Creating an interaction among art, surroundings and audience. Shared experiences are the key to creating movements.

I wonder what we can learn from this style of artistic expression, and people’s response?

I applied to Ben Arment’s Dream Year.

I have a lot of ideas – mostly around writing and building community. I tend to think my best ideas deal with both.

Enter my dream for 2010, and why I applied to join creative forces with 20 other dreamers to be coached by Ben.

Moment of brutal honesty –> Here are my initial thoughts on why I won’t get accepted. These are more insecure doubts than they are thoughts, because that’s how I roll:

• I am too young
• No one knows who I am
• I haven’t done anything to “prove” myself
• I have VERY little resources
• I don’t have much influence attached to my name

To be honest, though, there is a part of me that is holding out with great anticipation and hope. Not necessarily because I think Dream Year is the only way my dream will come to life, but because…I did it. I took the step and put myself out there. If Dream Year doesn’t happen, something else will now that I have taken the first step. It’s always the hardest to take.

I hope to get into Dream Year, but if not, this dream is going to happen one way or another. I believe in it.

Are you still waiting to take the first step to fulfilling a dream? Have you conquered the fear of the first step already?

Share with us.

Over on the incredible blog, Ragamuffin Soul, Carlos Whittaker is proposing a 30 day health challenge to fight the holiday bulge, and to increase our relational and spiritual capacities.

I. Am. In.

If you want in as well (trust me, you should) go over to Ragamuffin Soul and watch the video and read his post.

Here’s to health and happiness, and 2010 being the best year of your life yet!

There have been many before me who have proudly stood tall on their soapbox and drug John Lennon through the theological mud. That’s not what this is about. I just want to take a look at a lyric from “Imagine” sandwiched between his desire for no countries and no religions, and every red-blooded, right-wing American cringed…

“Nothing to kill or die for”

I am with him about the killing part, because I think we need to discover what it means to live as peacemakers.

However, the nothing to die for lyric brings up a question for me. Is “nothing to die for” a cute way of saying nothing to live for?

Let’s be honest, there aren’t many scenarios in which a 21st century American has to make the decision to die for something – outside of going to war.

To live for something, though, that is a big issue for our society.

I hope that daily, I am living for something bigger than myself, and living a life that benefits those around me and brings glory to the God of the heavens and earth.

What are you living for?