Weaving the World

Jacob Combe

Potent conversations on the forces that propel us to create, live in community & explore what it means to be human in this realm. These conversations follow my curiosity and are lenses into my community. Join me, as together we weave the world.

Episodes

  1. 2025-01-14

    #1 - Jax Hughes: Life as Art, Lessons from Nature, Garden Design, Living in Community, Creating a New City

    Jax Hughes is a singer-songwriter, gardener and landscape designer currently based in the Hudson Valley of New York. May this conversation bring you joy. Thank you for listening. Contact Jacob via email: jmkcombe@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@weavingtheworldpodcast Contact / Follow Jax: - Happy Bear Landscapes Instagram: http://bit.ly/3DPmTTm - Happy Bear Landscapes Website: happybearlandscapes.com - Brother Jax Instagram: https://bit.ly/3WhDFAW - Brother Jax Spotify: https://bit.ly/40hsUjj Mentioned: - The Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander - https://bit.ly/4jeH6SU - Sterling College - sterlingcollege.edu - Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein - https://bit.ly/40iZJMU - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs - https://bit.ly/4ak0BFm - The Intervale Center - intervale.org - The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow - https://bit.ly/4fZmBqD - Dunbar’s Number https://neurosciencenews.com/dunbars-number-social-brain-19210/ Show Outline: 0:00 - Introduction 1:31 - Life as Art & The Creative Process 16:24 - Garden Design Process 30:42 - Happy Bear Landscapes 39:40 - Garden Design and Conceptual Art 46:05 - A Pattern Language 56:33 - Growing up in Suburbia & Where is it All Going? 1:00:23 - Lessons from Mother Nature 1:05:50 - Sterling College & The Magic of Community Living 1:26:25 - Interactions with Strangers and Trees 1:35:26 - Creating a New “City” in the United States??? 1:50:36 - Community Scale Economics, Sources of Funding and Skill Sharing 2:05:06 - Finding Presence, Purpose & Meaning in the Age of AI

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Potent conversations on the forces that propel us to create, live in community & explore what it means to be human in this realm. These conversations follow my curiosity and are lenses into my community. Join me, as together we weave the world.

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  • Creator
    Jacob Combe
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Jacob Combe
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    Weaving the World