HUMAN Creativity…is IRREPLACEABLE! The reigning 21st century SKILL 🎨🎨🎨 in the “Post-Industrial” Age AND the Age of AI #creativity #artificialintelligence #humanintelligence #design #designthinking #valueextraction #valuecreation #neweconomy #creativeeconomy #visualdesign #visualthinking

Pt. 1 A framework for our 7th Annual Park(ing) Day “Detroit to Pontiac” 2023, September 15th, 2023 on centered on Michigan Avenue & 14th Street, and featured as part of Detroit Month of Design 2023. #parkingday #parkingday2023 #parkingdaydetroit #parkingdaypontiac #streetsforpeople #humancentereddesign

Or as Bob Dylan might say: “You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief They may call you doctor or they may call you chief But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk You may be the head of some big TV network You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame You may be livin' in another country under another name But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may be a construction worker workin' on a home Might be livin' in a mansion, you might live in a dome You may own guns and you may even own tanks You may be somebody's landlord, you may even own banks But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it might be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may be a preacher preaching spiritual pride Maybe a city councilman takin' bribes on the side May be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair You may be somebody's mistress, maybe somebody's heir But you're gonna have to serve somebody Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk Might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread May be sleeping on the floor, sleepin' in a king-size bed But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yes indeed, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody” #bobdylan #money #americanvalues #midasdisease #neoliberalism #alternatives #innovation #bydesign #design #intention #values #valuecreation Vs. #valueextraction

Update on our Earth Day 2023 @THOME Senior Living Community, Rivertown Neighborhood Detroit…with Mama Ravin @herbalhealinghut From “Wildlife.Net” “Thank you to all those who have been limiting mowing frequency and making a difference for Wildlife, allowing locally native flowers across the Northern Hemisphere, including Dandelions (in Eurasia), to provide vital early forage for Pollinators 🦋 🐝 Dandelions (genus Taraxacum) are just one of a wide range of native wild flowering plants that flower early across the planet, they are in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions found in Eurasia and introduced into North America in the mid-1600s where they have spread across the continent, the two commonplace species in the wider world, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were introduced from Europe and now propagate as wildflowers in those regions. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion comes from French "dent-de-lion", meaning "lion's tooth". Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. In part due to their abundance along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of pollinators that themselves are critical to pollination of later flowering plants. #beesneeds #pollinators #bees #biodiversity #pollination #wildlifenet #dandelions #nomow #feedthebees #flowers

“Earth Day is Every Day 2023” with Mama Ravin Regina Lawson @ THOME Senior Living Community & rooftop planting with plants and new container garden we are assembling, contributed by @keepgrowingdetroit …Planting & Plotting Summer/Fall “Out of School” Digital Learning Environments, Pontiac Holonomy Incubator cc: @brightmoor_makerspace

[Not So] Happy Earth Day! We will be @THOME Senior Living Community in the Detroit Rivertown neighborhood with Mama Ravin & friends, THINKING about the EARTH & IMAGINING summer POSSIBILITIES via unfolding developments of Joe Louis Greenway, Michigan Central INNOVATION DISTRICT & more 🌎🌞 🌎 #earthday #earthday53 #earthdayeveryday #earthday2023 #earthdaydetroit #earthdaypontiac #earthdaydetroitpontiac #thome #seniors #youth #climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction

INFLECTION POINT: Fresh Ideas! “So much wasted land, and so little there there. It’s simply lifelessness. No signs of actual people outside anywhere. This isn’t a place designed for people, but cars. This is what we’ve built, and continue building. If any place cries for some fresh ideas, for trying some different ways of doing things, it’s here. We have an aging housing stock, limited job prospects, a moonscape network of roads, a scarcity of walkable neighborhoods and downtowns, and woefully insufficient transit. Is it really any wonder people continue to leave for greener, more vibrant pastures?” #detroit #15minutecities #cities #density #citiesforpeople #streetsforpeople #livablecities #mobility #multimodal #transit #innovationdistrict #innovation

Update on the State of Michigan “Economic Development” #neweconomy #symbiotic #publicprivatepartnerships #valuecreation Vs. #parasitical #valueextraction #econimicdevelopment #subsidies #transformationalbrownfield

District Detroit, Detroit Center for Innovation possibly being voted on today...No matter which way it goes...COMMUNITY BENEFITS is THE conversation! (Detroit was the first municipality to adopt a Community Benefits Ordinance during the first District Detroit deal in 2016...and left room for the IMAGINATION back then (see @detroitpeoples original proposal in Shelterforce article) + a default on agreements and promises). Our incubator focused on these issues between "Detroit to Pontiac" while serving as a Demonstrator Project for the London Policy Lab... #communitybenefits #communitybenefitsordinance #detroit #cities #communities #development #urbandevelopment #urbanplanning #urbanism

Playing around in the @michigancentraldetroit Innovation District & @cityofdetroit Roosevelt Park future unfolding & “Detroit to Pontiac” Playground of IDEAS 🌍🦋🌍 #detroittopontiac #pontiactodetroit #innovationdistricts #neweconomy #futures #community #cities #neighborhoods #mobility #detroit #corktown