http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog Pop Culture, Quantum Consciousness, Metropolitan Miscellanea and Travels Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:27:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My latest video, in which I talk about the implications of the Mayan Calendar's 2012 (or 2011--if you are a Calleman adherent) end date. http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/the-meaning-of-the-end-of-the-mayan-calendar-2012-in-our-tech-era.html As some of you know, I am a long-time (8+ years) student of sidereal astrology. Sidereal charts the planets where they actually are in the sky as opposed to an imaginary wheel with a decided-upon starting point of 0' degrees Aries each year in March (which is what tropical astrology ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/effects-of-the-jupiteruranus-conjunction-in-the-houses.html Here is my latest travel 'foto-vid' on an incredibly cool Korean graphic design studio that designs international city maps. They currently have a debut show up in a hip London gallery. http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/grid-look-city-maps-by-design.html Artwork by Erwan Frotin Exhibited at M+B Art Gallery in W. Hollywood Artwork from the TV show "Fringe" Artwork from Lisa Eisner Exhibited at M+B Art Gallery in W. Hollywood Artwork by Robert Buelteman and Ed Martin Exhibited at Duncan Miller Gallery in W. Los Angeles I love when I spot strange throughlines in ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/nuclear-flower-power.html I wanted to share a couple of epiphanies that perhaps emerged out of my extensive reading about soul mates, twin flames and Theosophy, etc. The frequency of consciousness is getting more intense as evidenced by the pace of technology (which is the physical world incarnation of human creativity and advancement or ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/the-i-in-the-pyramid.html Image: From the New York Times reader generated photo story "Joys of the Window Seat" This is the New York Times I remember--innovative and inspiring. I love the newspaper's (do we still call it "newspaper?"--sounds so antiquated) user-generated travel story today: "Joys of the Window Seat." They got traveling readers to send ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/window-seat-up-in-the-air-travel-photography.html The first installation of my series of focused video travel pieces (The Astral Traveler) is this short vid doc "Hindu Hollywood." Check it out! http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/the-astral-traveler-navigates-you-through-hindu-hollywood.html Continuing with my journalistic shift from print to video...I've created a short 5-minute segment on my recent trip to the Cowichan Valley (on British Columbia's Vancouver Island) that focuses mostly on the creative pockets of the farm and vineyard community. Again, part of my intention to manifest my dream job. ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/cowichan-valley-creatives.html I finally got my shiznit together to create a video version of a review/commentary I had published on The Huffington Post on Carl Johan Calleman's book The Purposeful Universe. I realize that my inner nerd is showing, but creating programs like this would be my dream job. So, in the ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/mayan-calendar-and-evolution-video-on-carl-johan-calleman.html The Internet is a false Christ--not in the way the bible-thumpers might think. He, the false Christ or anti-Christ, isn't a man who holds sway over the masses because of his stature on the political scene. We've all seen at least one of the Omen movies, and while it's a ... http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/the-internet-is-a-false-christ.html