{"id":531,"date":"2025-07-30T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/?p=531"},"modified":"2025-07-30T18:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:36:43","slug":"the-kid-calico-blog-as-an-entity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/the-kid-calico-blog-as-an-entity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kid Calico Blog, as an entity of its own, is hungry for knowledge and understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I keep putting off starting my blog in earnest. The perfectionist in me wants to start at the beginning, but to find the beginning has thus far in my life been a futile attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beginning of anything at all, when you really get down to it, is impossibly difficult to find. So this blog, as with everything else (as far as I know) may never really have a beginning. I am coming to terms with that as a likely probability, so excuse me for starting in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0002_01-FindTheBeginning-v2-1024x429.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing of night sky with two speech bubbles coming from either side: &quot;Did you find the beginning yet?&quot; &quot;Nope.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0002_01-FindTheBeginning-v2-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0002_01-FindTheBeginning-v2-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0002_01-FindTheBeginning-v2-768x321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0002_01-FindTheBeginning-v2-1536x643.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kidcali.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0002_01-FindTheBeginning-v2-2048x857.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m Ryan, and I\u2019m at a bit of a crossroads in life. So, I\u2019m going to talk a bit about my background and a bit of what I\u2019d like to see in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a designer, a writer, and a self-proclaimed artist (sans medium) with a background in yoga, cognitive science, visual arts, education, and travel as a state of mind. More on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a really big fan of vegetables, and also a hobby collector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might categorize me as a Peter Pan type of guy, who doesn\u2019t want to grow up, and I guess if you did, you\u2019d be right in some ways. Again and again, I\u2019ve given up the comfort of stagnant stability for the promise of a new horizon, straying away from the familiar for a glimpse of expansion. Sure, sometimes I get carried away but I am a committed student of life and any day I don\u2019t grow or learn in some small way is&#8230; let\u2019s just say I try not to let that happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m starting this blog to capture and share my whimsy with the world, in the hope that I might be able to share a glimpse of the things that spark my mind and bring me joy during this experience called life. Which I am very grateful for, and lucky to lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Caterpillar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQYMPY8GUEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m building this blog as a place to talk about my favorite things: how to make the world a better place, using art and design to facilitate an educated and compassionate population, where progress is praised over achievement, and where people live out their dreams. I know that if it\u2019s possible for <em>some<\/em> of us to live our dreams, it\u2019s definitely also possible for <em>every<\/em> person as long as every person is given the right opportunities, along with the time and space to have dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m here to explore the possibilities of a science-embracing society, which values the earth for the lives on it rather than the resources it contains. I\u2019m wondering how to achieve a new scope of community engagement in a world where, if we\u2019re not careful, we\u2019ll all be living in our own bubbles on the ocean floor. Sounds lonely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future I am envisioning is very green and has lots of animals, and everybody is completely sick of violence and hatred (why the hell isn&#8217;t that one true already). I didn\u2019t say it was going to be easy. I\u2019m also not trying to lead anyone, but rather to open a future-forward dialogue, where we can keep our favorite technologies but also improve our relationship with our shared spaceship\/mother\/pachamama: planet Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Kid Calico, I\u2019ll be covering whatever I\u2019ve become immersed in and why I believe it is important. Anything from philosophy to music to film\/television to neuroscience to permaculture to design theory. It\u2019s an art\/science\/culture blog that is single-minded about what fits in and what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably because, for now at least, it will be written by a single mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does fit: interesting and constructive mind-expanding deliciousness, spanning the seven gazillion realms of art and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What doesn\u2019t fit: negativity, fear, small-mindedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, welcome to my world. 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