It was totally fortuitous that at 27 I would live and work on a sailboat in the tropics. It didn’t come from a carefully crafted plan, nor was a bullett point of the once in a lifetime bucket list.
My dream was to fix an old van, make it liveable and drive through the Silk Road, from Italy to China.
Episode # 8 of Social Dreaming Talks will air on 11th June 2021 @17-18 GMT. In this episode Kalina Stamenova and Fabio Brunazzi will have a talk with Franca Fubini. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel or join this mailing list to be reminded. OUR GUEST Franca Fubini lives in Italy and works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, group analyst and …
Episode # 7 of Social Dreaming Talks will air on 4th June 2021 @17-18 GMT. In this episode Kalina Stamenova and Fabio Brunazzi will have a talk with Leslee Brown. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel or join this mailing list to be reminded. OUR GUEST Dr. Brown is Founder and Director of Mind Body Passport Inc., which curates extraordinary international …
Episode # 6 of Social Dreaming Talks will air on 14th May 2021 @17-18 GMT. In this episode Kalina Stamenova and Fabio Brunazzi will have a talk with Angela Eden. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel or join this mailing list to be reminded. Angela Eden started her career in theatre education, moved into community development and finally works as an organization …
Episode # 5 of Social Dreaming Talks will air on 23rd April 2021 @17-18 GMT. In this episode Kalina Stamenova and Fabio Brunazzi will have a talk with Michael Kliën. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel or join this mailing list to be reminded. Michael is a choreographer and artist whose work has been situated around the world. Kliën’s artistic practice encompasses interdisciplinary …
On Friday 16th April from 17 to 18 GMT, Kalina Stamenova and I will talk with Tessa Gordziejko. She is the 4th guest of our series and we will discuss about social dreaming and creativity. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel or join this mailing list to be reminded. I met Tessa on Creativity Jumpstart, a …
“It is in interactions that we draw the world” Carlo Rovelli Session #11 of the Series Let’s Dream Together – Experiment in Social Dreaming was designed with the idea to introduce the language of drawing in an online Social Dreaming. The design of the event comes by the collaboration between Sergio Di Giorgi and Steven …
— Collage of the Matrix and Reflection created by one of the participants Experiment #9 was on Saturday November 21, 2020 at 8:00 Los Angeles / 11:00 New York/ 12:00 Rio de Janeiro / 16:00 UK/ 17:00 CET Jelena Dimitrijevic (Serbia) and Fabio Brunazzi (Spain) designed and hosted this matrix with the following structure: …
In the Kairos Readings I offer brief moments of writing, reflecting frames that try to capture what pops up around me while my mind plays whack-a-mole with fragments of Truth.
Let’s Dream Together is a shared, co-designed community, co-evolving on the format of Social Dreaming. The series began in April 2020 and it is sponsored by Psychology of Sailing. Open internationally, it welcomed so far more than 40 participants from countries such as Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, South Africa, …
Let’s Dream Together is a shared co-designed community evolving through the format of social dreaming. The series began in April 2020 and it is sponsored by Psychology of Sailing in cooperation with the Centre for Social Dreaming. Open internationally, it welcomed so far more than 30 participants from countries such as Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, …
The Online Social Dreaming Matrix #7 took place on Zoom on Saturday 19th of September 2020. Eighteen participants took turns sharing dreams and associations. MATRIX #1 The firs dream took us on a beach, the light was similar to a moon eclipse, a low light, the dreamer takes a bath in the sea. A two …
The series of Social Dreaming Let’s Dream Together restarted Saturday 29th August 2020 after a break of almost 3 months. This was the sixth meeting of the series that welcomed more than 25 participants from countries such as Austria, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, U.K., USA which were able/forced to connect via the …
“Let’s Dream Together” Series – Fabio Brunazzi 5th SDM – Sunday 25 May 2020 – From 11.00am until 12.10pm EST Hosts: Shelia Thurman (USA) and Agnes Berthoz (France/United Kingdom) Participants: 9 Dreams: 8 Associations: Around 21 In this matrix, many of the dreams reflected about our human behaviours and those of the virus Covid19. i.e. The virus, like us …
This report is compiled by Sara Mononen On Sunday May 10th, Sara Mononen (Canada) and Elio Vera (Italy) hosted a Social Dreaming Matrix. 10 people attended from England, Canada, USA, and the Netherlands.11 dreams and 14 associations were shared. THEMES:– passports & papers; credentials– Division/differences between child and adult world– Transport and transformation– Fear vs. Adventure …
A bat in the bathroom, to be flushed down, long and thin fiber protruding from the body, maybe a whisker, I don’t have to be afraid. Another dream, there is a mouse, aggressive,toting a small gun, but so inoffensive looking. I try to flush it as well, severe his head. Flushing animal with struggling. There …
The second Online Social Dreaming Matrix takes place on April 19th. People from previous gathering attend again joined by five new entries. A total of 11 people attend the matrix. The opening follow the lines of the previous meeting and we jump right into a house on the beach. A lawn with no grass activates …
On April 12th I sat down in front of a screen on the work table right under my boat and connected with 12 people for a Social Dreaming Matrix. I had been eager to host a Social Dreaming Matrix again. One year ago I hosted two in less than a month, in real life and …
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The social dreaming matrix is a structured opportunity to share dreams with others. It shares the interest about dreams with psychoanalysis but it differs because it does not attempt any interpretation and it has no therapeutic finality.
Recently Robert M. Pirsig passed away at age 88 in his house in Maine. He became instantly famous when he published the philosophical novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values” in 1974. His only other novel “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals” appeared later in 1991 and tells the partially autobiographical …
Sailaway is a new sailing simulator that promise “to sail the distant ocean from the comfort of your home and PC”. The game is planned to be releases via Early Access in April 2017 by Irregular Corporation. Featuring a realistic reproduction of ocean water and waves, coastline and and real-time weather conditions (based on NOAA data) and …
When sailing is only a game: Sailaway the ultimate sailing simulator Read More »
Chris Bray and Jess Taunton bought an old 29 ft. sailboat in Halifax, Canada in 2009, rebuilt her and sailed through the Northwest Passage to Alaska. Already professional photographers and adventurers (check out their website), they reached many fans on the Internet thanks to a popular Youtube series of their voyage. They are also currently …
The beauty of the Arctic: interview with Chris and Jess Bray Read More »
Humans can’t survive for long in the ocean without the aid of technology. The development of technology is a key factor to enhance sailing performance but while very important, there are other factors that influence success in sailing. The extraordinary ability that humans possess in adapting to different environments and the mental capacity to withstand …
Push your mind and body further: interview with Matt Rutherford Read More »
There are special people that redefine the concept of normality. Sometimes a lone individual takes on a challenge and defies conventions through a unique journey. In this case, it’s an entire family. The Coconuts are a sailing family of six, Jay, Natasha, Sol, Luna, Caribe e Artico, who sailed for six years in the South America, …
Ellen Massey Leonard and Seth Leonard both already fulfilled their childhood dream to sail around the world onboard their first sailboat Heretic, and now they are fostering new voyages of exploration towards the Arctic Ocean onboard Celeste. They do all this while conducting an intense professional career, and documenting their sailing adventure on their website gonefloatabout.com. …
Living a Happy Outdoor Life: interview with Ellen & Seth Read More »
Cruising couples spend a great lot of time together, basically every minute of the day, working towards a common goal, sharing good and bad moments. There is a common saying that if you survive living on a boat as a couple than you can survive anything. There had been famous sailing couples, like Susan and …
Keeping the cruising couple healthy: interview with Giulia Casani Read More »
Sailing towards distant horizons, visiting new countries following one’s own time is an increasing popular lifestyle, a dream at hand’s reach. The new wave of sailing bloggers (like myself) and Youtube Sailing Channel lure a wide audience into this narrative of self-realization and discovery that helps to spring up the belief that absolutely everyone can …
James Baldwin has become an established point of reference for small sailboat enthusiasts. His website atomvoyages is a wellspring of informations for people who are planning to start cruising affordably. He is author of two books about his voyages aboard Atom, a Pearson Triton built in 1963 that has been twice around the world. Most of …
Small boat, big ocean: an interview with James Baldwin Read More »
Sailing competitively is tough. There are very little reward for the very hard work involved, and variables out of the athlete’s control can influence drastically the outcome of a race. To perform consistently in this scenario sailors have to learn how to control their inner state and avoid that their own mind gets in the …
The Flow of Sailing: An interview with Tim Herzog Read More »
