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The Magic of Difficulty

Update #59 · Mar 23, 2013 · comment

I hope everyone is well and feeling the love of Spring coming on.

All is well on our front, we are so inspired to connect more with you over the next few months as we grow our Camp Now business, Art Farm and fulfill our promise to be great parents to our Little Guru, Louise Dharma-Moon.

Here's my new blog full of pictures and stories about it all, the ins and outs of being on this holy road, and as promised, those of you who are playing Crealitation with me will have your images and stories woven into my articles. Come join me on the journey to find the Magic of Your Difficulty. Over time our collective story will become one big and mythic quilt. Until soon, love, trust and gratitude, L

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Little Guru Louise

Update #58 · Mar 1, 2013 · comment

Congratulations everyone! We're all part of a wonderful success story. You are the first believers, the ones who gave us the courage to embark on this new field of family entertainment. Camp Now Productions (www.campnow.us password:crealitation) has now raised half of its seed money (which is an abundant amount of investment, more details to come!) In the meantime, our game plan is to slowly launch The Legend of the Golden Thread, an evolutionary mythology and transmedia campaign for peace (of which Thank You For Giving Us will be a part). Feel free to write with questions and until next time, below is my Little Guru in action. I'll update you as more big news comes in. More soon...

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When I was 19...

Update #57 · Jan 9, 2013 · comment

"If people around you try to discourage you from taking a certain course of action, or ridicule your ideas, take that as a positive sign. Sure it can be difficult not to run with the herd, but the truth is that most long-term success stories are written by folks who've done exactly that."
Jim Rogers, A Father's lessons for life and investing 2009

Thank you for the wonderful Crealitation Station photos sent so far!!! They are all so gorgeous in their own way and I can't wait to share them with everyone at my upcoming blog. If you have not received the first "Crealitation Assignment" (password: crealitation) yet, or are confused by my cryptic news, no worries, as Dr. Tumbleweed says, "it's never to late to crealitate." This is just the beginning. You can tap in at any time! Just email me at dharmabell@gmail with any thoughts or questions and I'll fill you in. This is all such a wonderful work in progress. Thank you all again for letting me jumpstart my communication for 2013 with you art kicking kickstarters. I'm so happy to be reconnecting with so many old friends. Thank you, GruntVig for today's quote.

I will now start tapering off these kickstarter updates to monthly and will only be sending daily and weekly updates to those who request them. In the meantime, I'll be connecting with each of you individually to find out how you'd most like to hear from me, and Baba, and the team at Camp Now.

Below is a scan of the first page of a story. My brother Kermit just found it and sent it to me, right in time for this post. I don't know where the rest of the pages are. I wrote and published this story when I was about 19 years old, starving for meaning, studying at NYU Dramatic Writing school, married to a man twice my age. It touches on what happened to me as a child, a story I promised to tell when I first wrote you a few weeks back, and will continually be telling, in various ways, through my upcoming blog, The Legend of the Golden Thread. Thank you again! Until soon, love now, L

Lizzie West is a transmedia artist and has been performing professionally for over 15 years. Friends of her work live all over the world. She has been featured in films, on TV, and can be heard on the radio, etc. She is also co-founder of Camp Now Productions LLC and the Camp Now Community, creator of the Legend of the Golden Thread Blog and Crealitation, a creating reality game. For Now, stay in touch with Lizzie by writing dharmabell@gmail.com.

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A Thousand Times I Shall Flower

Update #56 · Jan 7, 2013 · comment

"If you teach me the art of your hands and your mind, your gift will grow, reverberate. A thousand times your hands will work through my hands, A thousand times I shall flower. A thousand times you will bear fruit." Thank you Toril, for your quote from finnish poet, Lassi Nummi. I am now requesting inspiring quotes from anyone who wishes to share with me and I will include them in the Crealitation algorithm.

Thank you to everyone who has given feedback on www.campnow.us (password: crealitation), more soon about all that. Today's song choice is Jenny from Holy Road Freedom Songs. If you have any thoughts about this song or stories to share that relate, I'd love to hear them.

Below is GruntVig's "Crealitation Station" as was photographed in his hotel room on the open road. Thank you for the photo GrunVig and for taking Dr. Tumbleweed's advice.

To help me test out Crealitation and be among the first on Campus Earth to request and receive a Crealitation Assignment from Dr. Tumbleweed, please write me at dharmabell@gmail.com.

More soon...

Lizzie West is a transmedia artist and has been performing professionally for over 15 years. Friends of her work live all over the world. She has been featured in films, on TV, and can be heard on the radio, etc. She is also co-founder of Camp Now Productions LLC and the Camp Now Community, creator of the Legend of the Golden Thread Blog and Crealitation, the creating reality game. Stay in touch with Lizzie by writing dharmabell@gmail.com.

www.campnow.us (password: crealitation) 

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Stacey's Little Guru

Update #55 · Jan 4, 2013 · comment

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."- Melody Beattie

Below is a photo from this past Fall, taken at Helsinki Hudson. This wonderful be-In-g is one of my little gurus, Shante. She is also my goddaughter, proudly wearing her "Ball of Peace" T-shirt which was printed during the tour period of 2006-2008, when I was given my first Legend of the Golden Thread assignment from Dr. Tumbleweed and began growing the Ball of Peace. Thanks to you, my friends, family, and especially to the wizard of Now, and his dark haired angel, at Alchemist Properties for helping me start and grow the Ball of Peace.

Thank you Stacey, for your image of your little guru, see below. I will be weaving it into my upcoming Legend blog. Thank you all for your words photos, see below for an image of the cards going out to those who are sending me your photos and words of wisdom. Until soon, holy Now, L

Lizzie West is a transmedia artist and has been performing professionally for over 15 years. Friends of her work live all over the world and she has been featured in films, on TV, and can be heard on the radio, etc. She is also co-founder of Camp Now Productions LLC and the Camp Now Community, creator of the Legend of the Golden Thread Blog and Crealitation, the creating reality game. Stay in touch with Lizzie by writing dharmabell@gmail.com and subscribing to her upcoming interactive transmedia blog, "The Legend of the Golden Thread" www.campnow.us (password: crealitation)

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