As I search my mind for ideas to communicate, and mechanisms to employ in the practice of communication, I am inspired and reminded of the cyclical shape of communication by reading sources I now measure my sanity alongside:

• Drop Site News
• 404 Media
• Lebanon Bomb Map
• Global Intifada - supply chain map

I'm beginning again, nearly from zero, because I caused some serious messes by launching headlong on the road, in an old camper, burdened under too much load.

The camper is having its engine fully replaced, and here I am in Michigan, rearranging as many cables as I could pack into three bags on the underside of a Greyhound bus, alongside my clothes and drumsticks.

This is an inglorious phase of rebuilding after failure. I hope each day this week I can explain some of my failures, examine how I can address them, and propose a new cycle for communication - one I hope can keep me from such failure modes in the days, months, years to come.

The cycle for communication is one I penned in my notebook this morning, as I paddled a kayak around a lake. If you need to borrow someone's kayak and lake for this exercise, call me when you're next near Michigan.

Communication Cycle:

• Alignment
• Composure
• Practice
• Harness

Each day this week, as I explain my failures, I'm going to explore the phases of this cycle including examples from my business or co-curriculars. I'm sure I'll be embarrased by the end, and also more assured by some measure.

For now, as failures are too numerous to seriously consider, I'll splash some silly concern; I've gone far too long since making a latte, and as you can see the practice is gone from my hands.