That is the question I have asked myself. I also asked a few Zaadzsters to define globalization in their own words. I have gotten a wide range of answers. Some responses were personal. Others were academic or technical. A few are against it. Some others feel the potential it has. 

Either way, I think globalization is a phenomena that cannot be dismissed. It affects everyone if they are aware of it or not. 

People wonder why I ask them this question. I love concepts. I love the idea of community and connections. As a poet I can see the metaphor in the micro and the macro level.

I talk in riddles, eh? LoL So I do...so I do...

Anne, one of my zaadzster friends, has a gratitude journal online. I decided to have blog entries that express gratitude.

I am grateful for this Zaadz community. I am grateful for my life that is unfolding before me. I am grateful for the opportunities as well as the challenges. I am grateful that I have learned to embrace them both equally. I am grateful for my home, my family, my friends, and my relationship. I am grateful for my well being and my wholeness. I am grateful for Divine Order that is in my life now. I am grateful for Love that expresses itself through me. I am grateful for my creativity. I am grateful for this union with this One Power, this One Source, that I call God.

Tanka is a unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of 5 lines, 5/7/5/7/7, and 31 syllables. The following are the very first two tankas I ever written:

 

Snowy egret finds

joy in a gulp from the strait's

briny abundance

While its beauty wades through still

waters I remain in awe

July 14, 2006

--Glynda Tejada Velasco 

Emerald, ruby

sapphire blend with opal dust

Hummingbird hovers

A tiny jewel case amidst

azaleas and fuchsias

July 14, 2006

--Glynda Tejada Velasco

Take three people with no prior knowledge about filmmaking, a mail order video camera, and a few deep questions and what do you get: ONE the Movie.

It asks everyone from different walks of life (from children to spiritual leaders) to answer the deepest questions like Where do you go after you die? When is war justifiable? etc.

Like to know more check out the following link:
http://www.onethemovie.org/indexotm.html 
 
A fellow Zaadzster mu thought it would be a great idea to  have a global screening on one day February 18, 2007. There are updates and more information about screenings on zaadzster mu's blog.

The following is mu's profile page link where you can find links to her blog etc.:
http://peacemonger.zaadz.com/

Thanks, mu, for sharing this info to the Zaadz community!

1. One of my favorite childhood memories was collecting ladybugs from my backyard lawn. I found an empty peanut butter jar and poked some holes in the lid. In the end I just let them go and watch them climb to very top of the stick and fly off.

2. When I was a kid I had a fascination with Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars and Tonka trucks. I didn't play with them. I was intrigued with their design and their movable parts.

3. I had a crush on a guy I met in a cafe. He stood me up when I asked him to accompany me to an award ceremony for my first poem. (The organization would not award me my check for first prize if I didn't attend their semi-formal event. Arrrgh!) Later, the same guy appeared on HBO three times; there's an article written about him in the Wikepedia free online encylopedia.

4. I want to be a producer because I'm the most geeky groupie there is. I like talking to and working and networking with talented people. I would be too embarrassed to approach any of these folks if it weren't for my desire to make a creative collaborative project manifest itself.

5. I want to learn to enjoy bliss for what it is without worrying what  it is not.


I tag the following people:
mu
Wildflower769
Toni
kitkat
Christen

Thanks, jtaylor!

Others (current or potential friends) can tell me (don't necessarily have to be 5) things about themselves in comment or e-mail.