CBrajkovich Ramblings

Larry Lesig is a lawyer who believes that common sense must reenter into copyright laws. But he also knows that public actions will not solve our current problems. He is proposing that private actions from the creators be the seed that opens the world to a new form of business that allows more freedom so that innovation can continue.

Today’s technology has bred a new culture where people use content in an entirely different way. Using antiquated laws that are over 100 years old will not address the new world in which the content resides. If you take a look at current ways in which our legal system handles the content copyright war (i.e. HR3261 bill that is being pushed in Congress), then you’ll only see the commercial concerns being used to attack the way people use content. This isn’t what democracy is about. Continue reading →

Amy Tan philosophizes about life’s motivations in the most playful yet deeply thoughtful way. As a writer, she calls upon some force that allows her to come up with the story: the setting, the characters, the history, and the reason. She has spent an emotional life being confronted by coincidences that her mother calls “the ghost of her grandmother” when words imitate life to closely. Her path clearly walks through complete immersion so that she can become one with her story, and know its truth. No matter how uncertain she feels about her creations, she uses her muse and the universe’s whispers that compel her to create.

It’s actually comforting to watch this video, as most of us who walk this path will understand her internal conflicts and dilemmas. No matter what type of creation that you do, there is something invisible that drives our motivations. They are clear to us, but we know they’re there because we feel them. When you trust your feelings about your creation, it’s probably the closest we have to just letting go. Creations doesn’t happen in moments of control, but in moments of freedom. That’s the beauty of inspiration. It’s creating something out of nothing into something truly unique and fascinating. If we follow our soul’s dialogue with our mind.

Today’s another share Ted talks day because there are some great conversations to start!

Power doesn’t have to come in large packages. Isabel Allende proves it in this fascinating talk about feminism not as a call to arms, but as a call to build. To build a better world through a woman’s empathy, creativity, and nurturing. Isabel truly has a gift of words, and puts her listeners right into her story so that they feel what the person in the story feels. She uses her cutting wit that manages to put her above those women like Sophia Lauren who are known the world over.

Her daughter claims that feminism is passé, but Isabel has been through those trials and tribulations that allow young girls like her daughter to feel this way. I have to say that I really admire Isabel for her strength of character. She doesn’t have to be militant to get her point across, because she does it with stellar conversation that lifts the veil off of the truth. Women who want to make this world better through their own power are needed in order to help rebuild this world into a better place. People keep asking what kind of change does the world need? And women like Isabel answer simply to let women stand alongside men in order to build a world with less violence, more equality, and more opportunity to visualize just how beautiful we can make this world. It sounds like a great plan to me!

Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network made an announcement last month about the creation of a new organization, Create Jobs For USA, that would establish a fund that they started with $5,000,000. Joe Nocera covered it in his October 17 opinion piece, and it’s generating a lot of talk and support already. For a $5 donation, you can receive a wristband that will allow you to show your support for this Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFI) backed effort to bring money to under-served community businesses.

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