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.
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.
The 123 of Relationship to Ken Wilber Part I
The stages of relating to an iconic figure in history while he lives, moves, has his being in the world.
Back to the Future: Was Einstein Wrong?
A science neophyte wants to know the implications to your worldview of a neutrino travelling faster than light.
the SUN series: Engaging Millennials into the Workforce
How conventional office environments are akin to Mordor to Millennials.
D.H. Lawrence Pisses On American Freedom
Let's let an artist split the difference between freedom and liberation.
Why Talking About the Weather Matters
Redemption Week continues with Juma's articulation of why a grounded, immediate, intuitive relationship to life includes the weather.
