David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

Service

1. All about patience2. Know the requirements3. Understand the power of a reboot4. Follow the instructions5. Register the product6. Validate all the settings7. Retrieve information8. Test–“quick” process9. Clean10. Allign
Solitude

1. Move away to avoid expectations2. Clarity in lack of distractions3. Belief in inner trusths being somehow more true4. God talks guietly5. Traditional6. Increases honesty 7. Audience of one
This Is A Day

1. Be Quiet2. Patience is a virtue3. Show Your Work4. Understand the Art of Understanding5. Be kind, poetic, and light6. I wish that my two way prayer sessions were more creative.7. I wis that my 2wp sessions were somehow more down to earth
Journey

1. Where you start does not matter2. The destination changes as you travel3. The motivation for movement is change–the will to know is a desire for change4. Research is importatn before starting out5. Paying attention is very important
Tacita Dean, Kodak (detail), 2006 Still from a black-and-while and color film in 16mm, 44 minutes

When I see images like this, I generally do not consider it art–or maybe I do not see it as complete art. So much of the detail is not in the scene–the boxes at the bottom are cut off, the nobs move across the image in a way that makes me see that I am…
St. Gregory The Great, Pastoral Care

He, therefore, who sets himself to act evilly and yet wishes others to be silent, is a witness against himself, for he wishes himself to be loved more than the truth, which he does not wish to be defended against himself. There is, of course, no man who so lives as not sometimes to sin,…
12/10/06

1. Some sins are not deadly–that does not mean that they don’t lead to deadly sins2. John the baptist and jesus were six months apart in age3. Qur’an had stuff about the relationship goal is rest. I like that and I am not sure that I find that in the bible. That the goal of…
Surah XXX 21

And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect
Watercolor West XXXVII

I went to this event in Brea with Scott and Toby. Before the show we had Indian food accross the street. It was very good food-buffet style, medium somosa, lots of fun. After lunch, we hit the gallery. Lots of weird watercolors. Some very realistic street scenes, lots of pictures of farm equipment, lots of…
12/09/06

1. Neatness counts2. maturity is measured by response3. Being hard on myself4. Being present for the family5. Be specific