Weaving the World
Weaving the World
Podcast Description
Potent conversations on the forces that propel us to create, live in community & explore what it means to be human in this realm. These conversations follow my curiosity and are lenses into my community. Join me, as together we weave the world.
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Content Themes
The show encompasses a variety of themes focused on community, creativity, and nature, with episodes exploring topics like 'Life as Art', garden design methodologies, and the implications of community living on personal fulfillment, referencing works like 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities' and 'Sacred Economics'.
Potent conversations on the forces that propel us to create, live in community & explore what it means to be human in this realm. These conversations follow my curiosity and are lenses into my community. Join me, as together we weave the world.
Jax Hughes is a singer-songwriter, gardener and landscape designer currently based in the Hudson Valley of New York.
May this conversation bring you joy. Thank you for listening.
Contact Jacob via email: jmkcombe@gmail.com
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@weavingtheworldpodcast
Contact / Follow Jax:
– Happy Bear Landscapes Instagram: http://bit.ly/3DPmTTm
– Happy Bear Landscapes Website: happybearlandscapes.com
– Brother Jax Instagram: https://bit.ly/3WhDFAW
– Brother Jax Spotify: https://bit.ly/40hsUjj
Mentioned:
– The Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander – https://bit.ly/4jeH6SU
– Sterling College – sterlingcollege.edu
– Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein – https://bit.ly/40iZJMU
– The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs – https://bit.ly/4ak0BFm
– The Intervale Center – intervale.org
– The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow – https://bit.ly/4fZmBqD
– Dunbar’s Number https://neurosciencenews.com/dunbars-number-social-brain-19210/
Show Outline:
0:00 – Introduction
1:31 – Life as Art & The Creative Process
16:24 – Garden Design Process
30:42 – Happy Bear Landscapes
39:40 – Garden Design and Conceptual Art
46:05 – A Pattern Language
56:33 – Growing up in Suburbia & Where is it All Going?
1:00:23 – Lessons from Mother Nature
1:05:50 – Sterling College & The Magic of Community Living
1:26:25 – Interactions with Strangers and Trees
1:35:26 – Creating a New “City” in the United States???
1:50:36 – Community Scale Economics, Sources of Funding and Skill Sharing
2:05:06 – Finding Presence, Purpose & Meaning in the Age of AI
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