orla

Grow site

Humboldt County

Orphan Black

"You saved my life.   You’re my sister.   Helena, I thought   …I thought I killed you.  I couldn’t tell anybody what I lost.   You came back.   Please, put down the gun.   Please."

platha

Father John Misty

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

Bhakti

Women of Bhakti trailer from womenofbhakti on Vimeo.

Devi Aum

Dispatch from Pahoa, Hawaii ~  Garden Temple is very happy to have Devi Aum leading Big I's conscious dance community into ecstasy this thursday. Devi Aum masterfully weaves meditative, world, heart, downtempo, drum and bass, and other expressions of electronica together so come without expectations for the best dance experience. Devi Aum is a 22 year old electronic music dj & producer who began her shamanic journey of beat matching and sound creating at the age of 15. The first steps on her path as a dj were taken by playing Jungle & Drum n Bass music at Central California mountain raves. By age 17 she quickly emerged into performing within the Los Angeles underground DnB scene and the Southern California mini-massive rave culture. Throughout these years she also was involved in co-creating EDM events with local crews. At age 18, she experienced a spiritual awakening that changed her views on the music, the culture and her role within it all, inspiring her to go deeper into the production aspect of her creativity in order to purely vibrate the true frequencies in her heart. Recently, she has rekindled her love for the fun of simply mixing tracks and is humbled by the opportunity to share her djing with the community. Devi Aum loves to play any genre of music that is heart centered with yummy low end bass, sacred psy vibes, tribal percussion, chanting and uplifting euphoric melodies.

Literacy skills

According to Stanford Psychologist Anne Fernold, the amount of dialogue a child experiences in the first 8 months is the best predictor of future language-processing and decision-making skills. The dialogue needs to be engaging, which means interactive, question-asking and answering and choice-offering in a attentive, non-threatening manner that is intended to explain things. It means making the child a 'conversational partner' from day one.

priscilla

rouse yourself

with Aubrey Plaza and Jake Johnson

Liz Clark

Audrey Plaza

                    Years                    Education/Experience

 (2002-2006)        NYU/NBC intern

 (2006-2007)        Improv (NY)

 (2007)                 Jeannie Tate Show

 (2008)                 Funny People (LA) 

 (2008-2009)        Stand-up (LA) 

 (Jan 2009)           Mystery Team

 (2009 - 2014)      Parks and Recreation 

 (Aug 2010)          Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 

 (Sep 2011)          10 Years

 (Sep 2011)           Damsels in Distress 

 (Nov 2011)          Someday This Pain

 (Jan 2012)           The End of Love
 (Jan 2012)           Safety Not Guaranteed
 (Nov 2012)          Charles Swan III
 (July 2013)          The To Do List
 (Jan 2014)           Life After Beth
 (Apr 2014)           About Alex

Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza talks about her comedy background 

Devi Aum

Devi Aum performing at Garden Temple, Pahoa, Hawaii

Devi Aum is a 22 year old electronic music dj & producer who began her shamanic journey of beat matching and sound creating at the age of 15. The first steps on her path as a dj were taken by playing Jungle & Drum n Bass music at Central California mountain raves. By age 17 she quickly emerged into performing within the Los Angeles underground DnB scene and the Southern California mini-massive rave culture. Throughout these years she also was involved in co-creating EDM events with local crews. At age 18, she experienced a spiritual awakening that changed her views on the music, the culture and her role within it all, inspiring her to go deeper into the production aspect of her creativity in order to purely vibrate the true frequencies in her heart. Recently, she has rekindled her love for the fun of simply mixing tracks and is humbled by the opportunity to share her djing with the community. Devi Aum loves to play any genre of music that is heart centered with yummy low end bass, sacred psy vibes, tribal percussion, chanting and uplifting euphoric melodies.

Danielle

I’m moving on,
’cause those days are gone ..

space drum

Post by Julia Micheline.

transmission

"So much of who I am is because of Dr. Seuss."

[courtesy of humansofnewyork]

Aubrey Plaza

“I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else. I don't let myself 'surf' on the Web, or I would probably drown. I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough.”

Deep Creek

Deep Creek (1974) ~ We discover a self-governing community living on the creek. They never wear clothes so they’re completely tan. The women are unshaven and look particularly fierce ..like Indians. Charlie, one of the elders, tells us they have a constitution. The springs are actually located on Indian Holy Land so the first article says to treat the land with respect. He’s wearing a bandana over his hear and looks like a benign version of Charles Bronson. The second article says respect the sovereignty of others ..don’t steal ..contribute in some way and you are welcome to stay. “As you can see ..” says Charlie “..not much is hidden ..we learn to live without ‘blind spots’ ..all sentient beings are welcome ..there are places for tents downstream; we don’t use them but the campers do ..we help them find proper sites ..warn them about snakes ..tell them where they can find water ..and in return; we don’t hesitate to ask them for whatever they can afford to offer in the way of food and medicine. Over there is the ‘Canyon of Refuge’ where people can practice solitude ..or hide if necessary.”

We burn our clothes .. pour olive oil over our body ..and lie in the hot springs ..sometimes until three in the morning ..watching stars as big as baseballs ..and listening to their discussions. My notions of beauty are forever altered. The girls at my high school now seem pretty plastic looking.

One day I watch Charlie help a group of teenagers find a place to camp ..he then asks them if they have any food or medications they can spare. They hand him a little orange pill. He balances it on his forefinger while they warn him not to take it all at once ..it’s a three-way dose. When they’re finished, Charlie looks at them kindly ..then pops it into his mouth all at once saying: “it can’t kill me.” They each take a step backwards. Later that day, I watch him walking up and down the creek with his bandana on ..eyes closed ..chanting a mantra ..and banging on a canteen like it was a tambourine.

Tracey Fragments

“My name is Tracey Berkowitz. Fifteen. 

Just a normal girl who hates herself.”

ecology of sex

Serena says she needs to get out of here .. the atmosphere is too contaminated. She’s seriously considering Ojai. I’m not sure what she means .. the air and water around here are hell of a lot cleaner than other places I’ve been. “It’s not that ..” she says  “ It’s the culture. I know I can eat a lot healthier in Ojai ..and I’m tired of performing to a room full of zombies (she’s a musician). Our culture doesn’t hold nature in very high regard. Sex is considered impure. Instead of celebrating it consciously ..we behave like barbarians and drink ourselves to oblivion first. Like we’re ashamed or something. I know I was raised believing it’s unclean unless I’m living some sort of storybook romance, which is, as far as I’m concerned ..unhealthy and totally unrealistic. It’s like sex is this shameful disease that you have to save for the person you marry.”

The Gender Spectrum

Sky Ferreira

California Coast

California’s top 10 beach hotels and places to stay on a budget by Anna Stothard:  Few places are as synonymous with the beach as California, but staying on it can be expensive. So here’s our pick of 10 affordable and brilliantly located beach pads, from campsites and cabins to budget inns ~> [ X ]

Anna Stothard

An extraordinary young writer

Years               Educ / Work                    Age

                      2002             Isabel &  Rocco                   (19)
                2002 – 2006       Oxford                              (19 – 23)
                2006 – 2008       Amer Film Inst                  (23 – 25)
                2009 – 2011        Pink Hotel                       (26 – 28)
                2012 – 2013       Travel Writer                    (29 – 30)                         
                                               Guardian - Observer
                                               Sunday Telegraph
                      2013             Art of Leaving                     (30)