Jun 01 2009
Mental Health - active involvement (an example)
Active involvement seems to be the key to keeping going; knowing what to do seems the most difficult part.
What motivates you? London, where I live, has so many opportunities available; at least in theory. The perils of going out, mixing with new (and comparatively strange) people - not to mention the costs involved - do make for what seem to be insurmountable hurdles.
One solution that I have found is to take an area of fascination and see what else can be done with it, given an askance view and the removal of the usual limits that gang up to prevent even the most normal or mainstream of events ever being realised.
My latest project, you will no doubt be delighted to hear, concerns my interest in food generally and the Onion Rava Masala Dosa (very) specifically, along with web mapping and interactivity. What occurred was the collision of several ideas, questions mainly:
- Where can one get a really good Dosa?
- What variations are there on the theme?
- Does anyone have any good recipes?
- Do all cultures have a dish roughly comparable?
- Could this all be put together using Google Maps?
- How could I build a community site based around this idea?
- Would this make a great guide for others?
Thus the “DosaDirect ” project was born, only after answering “yes” to all the above. I am still working on the mechanics of the project, but something further should be forthcoming soon. More news as it breaks …
