. She submitted a beautiful poem that she wrote when she was 21. She wrote for years and years and years. She was a revolutionary. I’m going to go visit her this summer. We must reunite.
28. Nick Yeo: he’s been a great mentor of mine. We first met online after I added him to MSN, after hearing that he was hired at TIG. This was when I was away from Toronto. Our conversations are priceless. We sit and talk online for hours debating something and both trying to prove our ends, but in the end he’s always just trying to give me a hard time. So many ideas come from these conversations. They’ve been inspiring and have moved me to new directions. Nick has a bright young mind, like myself. He’s the communications manger at TIG right now and we go for a bite once in a while. Thanks for pushing me Nick — you’ve contributed a lot to the formation of this thesis...I thank you.
29. Peter Hamilton: I found out about ThinkTankToronto, emailed them and founder Rafael Gomez replied with interest to come to our class. Peter works for TTT and he’s an OCAD student who I had never met. He’s in fine arts. We had two liberal studies classes together: Design&Sustainability and Biological Principles of Sustainability. Clearly through his practices we can see that we connect through our passions for ‘making it better’. He’s launched a music festival in Scarborough in may! You should all go!
30. Peter Jones: well if it wasn’t for peter I would not have so much confidence right now with my thesis. He’s in the interaction design field — has his phD. He gave a speech at OCAD about interaction and the web. I told him about what I was doing...this was way back in October. So, after a couple emails I realized that this man is so incredibly intelligent and wise, he recommended I read RD Laing. So I got a hold of some books on psychotherapy through craigslist from a man living at bathurst and sheppard. I read those books and those books changed my life. I had epiphany after epiphany for my thesis and Peter got to experience my pscyho madness while I went through them. We met up when he was once in Toronto and went for dim sum. Thanks Peter for your genuine friendship — through virtual interaction and writing.
31. Polly Johnson: Polly made my portfolio with her Eight Texts assignment. Actually, all of her assignments. She was my Graphic Design studio prof in Florida. I decided to use paint for wiriting typography and she let me do it. The book turned out to be one of my best pieces I’ve ever put together. Polly knows design. Polly knows how to push people and design her projects to push process. Polly is simple and wise.
32. Rafael Gomez: I found him through online research. There was an article on him and his 54East studio in Globe and Mail. I contacted him by email and then called him. That was in November. Now we are partners for making a studio in the community for OCAD ThinkTank...in the community that I’ve been involved in. I’ve moved here too. I’m sitting right now here at College and Dufferin because I fell in love with this place that I’m helping improve, just like Raf with his home neighbourhood. Rafael is hiring me as Research director for ThinkTankToronto. We are signing our lease this week. Lots for of Rafael in the future. He’s got his phD in economics and he teaches at York, well at UofT in Sept..right Raf?
33. Raffaele Brereton: Raff and I went to highschool together. I don’t know how we started talking, but I think it was through basketball and then we saw eachother around. We used to talk a lot online and I always admired his positivity and generosity. Always has a smile on his face. He’s a determined guy. He dances for a living right now and promotes his uncles urban fashion brand. He teaches dance. DANCE Raf, dance! I thought of him for the project and told him to submit through MSN. I said come on Raf, write you, write you...so he did. Thanks Raff!
34. Samantha Bryan: we had the same Drawing class in first year. She kept in touch with me since first year and always asks me for advice and criticism. She’s focused, she’s determined and she works very hard. She’s pure and genuine...very quiet. She’s always been there. Our relationship is mainly online eventhough we go to the same school but 90% of our relationship is through MSN. Oh and we trekked through Nuit Blanche in 2006 together...fun times Sam. She’s in Paris right now doing an exchange.
35. Sue Goldstein: mohammed mohsen the president of student union introduced us. She came to speak up at the Forum I organized about OCAD’s name change. She spoke up loud and strong! She’s a true activist and has used her art and energy to serve community for years. She’s true to her soul. She’s a mature student who understands the depth of life. I told her about the project in the library. She submitted. She also showed up at the GradShow Planning stuff I was involved in...so we see eachother a lot now through activism. Best of luck on your thesis Sue.
36. Tony Kerr: I think Keith Rushton first introduced me to him. He’s a cool cat...doesn’t act like a teacher. He’s the Chair of Advertising and he’s just such a nice person. He’s always smiling and he said I should relax and not work so much, and that I remind him of him. We had short and clever(ish) conversations on Facebook. We do at school too. We just met this school year, before that didn’t know who he was. I know Tony now!
37. Warren James: Ah, Warren James....well lets see. We first met at our interview at York. Warren, remember you were asking me about the OCAD interview and you were panicking about it? So we both applied to York and we got in to both schools and chose OCAD. He was probably my closest friend in first year. We spent a lot of time hanging out and working on school stuff together. I’d take notes in lectures, he’d sleep, and then he’d break down all the info and we’d study hardcore for exam...he’d still end up getting a higher mark. So, he’s my homeboy but we haven’t seen much of eachother this past year or so. Busy times with OCAD. He’s going to murder everyone in Advertising this year...right Warren?
    

RE: You are **in** first

Reply to Ghazaleh
From: Tony Kerr
I’ve given it great thought – and reinforced by the wonderful replies to your list of friends that I have been copied on – I insist that my quote stands. Its proven by the comments you’ve made for each of these friendships.

Luck, success & warm wishes,
Tony

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From: Karl Tablante
Actually I did it because I was promised a big slice of pecan pie. Though i never did get my pie, now i wonder if it was all worth it... Ghaz, you owe me that slice of pie.

Reply To Ghazaleh
From: Sue Goldstein
hey ghazaleh,
i got to thank you for the inspiration. looking forward to seeing the ever-
evolving results...
regards,
sue

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From: Greg Valou
Good luck with your what-have-you, ghaz. maybe you should get it on tape so we can all actually see what it is you're up to, ya?

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From: Sue Goldstein
hey y'all,
i did it because any way to break the hold of capitalist speed must be taken.
i did it because any excuse to put words on a page, real or virtual, i will take advantage of.
i did it because every conversation we have holds the potential to challenge the lives we don't want to lead
and the powers that be.
i did it because i was asked and i was willing to submit.
finally, i did it because i...did it.
regards,
sue

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From:Nahid Etezal Khiabani
And I did it because I believe it's about time our voices are heard.  
And because you can't clap with one hand but with many hands you can create a loud applause!
 
Nahid

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From:Bruce Gavin Ward
i responded because i had to!
[life gave me no choice; nor did i want one; we're all in this together,
and any exploration of
that theme must be embraced]

_____________________B

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From:Jaevion Nelson
Ghaz, to be honest - I dont have a clue what you are doing. But i think its interesting .. and the internet has done so much for me ... included in its benefits is meeting you. I pregnant with anxiety to see what you make of what we submitted.

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From:Ann Homan
I did it because it's very, very interesting so far & I want to see what you make of it! Best, Ann

Reply To Ghazaleh
From: Little Shiva
I like what you're doing and am happy to be on your mailing list. In return, I'm putting you on mine. I mostly send out mailings for my blog, The Visible Trash Society (http://www.visibletrash.net) but occasionally I send out mailings with a link to my design site, http://www.littleshiva.com.

Keep in touch!

From: internetoflife ->
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 4:53 PM
To: internetoflife April 2008
Subject: You are **in** first

Dear participants
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I started calling out for submissions on March 29 and cut off the date today — so about 16 days.

32 of you (out of how many I won’t say) responded to my cryptic request.
You did it because you did what I asked you to do which was open to your interpretation.
Some of you I pressured, some of you did it and and surprised me with a smile — actually, all of you made me smile...this has been very touching I must admit.
You are now on my mailing list, my pioneer network, and I know you’re okay with it because you want to see where this all goes.

I have to just say that these two weeks have summed up my thesis with a big heart and I finally know what my purpose has always been.
I stayed true to what I wanted to do. I went back to my truth and followed that to end off my student years at o.c.a.d, setting a mark as a graphic designer.
I made myself, but all of you and others that I’ve encountered through life helped me discover it.

I came to you because I know you and you responded because you know my intentions. We’ve had meaningful conversations at one point in our lives and I want it to continue. You and I and the rest of us. Some of you I haven’t ‘met’ even but we’ve met through words. Some of you are family, some of you are far away, some of you I haven’t seen since way back when. The technological internet has made this fast — time is gone. This is global. Human family coming through in the fast lane.

Listen, you responded because you are my friend and you didn’t question what I was doing — you  just did it. Don’t you think we need to have more meaningful personal connections to make networks and build global teams?


You have no clue what I’m doing do you?

GOOD!
(I think you feel it though)

I’m so excited to show what all of you have said.
Look out for my next email for the first round of presentations.

love (of two in one)
-ghazaleh


PS- I’m performing ‘my’ anthem for internetoflife April28 for the first time in front of students and teachers at OCAD
Listen up!