I wrote this little blurb for the local Bellingham newspaper The Every Other Weekly back in 2003. I love Fairhaven by Vago Damitio I absolutely love where I live. Mountains, coastline, lakes, streams. The natural beauty is incredible, but everybody knows that. I love where I live. I live in Fairhaven About 100 years ago,…
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How Mass Media Shapes Personal Identity
A huge part of being a human being is the ability to ask one’s self ‘Who am I?’ Certainly, we cannot know for certain that all creatures don’t ask themselves the same question, but since, as human beings, we are able to communicate the thoughts that we have within ourselves to other human beings outside…
Badjao : Sama Dilaut of Tawi-Tawi Sea Gypsies
The Sama Dilaut of Tawi Tawi: Facing Change in a Modern World by Vago Damitio Throughout the world, there is a huge danger that modernization and globalization will destroy irreplaceable resources in the name of progress. The oceans of the world are becoming polluted, the forests of the world are being cut, and the animals…
Is Human Nature Anti Nature?
Humans are as much a part of nature as any other species on the planet and while it is permissible to talk about the impact that human populations and culture have had on the planet, the idea that human nature is inherently anti-nature does not fit with the facts. Indigenous people have managed forests for…
Happy New Year – 2013 – The Year of Completed Projects and Fun
Happy New Year to all of you! 2013 is going to be incredible. Even better than 2012 and that should be amazing. (And check out how cool my 2012 was) I’ve dubbed 2013: The Year of Completed Projects and Fun (By the way, if you haven’t already seen them, you should check out my annual…
The Contents of the Can – Looking at your Trash
The Contents of the Can by Vago Damitio When’s the last time that you actually took a few minutes at what is going into your garbage? Has it been a while since you looked? Do you imagine that since you haven’t looked that no one has looked? Well, unless you control every step of the trashing…
Life’s Aspirations
When I was a child – I wanted to be one of those writers that lives an adventurous life, then locks themselves away for a year while writing the perfect novel while communicating with my agent and publisher – I with the internet and ebooks, things stopped working like that – (I also wanted to…
You Stick to the Internet
I had a dream that made me remember it the other night. Maybe you guys experience these too. Sometimes I wake up and am like “Okay, awake, dreamed, now on to life” etc. Other times the dreams remain in my brain and most rare of all is when I meet someone powerful and profound and…
Putting Down Modern Expectations
What are the modern expectations? They’re not so different from the pre-modern expectations. – Owning your own home is the key to your security – Having a steady and secure income makes life enjoyment possible – You have to work now in order to buy your freedom later That last one is the one that…
A Brief History of the Mass Media
The history of mass media is long and complex. It stretches back beyond the dawns of recorded history to the people that figured out that they could reach a larger audience through painting a picture on a cave wall than just by telling the story to whatever group happened to be present. While these distant…