My PechaKucha Talk About Life, Liberty + Happiness.

1/15/2015

PechaKucha is a concise presentation format made simply of 20 images held for 20 seconds. It started in 2003 among architects in Tokyo, but has grown beyond its original host industry + city.

Last month I presented at Chicago's Vol. 32 at Martyr's. (Big thanks, again, to Cousin Carolyn, Peter, Sharon + Thorsten). Speakers are encouraged to talk about what they're currently working on, or something they care passionately about. I tried to do both, with a bit of backstory...

PLEASE ALSO SEE:
* Vote Hemp
* Moseley Putney's excellent PechaKucha talk on industrial hemp

2 Comments

Wisdom Seeker

1/20/2015 07:18:30 am

Erika,

WOW! This presentation makes it plain to see how you became the wonderful person whom you are. Present in you, is, the outstanding role fulfillment of Altruistic-Nurturer-of-Humanity; Guardian-of-Our-Planet; and Defender-of-Nature-and-Its-Bounty. It was good to learn that seeds planted in you as a child -- along with your innate abilities and (obvious) great mind -- set your feet on your life path. Snowflakes in Michigan; collegiate studies in Philosophy; work in End-of-Life Chaplaincy; life-long communion with nature; residencies in premier, natural habitats; and distant treks in search of true knowledge and wisdom have all influenced your eclectic, erudite personhood. Your readers certainly do benefit from these experiences!

I appreciate the information about hemp as an industrial crop, and after listening to the speech by Moseley Putney, I am in support of it.

Thank you for this presentation, and for your Words Of Wisdom. ...(Again, WOW!!)

P.S.: I look forward to Fera!

Erika Harris link

1/22/2015 11:47:31 pm

Dear Wisdom Seeker, in those first few lines, I think you've described a very fine comic book hero! :-) LOL. Thank you for receiving this so positively, and for your encouragement. I'm happy for your support of hemp (please tell others!) And I'm excited to introduce Fera. It will be fun to try out a new medium (fiction). I so appreciate your thoughtfulness. XO

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