Fred V. Cook

<visionlogicATL@gmail.com>

404-428-1155

1039 E. Confederate Ave. SE

Atlanta, GA  30316

I have professional experience as a lighting camera person (Cinematographer/Stills Photographer).
I have operated and field engineered a range of digital cinema cameras, video cameras, and before that 16 & 35 mm film cameras.

I have more recently moved into Video Control/Shading, Digital Imaging Technician, and Media Manager work.
My experience spans Indie films, News & Documentary, Industrials, Studio Movies, Web streaming, and Live Events.

I also have a wide range of experience in other departments from my work in Indie Films, TV,  and Live Event Production,   including A-2 Wireless Microphone Systems, Teleprompting, and even some Set Deco.  In addition, I have experience in Projection,  Lighting & Electrics, Video Walls, Powerpoint/Keynote,  Optical Fiber tech.

You can find a short electronic profile on LinkedIn.com/in/fred-cook-1975104/

and another on   IMDb.com/name/nm2790642/

Recent Resume for Fred Cook

(Key:  Production Co. / Show; Date; Steward / Producer)

Digital Imaging Technician

SF Symphony/InCA Productions: KEEPING SCORE, Season 2: Ives & Shostakovic – 12/07 

Joan Saffa 

Sterling Youngman Prods “Pansy Warrior Princess” Music Video 3-D  7/2009  Keith Collea 

Dance Machine LLC “Nothing Personal” Music Video 3-D   7/2009  Sean Coles

Bizfoot Prods/Audacious Ent.  “Sticks & Stones” (short) March 2012  Steve Romano/

Kate Rees Davies

F.A./Zachariah “Melancholy Baby”(Short) Spring 2008 Sean Hood  Patrick Labyorteaux  

Jacques Thelemaque

 

Video Engineer (V1) (Video Controller/Shader)

Live Nation/ Cisco Spark  1/22-24/17  Martin Pike / Omar Herrera
Mountain View Staging/ ServiceMax  6/12-15/16  Cornelia Twitchell / Ray Diaz
Blackpoint Prods/ Apptus Accelerate 16   4/11-15/2016  Guy Harrington / Josh Boyne
PSAV/ Wisdom 2.0 GS   2/19-22/16  Robert Urban / Brandon Bigelow

Creative Tech./ Intel Developers Forum 9/7-9/14  Bruce Thornton/ Matt Ashe

Coast to Coast Producitons Venture Entrepreneur 6/7-11/ 2014 Daniel Espinosa

James T. Stoye

 

Video Engineer  (Switcher) (ScreenPro 2, Black Magic 1ME)

Blackpoint Prods/ Apptus Accelerate 16   4/11-15/2016  Guy Harrington / Josh Boyne

PSAV                  Oracle B.O.      6/19-20/13           Michael Catalano/Niki Hawkins

Swank                      Sprinkler Fitters Awards Dinner                  Oct 2011                       

 

V-Camera Op (Head) aka Photo Chief

Coast2Coast/ FitBit Captivate 2016 GS  6/7-9/16  Guy Harrington / John Hughes

Stage Call / SAP Max  4/22-26/16   Bobby Powell / Chris Daly

PSAV: Vendavo GS  4/17-20/2016  Charles Dill / Rod Digs

BGCA Mgmt LLC/ Superbowl 50 Arena Truck 2/4-6/16  Rein Ratsep/ Manny Cabanas

Riverview: Google I/O 15 5/23-29/15  Andrew Bennett/Chris Krivens

PRG/Materials Research-WebsEdge: MRS-TV, 4/18-19/14  Derek Loo/Veronica Vaquer-

Marcus Burnett

Information Video, Inc./NADA-TV            Nat’l Auto Dealers Assn 6/8-9/99

 

Video Record/ Playback (linear tape, GV Turbo, Playback Pro & Pro+)

Creative Technology/ Sparks   11/10-14/15  Karen Cohen/ Daviel Mozique

PSAV/ Bayer Advisory   11/4-5/15  Robert Turek/ Joey Danbom

Riverview/ Beth Am Passover  9/21-24/15  Greg Collis/  Mark Johnson

Projection: Willie Brown Institute 10/12-13/06   Jamison Valerio/Mike Neely

Island Creative: Intel VIIV Rollout  #02206   5/6-9/06      Mark Hetrick

AVWTelav: MI6            6/26/06            Andrew Bennett

Computer Tech (C-1) (Net Engineer)

PSAV/ TCT 15   10/8-15/15  Don DeSmidt/ Shane Slaughter

Projection/AmGeoUnion: Wireless LAN Help Desk 12/11-15/06   Simon Tuck/Derek John

VAE/Biodiesel Board; BioDiesel Summit 2009  1/31-2/4/09   Tom Cheles/Andrew Arsenault

Coast to Coast/Dropbox Show    7/10/13       Don DeSmidt/Danny Espinoza

Computer - Graphics Head

Projection/ ACR Gateway  11/8-9/15   Jim Koehler/ Jason Bryant

Riverview/ GE Minds & Machines   9/28-10/1/16 Neil Hutchinson/ Chris Krivens

PSAV/ Jannsen Biotech     1/26-28/15       Keenan Reeser/ Pete Nyberg

Projection/ American Geophysical Union  12/12-16/14      Keith Mitchell/Mark Brazil

Hughston Eng./ Dreamforce  10/8-16/14      Steve Wodja/ Andrew Bennett

Blackpoint/Service Now   4/27-30/14   Derek Loo/Chris Kaletta

Digital Blue/ Sequoia Capital Mgmnt   3/9-11/14  Phillip Wiese/ Jeffrey Aker

Riverview Systems   Gilead CPMM   8/14/12   Jaime Castellanos/Steve Botkin

Visual Aids Electronics/ Abbott Labs Prod. Launch            7/15/2006

Computer – Graphics (SPEAKER READY; Powerpoint, Keynote)

AVMG/ASOA   Cataracts   3/28/09 - 4/10/09   Chris Shine/Scott Palomares

AVPS/Breast Cancer Fndtn: Awards Ceremony  10/27/06 Mike Myer/Ahraf Cheruvattam

AV Images: MacWorld 1/9/05   Jon Emerson

PSAV/MedTronic   Product Launch 10/7/05   Kelly Tubbs/Jeff Liu

Computer Tech (C-2)

Island Creative: Visual Studio Live     #35004            Bobby Powell

Production Support Services/ VM Ware 8/22-29/13 Peter Klimek/Justin Ritz

Freeman AV/Am Assn for Justice  7/20-24/13   Brendan Van Bockern/Gil Gordils

Projectionist-General Session

AVHQ/Invision            OracleFusion Middleware            2/13-14/06            WesLayton/Rob Botsford

Island Creative   “Ligue Henri IV”  3/10-12/06  David Hartenstein/ James McLeod

Teleprompter

Swank AV  ISE West Forum  8/8/12   Frank Gallagher/Roy Luster & Kent Bates

Ad Infinitum/Nieco Broiler  Hamburger Commercial   2/08    Jose Vergelin

Eyeline Teleprompting  Easy ESL   8/24-30/2007    Conchita Perales

PSAV/Aramark    Sales Meeting   12/4/06    Pete Nyberg

AVPS/Genentech: Awards Ceremony   11/30/06   Pete Nyberg

Swank: NAWBO   2006 Awards   6/3/06  Joey Hinson/Cynthia McClain-Hill/Erin Fuller

Island Creative: Filipino Divas on Fire   4/9/05    Dick Gensler/Tom Brennan?

Swank: American Red Cross  National Conference 05 5/25/05   Michael Ohta

PSAV/SF Chamber of Commerce Meeting   3/7/05  Bill Buck

ICM: PG&E Annual Meeting  ?               Tom Brennan/Renee Parnell

Audio Visual Techniques: Cisco Worldwide Sales    8/29/04  Ray L’Herreaux/Catrine Charron

Cue Tech Teleprompting: PG&E Annual Meeting                      Jeffrey Brancato

Canadian Broadcasting/UCSF: 6^th Int’l AIDS Conference   6/23/90 Randall White

Beyond Pix (various non-union productions, including Hon. Nancy Pelosi)

Head MultiSource

AV Dimensiions / RSA  2/10-16/17  Fred Cook / Ron Weathly

Theatrical Resources/ Pure Storage  3/11-15/16  Robert Urban / Jake Zobirst

Creative Technology/ Salesforce   2/23-25/16  Rich Moody/ Daviel Mozique

Creative Technology/                  Cisco Live                  5/15-18/14                  Rob Anderson/Frank Gallagher

YBCA                  “Night of Utopia”                  3/30/13                                 Shari Bethel/Jose Maria Francos

C.A.V./Talent Fund: Liferay Summit 2013  10/20-22/13    Doug Huft / Dan Wisholek 

PSAV/Oracle B.O.                  6/17-18/13                  Michael Catalano/Niki Hawkins

C.A.V./Talent Fund: Liferay Summit 2012                  10/7-9/12                  Don Lind / Dan Wisholek

Projection PT                  Yerba Buena Senior Ball                  7/31/12                Jason Schwartz/Jose Fuentes

Fiber Optic Technician

I was part of the crew that helped Gary Erwin install optical fiber throughout Moscone South.  I have worked with electro-optical fiber transmission several times a year since then in the course of doing video and computer jobs.

Camera Operator, General Session (Long/Box Lens)

Cornerstone Tech/ Docusign GS                  3 /4-6/14                  Jackie Burrel/ Jaime Castellanos

PSAV/ CleanTech GS                                                    11/4-5/13 Alfredo Peralta/Wayne Martin                     

McCune AV/Tizen            General Session 5/21-24/13 Charles Dill/David Kerr

McCune/New Relic GS                  Brand Launch      10/24-25/13                  Chris Shellenberger/ Pat Morris

ICM/MET: Career Education Corporation 8/13-16/06        Randy Ford/Anita Lewis

AVW Telav: CNET/Gamespot     12/1/05          Roger Chang/Kevin Gault

American College of Surgeons                    Bob Hines

Island Creative/AVHQ: UN Birthday      6/26/05            Chris Shine

Projection: Academy of Art College Graduation     #02579        Phil Dunaway

Multi ImageGroup/St. Paul Travellers Ins.   Merger Meeting   5/12/05 Robert McDougall

Projection: MLK Day Celebration            1/15/03            Marcial Lopez

Guru Mai at Masonic Auditorium                              Dick Gensler/Tom Brennan

YBCforA/CityFlight: Influential A-A’s            4/3/04            Michelle King

Projection: String Cheese Incident            12/29/01            Scott Bever?

Impact Prods/YBCA: Alonzo King Lines Ballet, BaAka Musicians, Nzamba Lela “The People of the Forest” 10/19-28/2001  Eric Thiermann/Guy Brenner

Camera Operator, Handheld/Stage

Production Support Services/ MS /Build 16  3/24-31/16  Gary Erwiin / Tim Johnson

Freeman/ MS//Build   4/25-5/1/15   Robert Radcliffe / Robert Galbreath

PSAV/ AIL GS              5/30/14            Keenan Reeser/ Jason Sterling

SMG/KTSF-TV: Cooking with Passion     11/19/06      Gary Erwin/Gordon Lee

ICM/Pacific Productions: Il Circo for Miki         8/18-25/06 Al Marshall/Larry Walker

Marriott: Glide Methodist Celebration            12/14/05     Ron Halbert/

AVW Telav: CNET/Gamespot            12/2/05            Homer Rabaro/Kevin Gault

SMG/Papillon/Xenon        Emil Chau Wakin Concert 1/06      Gary Erwin/Gordon Lee

PSAV: Dalai Lama Gathering of Heart 4/15/05 Scott Green/Ahraf Cheruvatta

Creanspeak:Doctors of Rock: Percy Sledge            2/2/05            Kelly Crean

Canadian Broadcasting/UCSF: 6^TH Int’l AIDS Conference 6/20-24/90          Randall White

Camera Operator, RoboCam

I have installed and operated the Sony BRC series remote controlled cameras on several occasions, including at Microsoft's //Build conference in previous years.  On one job for Projection, we operated cameras for several rooms simultaneously.

V-Camera Operator – ENG

UTP Prods./ One Billion Rising            2/12/15          Joe Delgadillo/ James McLeod

PSAV/ World Transplant Congress         7/27-29/14      Veronica Vaquer/ Dan Hensley

V-Camera Operator

Immersive environments/ Shopify  3/20-23/16  Russ Milligan/ Matt Schug

Freeman AV/ ASCO GI GS                    1/13-17/15            Kevin Gaul/ Gary Erwin

Creative Tech./ Nobel Symposium            9/19/14            John Yesco. Matthew Gilbert

Production Support Services/ VM World            8/22-24/14            Tim Wong/ Andrew Bennett

Projection/ SF Travel Annual Lunch            6/19/14            John Brennan/ Gary Erwin

Kaleidoscope Prods/ Fusion I/O            6/4/14            Jeff Zukowski/ Kali Smith

CT/ Cisco Live                             5/19-22/14             Orjan Haugen/ Richard Moody

Island Creative/Good Co.            Chef Conference BO            4/24-26/13            Michael Souza/Johnny Good    

McCune AV/Distill “Engine Yard”         8/8-9/13          Scott Green/Kurt Wobken

PSAV/IBM            Software Roll-out    6/30-7/1/13          James Olness/Jeff Liu

Freeman AV/Microsoft     RoboCam-BO    6/24-28/13            Dan Hensley/Barkley Gamble

YBCA/Economist            Forum      6/4/13            Guy Brenner/Guy Brenner

PRG/Materials Research Society    B.O.    4/1-3/13            Jame Castellanos/Les Day

Freeman AV            ASHG Exhibits   11/9/12          Jacob White/Richard Preston

Island Creative        Retire PPD  10/10-11/12            Erica Roach/Matt Richman

PSAV                AAPL                6/15-16/12    Dan Moreno/Jeff liu

PSAV            ATS 2012 Marriott B.O.      5/19/12    Kali Smith/Daniel Mootoosammy

V-Capture Technician

PSAV/  Am. Acad. Dermatology 2015                  3/19-24/2015                                       Jeff Gillhan, Jim Koehler

Digitally Speaking/United Business Media                  GDC                  3/2-6/15            Brian McCrae/ Peter Klimek

Digitally Speaking/United Business Media                  GDC                  3/17-21/14         Thierry Curis/ Peter Klimek

Digitally Speaking/United Business Media                  GDC                  3/24-29/13         Eric Cassen/Josh Emmering

The Sound of Knowledge                  VM World                  8/25-30/12                  Barbara Beardslee/Michael Doane

Video Wall

McCune/New Relic GS                  Brand Launch                  10/23/13                  Chris Shellenberger/ Pat Morris

Photographer, Stills

L600 IATSE: ILM/San Rafael MegaDigital Summit            Bob Wyer

L600 IATSE: Oakland MegaDigital Summit                 Bob Wyer

                       

Swing Gang

EP/MGM: Bandits                        Donald McMillan

EP/ILM: Commercial                Nick Meeks

Set Deco

Another Planet: Cluster Fest      6/1 and 6/4/17   Jody Weisenfeld  Toby Bays

Carpenter, Extra

Hartmann: Moscone Ctr    #34147       10/31/04       Tim Westling

Hartmann: B&W Ball            8/11/05            Carl Durning

Hartmann: B&W Ball            8/12/05            Bobby Powell

Island Creative: Macy’s passport            9/22/05            Peter Stoltz

Electrician, Extra

Hartmann/Impact “Impact at Fairmount”        5/10-12/13     Andrew Nixon/Greg Kunit

Hartmann/Impact          “Giants Tent”       10/30/12    Todd Kassel/Mickey Fimbres

Marriott/Genentech            12/10/05            Shane Slaughter

BGP: Green Day 11/24/04            Gary Erwin

EP/NPV Entertainment: Matrix Revolutions 2003  

Hartmann: Someone’s in the Kitchen            #35333            Bobby Powell

Marriott/SF Labor Council                        5/19/05      

Video Utility

YBCA/Dolce                  Product Launch                  10/17-18/13                  Tom White/Tom White

LMG: PW&C/Charles Schwab Cup 10/30-11/02/2013 Bobby Powell John Landsman 

Projection: Prof. Business Women’s Conf            5/1/05            Phil Dunaway

Projection: Sri Chimoy Harmony            6/4/05            Robert MacDougall

AV Concepts: ISSCR (Stem Cell)            6/22/05            Chris Shine

AVW Telav: G.A.M.E.            11/29/05            Kevin Gaul

Union Payroll/OnCue Staging: #3323  Immunology        7/16/06       Ben Carlos

Audio Backline

Hartmann: B&W Ball            8/13/05            Bobby Powell

PSAV:/Democratic Party: Crosby, Stills, Nash+Al Gore Fundraiser            1996

AV Dimensiions / RSA  2/10-16/17  Fred Cook / Ron Weathly

A-2

AVI Rental/CAPS             BofA Central Bank     6/7/12   Eric Boles/Gilbert Ortiz

Projection/Moscone: #35112                      2/18/05            Michael Ohta

Projection: NCTA (Cable install)            3/2/2005            Rich Mouty

Island Creative: SEIU            #38363            Cubby Sedgewick

Marriott: Visual Studio Rollout              Chris Shine

MultiSource Operator

Projection: AGU            Mon 03#29174 12/03       Kali Smith wk of 8-15

AVW/Cell Biology            12/13/03            Dan Hensley

Riverview: MacWorld            1/9/04            John Garland

AVHQ: Java            6/27/05            Dan Hensley

HiTech: ACME            1/24/05            Kali Smith/Jeff Sabourin

Concept Org: Pfizer            2/12/05            Peter Snider

SpectrumAV/Talent Fund: SpeechTech AMCOMM            2/21/05     Scott Green

Swank AV: OSBC            4/5/05            Bernie Honigman

Projection: Digital Radiography            4/30/05            Phil Dunaway

Island Creative: COPE Awards            05#36927            John Hunkewicz

AV Images: Oracle World            9/6/03            David Carminito

AVHQ: Oracle OpenWorld            ? 9/18/05            Alan Poat/Dan Hensley

AVHQ: Java            6/27/05            Dan Hensley

Stagehand

Island Creative: RSA             2/13/05            Bobby Powell

Another Planet: Dave Matthews Band            #37990?        Bobby Powell

New Self Summary 6/21/17

(June 2017)
In this moment, I would like to meet a person who lives near me (94117) who could become at least a "Friend with Benefits/Tantra Partner" and ideally evolve into a committed (though not necessarily exclusive) life partner.
Partnership in a healing path, personally, for our communities, and the planet, would need to be a shared choice in order to move toward long-term partnership.

GOALS
At this time I am mostly looking to find super-compatible people with whom to build community and/or do co-creative collaborations, for example in cultural work for systemic improvement. If I meet people who become intimate friends or a life partner, that would be fine too . . .

FOR THE NEAR FUTURE I AM BUSY with earning a living, clearing a backlog of administrivia that accumulated in a previous busy spell, and figuring out where to go from here career-wise. That might include retiring and/or starting a new business.

In order to keep in balance, I prioritize healing and creative interactions in my time off from paid work.

I am very interested to meet new people who are TRULY in alignment.

PHOTOS
If you mouse-over my profile picture, you'll see some other pics that show different views of me, under photos are some of me at work..

RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT
I am part of a long-standing intimate network and community of people who share heart connections, sex and spirit. Many of us have known each other for two or more decades. Some members are married, some are not "partnered" in the usual sense. Each relationship is unique to the people involved (some are fluid-bonded, some are casual, all are careful about safer sex.)

My current relationships tend to be in the committed FWB realm;
I have been primary, and sometimes even monogamish for a while.

(In my younger days, I tried strict monogamy for 15 years but neither of us were really happy.)

Pretty much everyone in my intimate network knows everyone else and the emphasis is on open communication and open, stable, and flexible relationships. Community is a key container. Most of us live in California - North or South.

I expect to stay connected with my former FWB as at-least-a-friend for this lifetime, but what shape our relationship can take will depend upon many presently-unknowable factors. She is currently travelling with an evolving schedule. Our friendship is our baseline commitment. That is how I approach most emotional relationships. I prefer to work with people who can also be friends.

VISION for CO-CREATIVE CULTURAL WORK
While I need to work for a living and follow my political/artistic calling (and expect to support you to do the same);
I would prefer to do it WITH a primary, committed, life-partnerwith whom I share sufficient alignment to keep growing together for the rest of this lifetime.

Dismantling oppression and systemic mis-leadership, supporting the persistence and growth of wisdom cultures are key interests of mine.

Growing a deep, transparent, sustainable partnership requires focus and commitment. I'm feeling ready for that with the "right" person.

Balance with other relationships and communities in our lives is a required discussion, probably ongoing as we navigate the chaos of the foreseeable future. Whether anyone presently in my circles will turn out to be "right" for the political/cultural work I want to do remains to be seen. Hence, I am staying open to meeting new people who might be in more complete alignment.

PRESENT WORK SCHEDULE is variable, unpredictable . . . frequently demanding. (I just finished working 90+ hours in 8 days. I'm taking time off to recuperate.)

The intensity of my work varies seasonally. I sometimes have space in my schedule for new people who could become practice partners, friends, even lovers or a new life partner, though probably not quickly or easily for the latter.

One kind of relationship MIGHT grow into another - but need not. This month is already booked solid, but in the next few months I expect to have windows of "down-time" to meet new people and explore new possibilities.

ACTIVITY PARTNERS
If we're aligned as activity partners and can find the time windows, I would enjoy sharing any or all of these

EASIER FIRST: Hiking, movies, cooking together, dancing, artevents, activist political participation, conversation about topics that matter to us. Supporting each other by reviewing each other'swriting projects is also a possibility.

Massage exchange partners - especially BREEMA, Tantsu and the like.

Also, eclectic peer counseling - CCI, RC, Focusing, dreambody process work, your preference? - with lots of room for bioenergetic release.

Hugging & Humming, hot tubbing, talking about things that fascinate, puzzle, and/or delight us, sharing moments of rich, resonant silent Presence.

Conversations combined WITH horizontal hugging, whether chastecuddling or sensual snuggling are all the better. My interests range widely, ideally yours would too.

LONGER TERM: a rest-of-life everything partner, including living overseas while making "culture-healing media". Caring deeply about people and being interested in different cultures and understanding systemically what is stuck and what can move are HUGE pluses in this department. More about this later.

YOU ARE A GOLDEN NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
I'm using this innovative online system partly because I know HOW UNUSUAL the people are who can cope, much less flourish, with this sort of 'relationship ecology' in which I move. If you think you might be one of them, please get in touch. If not, bless you and good luck in finding what YOU want and need.

INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP PREFERENCES
I believe in conscious relationship; fun and also growthful.

I enjoy practicing Tantra and Taoist Yoga and want to share this kind of communion with a partner. If you don't know about this already but are open to learning, I am happy to teach IF you are "the right person" on all other accounts. One of favorite my pastimes is wide-open ecstatic communion, in "deep synchrony" or mutual entrainment; ie. neurons mirroring neurons to infinity.

I am strongly GGG, welcoming creativity and kink. I am cautious about addictions. If we seem to be on the right wavelength, you can ask me for my FetLife handle.

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
Having agreement on and shared commitment to some communication and problem-solving framework seems prudent, so that misunderstandings and upsets - which are inevitable in any close and daring relationship - do not become ongoing obstacles, rather can be used cooperatively toward our healing, learning, and growth. Having a commitment to an "amends andforgiveness" process seems vital to me. This kind of sharing is what gives loyalty its legs.

This is one of the gateways and requirements for a more committed relationship with me.

Compassionate communication/NVC and PNDC - Powerful NonDefensive Communication could be a useful starting points with me AND I am really interested to hear what has worked for you.

Some form of cooperative peer counseling or co-counseling can be a big help with expressing emotions, creating the compassionate space in which to explore our inner worlds, hearing each other and ourselves deeply as we explore new ground, find ways to release old traumas and baggage, and find ways to be more and more "ourselves", and realize our highest potentials.

I believe in allowing relationships to grow and change as we grow and change. I try to keep and nurture what is good and timely and let the rest go.

LOVE LANGUAGES
I believe in loyalty and mutual aid, and in good boundaries and even tough love if/when needed. Aware Physical Touch andQuality Time are my two favorite "Love Languages" and I happily give and receive ALL of them, ie. Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation, and Thoughtful Gifts.

In practice, I tend to share my intimate time with relatively few people in any given year within a framework of ethical open relationship. I have experience with monogamy (net 18 years, including 15 in one run) and polyamory (net 26 years) and at this point am more concerned with "what works-for-all" than in ideology.

So far, the primary relationships I've fared best with have been with bright, strong, independent women who were able to shift back and forth across the friend/lover zone as our lives shift geographically and socially. I am bi-friendly and have had my most satisfying relationships with women who were also at least bi-friendly. I have also had successful secondary (whether sexual or not) relationships with women and men whose partners were inclusive.

The way this works for me is that we are pretty open and honest with each other so we are clear where we stand emotionally and socially, careful about safer sex, getting tested as needed, and scrupulously honest about any slips or activities that could pose risks.

I am open to exploring whatever sexual practices work for you, or that you want to explore. I have training and some experience in an intimate mindfulness practice called OM or Orgasmic Meditation as defined by One Taste. This can be a safe, drama-free way of sharing quite intimately. It can be complete and bounded in itself with no strings or other expectations.

I'm also open to exploring all sorts of other approaches to intimacy, such as Marnia Robinson's PEACE BETWEEN THE SHEETS. I have two friends who mostly want an arousing, clothes-on romp with lots of massage, heavy breathing and joyful noise and circulating of energy but no penetration of any kind and no release of fluids. With multiple honest partners no one has to do anything they don't want to and people can usually get their needs and desires met.

I am also oriented toward intimate healing partnerships in which the time we spend together has Presence as a key value and we can take turns holding space for each other's explorations andhealing . . . including sexual healing and inner journeys and inner exploration. This can be a delicate, disciplined, ecstatic dance ofdevotion, respect, cooperation and Tantra.
Having some familiarity with Buddhist, Taoist, and/or Sufi practice will be helpful . . . though not required. Openness of mind and heart are the ground on which we walk.

If you have alignment on even some of these points, I'd love to hear from you.
Soon you'll be able to see an edited version of this essay at:https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3854799457517283392#editor/target=post;postID=8027909527157679318

I am Present, Appreciative, and Playful