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		<title>View from the inflection point</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/view-from-the-inflection-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings, dear reader (if there’s one out there). The time between posts is growing, a sign that the end grows nigh for Vivid, but I don’t yet have the heart to pull the plug. For one thing, I have one more exposition to get off my chest, promised months ago and very nearly ripe for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=936&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">View from the top, credit Seth Rader (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sethrader/)</media:title>
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		<title>Update: new blog showing my nerdy side</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/update-new-blog-showing-my-nerdy-side/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/update-new-blog-showing-my-nerdy-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the heartlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a short note to anyone interested in permaculture or sustainable food production (I know there&#8217;s at least one out there!) to flag up another blog I&#8217;ve started, documenting my permaculture journey. It won&#8217;t be of interest to everyone but if you like pretty pictures of lettuces and straw bale buildings it might be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=928&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The loops of eternity vs The loops of never coming back</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-loops-of-eternity-vs-the-loops-of-never-coming-back/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-loops-of-eternity-vs-the-loops-of-never-coming-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All thoughts now are with the people of Japan as they bow to the terrifying might of mother nature and the folly of man; and to the people of the Middle East as they face down brutal oppression. But I promised I'd come back with tales of vivid things and at such times as these of fear and change perhaps vivid things are needed most of all.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=902&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Tree loops</media:title>
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		<title>Oops, I accidentally wrote my first poem</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/oops-i-accidentally-wrote-my-first-poem/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/oops-i-accidentally-wrote-my-first-poem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There I was, putting the finishing touches to a long-overdue post &#8230; when suddenly a poem came to mind. It&#8217;s pretty cheesy since I bashed it out in an hour and I haven&#8217;t written poetry before. Well, not since I was about 12. But what the hell: the worst that can happen is that everyone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=852&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">metalCN_1324 thank you Morgue File</media:title>
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		<title>So, what is it to be vivid?</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/so-what-is-it-to-be-vivid/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/so-what-is-it-to-be-vivid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 23:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The big question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Quinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sacred]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vivid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems there is always more to say. I was reminded of this by (among other things) the varied and valued responses to my last post, which between them show that you don't have to look far to find an alternative perspective. It's time to try one out here. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=825&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Eye</media:title>
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		<title>Divided and resolved: a personal account</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/divided-and-resolved-a-personal-account/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/divided-and-resolved-a-personal-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The big question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental campaigning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transition towns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a personal entry. Which is not to say that the previous posts here weren't - it's just that most of VIVID's analytical pieces are still tinged with the affectations of my professional training as a journalist. Over the last month or two I've been contemplating the virtues or otherwise of activism, community work and writing blogs - and whether any of this is worthwhile.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=799&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">allthatCN_1943</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Salvation?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Dandelion clock</media:title>
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		<title>Telling it like it is: more news from the dead centre</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/telling-it-like-it-is-more-news-from-the-dead-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/telling-it-like-it-is-more-news-from-the-dead-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News from the dead centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global land grab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRAIN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opiate for the masses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The PSOG (Public Sedation Optimisation Group), a division of the the IPCE (Institute of Public Confusion Enhancement), which is indirectly funded by the government's DJFIP (Department of the Justification for Foreign Invasion and Pillage) is celebrating its latest bench-marking results, which reveal that we are fast approaching our stage 1 goal of widespread, medium-level, public sedation. This was revealed by a recent exercise undertaken with the help of a most accommodating partner in the White House.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=767&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">How?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">May be harmful, may be not, needs a few more years of use first</media:title>
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		<title>Power to the people (or: what&#8217;s it take to get active?)</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/power-to-the-people-or-whats-it-take-to-get-active/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/power-to-the-people-or-whats-it-take-to-get-active/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catching up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the frontier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign for Real Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Surui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kayapo Indians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soil Association]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For most of us, our livelihood is represented by money, food in the shops, and transport to get us to the places that issue money or food. Which is why we only strike, protest or riot in numbers when one of those is under immediate threat (but not before). But of course, the basis of our livelihoods is really the land (and air, and water) — and (for those who haven't noticed), it is under immediate threat.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=737&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The flood</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Penan of Long Ajeng show support for the Penan Peace Park (courtesy Bruno Manser Fund)</media:title>
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		<title>Animals and us: an off-planet view of a species in denial</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/animals-and-us-an-off-planet-view-of-a-species-in-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/animals-and-us-an-off-planet-view-of-a-species-in-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speciesism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value of life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, you're an alien approaching a new world. You want to gauge the friendliness (or otherwise) of the dominant species on that world. You take out your powerful telescope and zoom in on the planet to suss out, as a first indicator, how this dominant species treats the other life forms with which it shares its world.

By the way, it's Earth you're hovering above (you knew that already). How do you react, given the evidence in front of you?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=711&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Credit: Reto StÃckli, NASA Earth Observatory</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Rabbit?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Why, really?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Frog helps mouse</media:title>
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		<title>Civilisation: the oldest confidence trick in history?</title>
		<link>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/civilisation-the-oldest-confidence-trick-in-history/</link>
		<comments>http://itsvivid.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/civilisation-the-oldest-confidence-trick-in-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catching up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State of the culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civilisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farnish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kotke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zerzan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our unwavering belief that civilisation forms primary evidence for the superiority and sophistication of the human species, and that to become civilised is to improve oneself, prevents all but the most marginal discussion of the possibility that civilisation as we understand it could in fact be the problem - or a big part of it. Which is a shame, because the possibility is an instructive one.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsvivid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4743597&amp;post=678&amp;subd=itsvivid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Vivid</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Remains of the Roman Road at Egnazia by Steve Jay</media:title>
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