Juma Wood
I am a Vancouver-based consultant with a background in Education.
After the turmoil of youth, I discovered how the humanities can transform a life, in this case mine. I traveled the the world seeking people with a thirst for adventure and a hint of wonder. Fortunately, there are some good ones out there, many of them occupying this site.
I'm primarily interested now in issues of leadership and how people respond to changing environments. I consider Beams & Struts a long term project of inquiry and exchange.
Along the way, I met a good woman who could handle me and we had a son. I ‘got straight with the straight world’ as my father always urged I should. Having a child is literally raising consciousness. It demands the most of anyone who takes it seriously.
Sayonara Muthafuckas: 8 Perspectives on the End of Beams & Struts
The final word(s). And only the words.
Sacred Sunday: When It's Really Real
Like, really real.
Saturday Night Jukebox: When Fuck is the Only Word that Fits
Just Say Fuck.
Rocking Our Foundations
Saturday Night Jukebox: Three Songs That I Needed To Find This Month
...and left me found, full and feeling fantastic about things.
The Next Step in Community Formation
Opening to the intimacy of community, an interview with Miriam and Stephan Martineau of Next Step Integral.
Saturday Night Jukebox: The Last Waltz
Tribute to the best sort of industry man.
Unintegral - The Art of Untangling
Looking out with fresh eyes on the light that already shines.
William Carlos Williams: Say it! No Ideas but in Things...
The poet recreating a world of imagination.
Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Dirt: An Inquiry into Getting Off the Grid
In what ways are you participating in transforming our social infrastructure?
William Carlos Williams: There is something urgent I have to say...
The poet seeking the language of his day.
Sacred Sundays: Shining Out From the Page
Samples of the sacred that permeates our efforts at Beams and Struts.
William Carlos Williams: This is just to say...
An introduction to the essence of the poet.
the SUN series: Collaborative Platforms for 21st Century Business
Saturday Night Jukebox: George Harrison and the Eye of the Needle
Songs from George Harrison that point to post-postmodern spirituality.
Sacred Sundays: Thomas Merton and Evolutionary Maturity
Excerpts from the essay Christianity and Totalitarianism
Sacred Sundays: On Howling Howl
Howling Howl in love and madness.
Saturday Night Jukebox: When Death Comes
In loving memory of an old friend who passed over the weekend.
Sacred Sundays: A short nature walk with Jack London through mortality
Jack London reminds us of our vulnerability.
Saturday Night Jukebox: Bert Jansch and the Pentangle
A little genius dies in the passing of Bert Jansch a few weeks ago.
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