It’s July 11th and I’m at the Blue Harbor Resort in Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. Everyone around here says hello when you pass. NYC does a great job of removing that basic element of community. NYC is a place of exclusivity, arrogance and absurdity. The absurdity comes in the form of how ignorant so many people are, and one step further, how ignorant they are of their ignorance. I’m talking about downtowners, corporate types and the like. It’s nice to get away.

Second to last day here. It’s been intense. Extremely full days and I’m somewhat surprised I’m still participating to the extent that I am. I get worn out at these things (not that I’ve ever done anything quite like this before). Hell, typically after an afternoon of workshops I need a day or two to recover. But this has been all day everyday, four straight days with tomorrow being the last. It’s been extremely beneficial to me and my work. I’m glad I showed up for this and I’ve made some good friends.

We took a group shot today, I’m in here somewhere:

I’m going to try to take a nap before the next session begins in about 30 minutes. Have a great day, monkeys. Hope you can experience something like this, sometime, too.