Freneticore at the 2012 Bayou City Art Festival at Memorial Park
Freneticore Dance at the Houston Bayou City Art Festival at Memorial Park. Spring 2012.
Kenan Doyle Branam services Saturday
Services for Kenan are this Saturday, the 28th of April, 2012.
A message that was sent out to the Houston Netsquared Meetup Group tonight in memory of our friend and colleague Kenan Doyle Branam. He was a debater, optimist, producer, geek, well read, researched, and all around renaissance man. We will miss you Kenan. Even if you challenged us constantly with debates and thoughts Kenan, I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. A tip of the hat to you. You will be missed.
April 26, 2012
All,
Sad news….
If you have attended Net2Houston over the last six years, then you know Kenan. His meetup profile says Kenan attended 28 meetings with us, although I think it may have been even morehttp://www.meetup.com/houston-
netsquared/members/3125708/ Kenan Doyle Branam was a Netsquared regular who always asked challenging questions from the heart. An optimist, he always found the positive, which was impressive given his posts frequently talked about his growth from being a skeptic to an optimist over time. What a beautiful transition.
I’m sad to say that Kenan passed away unexpectedly last week and his services are this weekend. The official notice is below. If you can attend i know Kenan would be honored as would his family. The official version follows. And I know the family would appreciate help with the costs of the funeral. Please consider the part at the bottom about the fund at Amegy in lieu of flowers, but your presence on Saturday would be a huge tribute as well.
Thanks,
Ed
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The Houston Advertising, Media and Production Community lost one of its own in the sudden passing of Kenan Doyle Branam on Saturday April 14, 2012. Services will be this Saturday April 28th 2012 here in Houston.
Beginning his long career in media, Kenan worked as a cameraman in the local broadcast television station in Tyler. In addition to this his media experiences later included advertising agency client service, corporate communications, point of sale training, and even documentary and music video work.
Kenan was President of Paradigm Communications, Inc. for 25 years, and most recently worked as a Media Consultant supporting people to show up, be heard, look and feel good about their web presence. Throughout his long career he was a careful watcher and analyzer of media. He was, in his own words “a philosopher, then an artist, then a media evangelist”
A great number of local organizations were fortunate to have Kenan initiate lively and thought provoking conversations while bringing his gifts of philosophy, kindness, laughter and an artistic sensibility to their gatherings.
A Life Celebration for Kenan will be held
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 3:00 PMTotal Video at Houston Studios
707 Walnut, Houston TX 77002.In lieu of flowers, donations in Kenan’s memory can be made (and would really help his family at this time) at any
Amegy Bank for the Memorial Fund for Kenan Doyle Branam.
I always say
I always say I work only with people I love and I can make only things I love.
- Alber Albaz
“60-something years to transform to a more optimistic state of mind”
Kenan Branan
I was drilled for surviving nuclear apocalypse as a “duck-and-cover” teenager, believing that the world might end before I reached adulthood. But I suspect my personal perspective was the biggest factor: I didn’t like the world the way it was and wanted to “figure out” how I could make it better. I was hurting and scared. Survival instinct pure and simple!
It’s taken me 60-something years to transform to a more optimistic state of mind, actually a passionate state of mind. Maybe through the wisdom of my varied experiences and learning, I have not only figured out what a better world can be, but more significantly, through the media of the Web, I have discovered “signs” of a large community of likeminded people. For the first time in my life, I can justify hope and faith in the future of humanity.
and
“In retrospect, I have always had the temperment of an artist, looking at the world with curiosity and sensitivity—sometimes, so much that the beauty of nature overwhelms me.
Like Pecos Bill, I was raised by a pack of dogs. I thought I was one… until they started to chase, kill, and eat squirrels. I guess I will always be a pacifist. I still love running in the woods.”
do you really think you are changing the world?
Reporter Q: Do you really think you are changing the world?
Deepak Chopra: Me personally? No. But the world is changing and I am part of what you call the transition team.
friday the 13th & a lucky black cat (good or bad?)
From wikipedia on black cats crossing your path:
The folklore surrounding black cats varies from culture to culture. In Great Britain and in Ireland, black cats are a symbol of good luck. The Scottish believe that a strange black cat’s arrival to the home signifies prosperity. In Celtic mythology, a fairy known as the Cat Sìth takes the form of a black cat. Black cats are also considered good luck in Japan.[3] Furthermore, it is believed that a lady who owns a black cat will have many suitors.[4] However in Western history, black cats have often been looked upon as a symbol of evil omens, specifically being suspected of being the familiars of witches, and so most of western and southern Europe considers the black cat as a symbol of bad luck, especially if one crosses paths with a person, which is believed to be an omen of misfortune and death. In Germany, some believe that black cats crossing a person’s path from right to left, is a bad omen. But from left to right, the cat is granting favorable times.[5]