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Dreamday Scotland: can we paint a new picture of Scotland

 2009 being the 10th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament, Fee  and I thought we'd pop by the book festival to join the Beyond Devolution discussion. 

The panel: Tom Brown, Charlie Jeffery, Hamish Macdonell and Henry McLeish - chaired by Ruth Wishart. 

We setup #beyonddevolution feed in case any floating tweeters in the audience -as a quick way of aggregating any comments or quotes that stick out.

Some good quotes to set tone:

'The status Quo is not an option' - Hamish Macdonell

'Biggest challenge over next 10 years in Scotland - is for scots 

to go through deep attitude change' - Tom Brown

'80-20% inequality and constitutional questions are 2 main 

issues over next 10 yrs' and 

we scots have more memories than dreams - Henry McLeish

dreamday 4: the last one part 2

dreamday 4 -  whew! best one  yet!  and it was the last one...  and i got tae wear ma kilt to do the interviews on the couch! 

for podcasts and download/play episodes from the day go to: dreamday newsite

just off to meet others doing similar stuff in other cities this week - I'll add more comments after.

dreamday 4: the last one

last dreamday is on today - i might even wear ma kilt for this one! we've knocked up a temporary site for up to date news about new projects starting up around the city, dreamday info and list of dreams turning into action around the city - the podcast for dreamday 4 will be posted there as soon as poss.  See yi there if your goin.  If not catch up on podcast / news from around edinburgh after :: dreamday news-site

revival: electricity is no good unless it boils kettles

hi all - sorry been off air for a bit ; was only fluey for a week, then things got real busy! 

1. I'm finding saints in government and politics all over the deck here in edinburgh - both at parliamentary end and grassroots end of the spectrum - a bit of an eye opener!  will post on this later

2. I'm organising dreamday 4 - the last one!!!   looks like it's also going to feature a few saints in gov/politics this time - Holy Spirit has been great!.. helping me find bonnie saints in one sphere after another! I didn't realise he/she was so systematic/organised ((;-)) what a truly delightful being!

Just been chattin with Vanda at the LOT - we booked it for sat 2nd DEC

3. Any saint with a dream for your part of edinburgh - in media, law, arts, education/science, business, health, social justice - leave a comment below with contact email - there is a fund to support release of dreams and stories in edinburgh.. dreamday isn't talking shop-

it's an action-launchpad

dreamdays without intending to get these dreams to turn into action - would be incredibly disempowering - hot air! electricity that goes nowhere but puffs up heads and generates a lot of hot air!

electricity is no good unless it boils kettles!

dreamday edinburgh v3 podcast now online

Come n get it!  dreamday edinburgh v3 podcast ready:

you can subscribe to the show on itunes

or copy/paste the dreamday edinburgh podcast feed:

http://www.picnmix.com/dreamday/dd2parta.xml

to your favourite rss reader (what is an rss reader?)

or download/play each episode: (subscribe or play also from left side of this blog)

part 1 35 mins (mp3)- recap, anneleen, emily, hannah (granton), Vanda, Euan (the LOT)

part 2 1hr 25 mins (mp3)- randy n jan (citywide mobile music/kids), tim n fiona (sighthill/west ed),

I accidently erased a chunk of part 1 - whew! good job john n fee got a backup with their camcorder! hence the sound quality is less - but it gets better again in part 2.  Yippee! enjoy!

dreamday 3: turning dreams intae action

so many thanks to all you guests and hosts and all who came and chipped in on dreamday v3 -
to those who couldn't make it - podcast up midweek- here's the run through.. (i'll tidy/edit this more later -sorry if if I've not included you yet)

to start:
a wee picnmix of saints from previous dreamdays and some new (roving mic):
phil mcb - update on stuff he's up to among local music scene/industry
john D - latest on helping turn saints dreams into core values and practical action - and first steps
introducing: Doug - saints in local business and finance and in second half - more from:
Doogs - latest from among livi goth scene's mosh pit prophets n goth theologians
Stuart -  update on waken the dead - and their bbq launch in 2weeks

anneleen, emily and hannah on the couch - giving us a sneek preview of short film for 'cabtivate'
also with Chris, stuart and others - talking about possibility of smal film project/co. starting..

...it's DREAMDAY EDINBURGH No.3

oops - wrong link for dreamday podcast

I was trying out podcasting stuff for dreamday v3 I hadn't realised I put a link to an album rather than the dreamday 2 podcast on 'itunes'- on left sidebar of the blog.  Doh! Sorting it now.  I'm going to try and do a podcast with chapters and photos next time for Dreamday Edinburgh v3 - hosted on sat 17th june @ theLOT cafebar.

DREAMDAY EDINBURGH v3

NEWS JUST IN: DREAMDAY EDINBURGH v3

now booked for:
Saturday 17th june, 12-4 pm
The LOT, grassmarket, Edinburgh.

Total of 4 Dreamdays will happen across the year- if ye haven't got together with the saints across Edinburgh/lothian - to spit out own dream or hear the dreams of your bros and sisters across the city - and help each other turn dreams intae action! make sure you don't miss your chance! 2 left! this is No.3

the future of the church is in the dreams of the saints...

christians: Oy - you! - where de you get your teaching from?

DJhaggis, wee pict and paul t >through the cracks in the pavements; see next posting ...((;-))

dreamday podcasts now on itunes

Way - just back... itunes have just passed subscriptions to dreamday podcasts -
just type in 'dreamday edinburgh' - even in the main search bar - and click to subscribe!