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juliet close upI started this blog in September 2009 as an outlet for my developing thoughts on topics relating to my study in Peace and Conflict Studies, and in relation to my travels across the world and through life.

Inspired by Alfred North Whitehead’s s book Adventures of Ideas, and other “process thinkers”, this blog shares an adventure with ideas – a journey through time, across countries, exploring beauty, peace, truth, paradoxes and the “random life stuff” that happens along the way.

The blog explores those areas that Whitehead considered to be the five qualities of civilised society: Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, and Peace.

I have found keeping a blog helpful for organising my thoughts and reflections, and I figure if even one person enjoys then it’s worth sharing.

In some years I’ve done lots of blogging, in others less so, depending on my other projects and life happenings. If you want to know more about my eclectic life story, this short bio is a good place to start. If you want a more formal bio, my academic bio will be more helpful.

Some aspects of this blog are more of an archive of my past chapters, for example my portfolio from a short modeling stint and photography & exhibitions. There’s a list of some sources of inspiration (links). My Academia.Edu profile contains links to my theses and some of my publications: https://sydney.academia.edu/JulietBennett/

These are some links to my own favourite posts from over the years:

  • Coming to grips with the elephant in the room
  • Peace: How do we find it?
  • Sex or chess?
  • The gap between school and real life
  • Big History
  • Chocolate slavery and the tragic flaw of humanity in the 21st century
  • Empowering women and the role of men
  • Good, bad and the thinking that makes it so
  • Questioning Christianity: What makes more sense?
  • Mapping out the religions
  • New year new food pyramid
  • Potentialism: My Philosophy of Life

I very much appreciate feedback and to hearing your stories, so please send me an email, leave a comment, or enter discussion on this blog’s Facebook page.

Thanks for visiting!

Juliet x

6 Comments

  1. Stella
    30 Jan ’15    

    Hi Juliet,

    I am Stella from Kombi classics (www.kombiclassics.com), a website dedicated to all thing Kombi.

    I came across your story of your short lived affair with Xee, which I really enjoyed reading and your other blogs by the way.

    We would love to feature your story and photo’s on our site, so if you are keen please email me and we’ll take it from there

    Many thanks
    Stella

    info@kombiclassics.com
    http://www.kombiclassics.com
    http://www.facebook.com/kombiclassics

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    • Juliet Bennett
      5 Feb ’15    

      Hi Stella, yes – please get in touch!

  2. jan
    25 Oct ’15    

    very powerful inspiring story… wow you truly have lived an adventorous life..

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    • Juliet Bennett
      27 Sep ’16    

      Thanks Jan!!

  3. Brad Smith
    21 Sep ’16    

    Do you give talks? Would love to have you talk in Boulder, CO. Alan had it all, huh? Are you on Facebook?

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    • Juliet Bennett
      27 Sep ’16    

      Thanks Brad! Alan certainly had it all (or grasped the uncertainty of no-thing) 🙂 I am on Facebook. I’d love to give talks (and one in Boulder CO, why not?!) at some point in the future. Please stay in touch!!

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