November 27, 2002
Harlem, New York, USA
6:39pm. I arrived on long Island Saturday night not knowing
where I was going. From a hotel
lobby I called Nikki, my only solid contact in New York City. She
wasn't home, so I called
Tristan, a friend Seed went to art school in Paris. I've yet to meet
Seed face to face myself, but we've been email
budz for awhile and she is
going with me to Mexico-- jumpin' in the Dragonfly when I pass-by
Louisiana. Check out what Seed just made for a client.
A short time later, Tristan, her toddler Dakota and I were together in
their kitchen eating pizza
that I brought from Manchester. I read Dakota some of his favorite
books, then showed them photos
from home and Mexico. Tristan showed me video with Seed in it that
was shot last month during
her visit to NYC.
In the morning we got a bagel and juice at a local shop in perfect NYC
style, then spent the rest
of the day together at the Bronx zoo, the largest urban zoo in the
world. Nikki was in a foto
shoot all day, so I picked her up afterward and we headed to The Bitter
End to see her girl
friend's homegirl Courtney be a starlet. Three ladies... Ashley, Jenn and Courtney were on stage with
guitars, each behind a mike
taking turns doing their solo act in the style of a song writer's circle. Lisa, helped Ashley on a couple songs and I spoke with Lisa after. Nice girl. All of them were beautiful and
talented. It was a good scene
to be in. The band after them were amazing, and I specially loved one
song that said, "This is
your time... this is your place," which put me in a great headspace.
Monday morning and afternoon I was on the phone talking to magazine
publishers, and I had a good
chat with the editors of National Geographic Adventure Magazine who
said they would do something
with me, starting with an interview on their site.
At 4pm I arrived at Rocking the Boat in the Bronx, where Adam (who
shares an apartment with
Nikki) directs and after school project teaching inner city youth how
to build wooden boats,
which they get to use afterward. I did my slide show for them at 6pm,
and then we had a little
discussion. Living in this city is such a different reality. There are
so many people, and all
types, its like the whole world lives here.
Yesterday, I worked on email most of the day. Check out this one I got:
"born in ' 77 and so much excitement in life ? now i fill like i wasted
most of my life :o))
seriously: great site, great stories, gorgeous pictures. I found it on
russian news site by
picture from your site : http://mednovosti.ru/news/2002/11/26/donjuan/ ,
good luck!
-Kathy
I checked it out... and they used a photo from my site showing a plate
full of Peyote... to go
along with a this story written by one of their writers:
Indian is judged for the right to give narcotic to the child American
requires permitting giving narcotic to his four year old son.The
discussion deals with the traditionally utilized by American Indians cactus to
peyote, which contains hallucinogenic substances.Jonathan Flouyer
(Zhonatyuan Of foshler), 35 years, considers that forbidding to give peyot
to child, authority they disrupt that guaranteed to each the freedom of
veroispovedovaniya.Hearings in this matter began on Friday in the
family law court Of nevaygo region, Mitchigan.Conflict arose after Jonathan
was bred with his wife of Cristina Ganslovskya (Cristina Yuanslovsky)
soon after the generation of child.During October of 2000 years the
right to the guardianship was transmitted to father, but judge then
specially specified ban to that so that the child would obtain peyot. Now
Jonathan requires permitting the participation of boy in the religious
rituals, which practice in the church of the morning star of American I!
ndians.There peyot give out either in the form of tea or greenish
paste.Thus far it plans/glides only to rub tea into the forehead of child,
but as soon as that will want to try to accept him inward, father does
not intend to prevent this. To the protection of the right of father to
give to child narcotic arose the psychiatrist and researcher from the
Harvard medical school John Khelpern (Zhoyun Yu. Yualpern), one of the
most important specialists in peyotu and by another
hallucinogen.Answering a question of judge about the possible harm for the health, it noted
that to it it is not known about the cases, when in the course of
traditional Indian ceremonies child or adult would suffer. Generally in THE
USA peyot is considered narcotic and that, in whom more than four
ounces (only more than hundred grams), are found, it risks to please into
the prison.However, in 1994 congress affirmed right to the use of a
hallucinogen in the traditional Indian rituals, conducted by the members!
of the officially recognized Indian tribes.To one of after all belongs
Jonathan Flouyer. In his former wife will the possibility produce its
arguments in this matter at the session of the law court on 27
December.It is known that it thus far considers that to give peyot to child is
unsafe.
In the evening, Katie, Nikki and I had a necklace/book making session
at an apartment in
Brooklyn where Nikki's clothing designer friend Daniel lives with other
artsy action heroes. Lyon
Smith, Architectural designer who lives there showed me a few things
he'd done-- sculpture,
paintings, video, photos, ...I was very impressed-- a true renaissance man.
There are levels of people, but it is not fixed. People that are
powerful have developed
themselves. They know they are powerful and use it. Its great to know
these people cuz they
introduce you to their circle of friends who are also very creative and
manifest fun scenes to
live in. It sucks for people who don't have such great influences and
connections. That's why
Action Hero Training Camp is so important; people on lower levels
hanging in hoods and malls
surrounded by thugs and drug addicts might never get the chance to make
friends with such great
talents otherwise.
Today I was on the phone going down a list of contacts Adam gave me for
high schools in the Bronx
and just pulling random schools of interest from the phone book. I
planted lots of seeds, and two
were fruitful so far-- $300 for back to back shows at Bronx Guild High
School on Dec. 6th and
$200 for a teacher development day at Lehman High School on Dec.13th.
Now I'm off to Tristan's. Tomorrow we are going to Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade. Another
friend, Eric, who I met in Ontario, Canada at an Earth Education
gathering, has invited me for
Thanksgiving dinner with his family.
Hi Max!
Have you ever watched The Simpsons? There is an episode where Homer
Simpson changes his name to Max Power. It is one of the funniest shows
of that series! The joke is that by changing his name to something cool
and trendy, he revolutionizes his life-he starts to hobnob with movie
stars and politicians.
I checked out your website for a bit...haven't read much of your
journal entries, but I want to. I want to read about Mendocino...my
long-lost home on the ocean...
I thought it was really cool how you listed everybody who had given you
support on your trip! I wanted to know if you would be interested in
earning a little money babysitting for me on Friday. Alas, due to the
Thanksgiving holiday, Dakota's daycare will be closed. I would be sort
of nice to have a four day holiday, but the cut in my paycheck would be
harsh...I don't yet have the cushy corporate benefit package with paid
holidays.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Regards,
Tristan
