hi there. i’m ian. i do righteous things, offline and online. i live and love in portland and beyond.Tumblr (3.0; @ianvanness)http://contours.futurekarma.org/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30501143?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://traubeck.com/" title="Bartholomäus Traubeck" target="_blank">Bartholomäus Traubeck - <em>Years</em></a></p> <p>Just listening to the trees, man.</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/16126387389http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/16126387389Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:46:04 -0500videoartofflinetrees<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw5l5hIAYU1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The Best Serious Face”</p> <p>We’d played soccer in Central Park and afterwards, <a href="http://amitgupta.com/" title="Amit Gupta" target="_blank">Amit</a> had his camera and asked me, and apparently only me, to make some sort of excited/silly face. Upon seeing the photo collage, I could only smile more.</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/14330839889http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/14330839889Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:42:56 -0500amitamit guptaartfriendshipoffline<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvla46B7lu1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="p1">Klaus Pichler</p></p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/13640545331http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/13640545331Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:31:55 -0500artofflinelifedeath<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d1I1LjIZf_M?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>It’s pretty much like this</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/12891930362http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/12891930362Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:44:26 -0500portlandofflinelife<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkaeayIo951qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Either/or/and, depending.</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/12888151301http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/12888151301Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:52:56 -0500lifeartoffline<p><a href="http://blog.wearemagiccats.com/post/12001483373/so-this-is-christmas" target="_blank">wearemagiccats</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://wearemagiccats.com/assets/imgs/tumblr/wamc_xmas_gif-200-128.gif" width="200" height="301"/></p> </blockquote> <p>The first frame is just before I twisted my ankle, but that didn’t stop me from climbing a tree, walking for miles the next day, and marching for many more miles on the following day with E.</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/12001629766http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/12001629766Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:34:00 -0400lifeofflinemusicartphotography<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr451IDae1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at Jack Kerouac’s grave</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/11369989622http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/11369989622Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:38:22 -0400lifeofflinedeathpoetsmusiciansartistscemetery<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz2uo2ixk1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/11367582955http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/11367582955Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:41:33 -0400offlinebeardsinspirationpoetsphilosophersbooks<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls917vhBxv1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>in sickness and in health</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/11367544195http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/11367544195Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:40:00 -0400lifeofflinehappiness<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28453491" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“i lie awake dreaming of landscapes in the rain”</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9948830824http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9948830824Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:06:46 -0400musicvideoportlandmint julepaviary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqo44jcJ921qz4gbzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jean-Philippe Delhomme, <em>Poetry Sessions, </em>2000</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9545143989http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9545143989Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:00:05 -0400offlinepoetrylifeMartin Teague: Sir? If you don't mind my asking... why a box?<br /> Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Where upon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.<br /> Martin Teague: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way.<br /> Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being. http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9089488050http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9089488050Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:35:30 -0400offlinelifefilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq50stEegd1qz4gbzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>P.I.C.</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9088414572http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/9088414572Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:05:11 -0400offlinelife<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpfif8v4rG1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>omega to om</em></p> <p>i had been running<br/>unaware <br/>what for,<br/>how long<br/>ahead: obstacles<br/>behind me: only excuses</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/8513752776http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/8513752776Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:00:06 -0400lifeofflinewriting<p>between 27 and 33 and infinity</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/8506976064http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/8506976064Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:24:06 -0400lifeofflinebirthdays“Shut up, he explained.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ring Lardner</em>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/8199334713http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/8199334713Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:04:00 -0400quotes<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln9eex40661qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/6837021377http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/6837021377Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:04:00 -0400activismbeliefenvironmentlifeoffline<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liwhykolmM1qz4gbzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dan Tague - ‘We Need A Revolution’</p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/4224721286http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/4224721286Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:37:00 -0400artlifeofflinemoneyrevolution<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/3862302803/tumblr_lhpa0wRvwk1qz4gbz&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Meant to Be</strong> - Walter Meego</p> <p><span>“I like Walter Meego”, she said, far less sheepishly than I seem to recall as time passes and my mind re-interprets its own cherished memories. We ventured to find them, but it was too late, so we returned to our original spots to listen to the sound surrounding us, all the while finding our own way to communicate, and project, the inevitable.</span></p>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/3862302803http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/3862302803Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:41:00 -0400lifelovemusic“<p>There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable. You can see this even in insects and animals and birds. All of us are the same.</p> <p>A much more interesting, kind, adventurous, and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop our curiosity, not caring whether the object of our inquisitiveness is bitter or sweet. To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is, how we tick and how our world ticks, how the whole thing just is.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pema_Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n" target="_blank">Pema Chodron</a> (via <a href="http://psychotherapy.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">psychotherapy</a>)</em>http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/2422328207http://contours.futurekarma.org/post/2422328207Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:59:00 -0500mental healthoffline