In which I am interviewed at Noveltown and am convinced to try MySpace. Thank you to N.L. Belardes for the great conversation. Here is the intro. A link to the entire conversation follows. N.L. writes:
The civic-minded philosophers of the world. One such thinker, Lloyd Y Asato, has sat in coffee houses with his friends and colleagues to ponder not only his civic duty, but yours, mine, and even children whose ideas may be listened to, but not allowed to help fulfill. Such trust issues have bothered him as he has pondered such ideas for a half-dozen years or more: how can kids help, how can we learn to trust each other, how can we act on commitment, and help build community?
That doesn’t mean Lloyd isn’t a doer. And no, he doesn’t just sit in coffeehouses. Recently, Asato started a project called “The One Million Splotz of Glue Campaign”. His website states, “It begins with a question. What do you do to build community? Your answer, the action that you do to build community, is what we call Splotz of Glue.
“Splotz of Glue are the key everyday actions that we do to be better informed, to connect with others, to build trust, and to get involved. Splotz of Glue, when done together and in abundance, have the cumulative effect of improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.”
I met Lloyd through another philosopher, a trade magazine editor who somehow discovered Lloyd’s campaign. I never asked how. I quickly found Lloyd’s thoughts to be invigorating, passionate and honest.
The conversation that ensued makes for one of the best interviews I’ve ever had here on the Paperback Writer blog. The deeper question for me is how do I take Noveltown further into the community-building process? What can we do to help invigorate civic vitality here in Bakersfield and beyond through what Noveltown is doing on a national level through its forthcoming magazine? Such philosophic pondering is meant not for inaction, but action. I’m hoping this is just the first in a series of interviews with Lloyd Y. Asato.
A Conversation about Community-Building with Lloyd Y. Asato, founder of the One Million Splotz of Glue Campaign - By N.L. Belardes
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Posted on March 7th, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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