Gregory Vigneaux
@gregvigneaux.bsky.social
Consultant. Naturalizing Resilience Building©. Enjoying music & research. Experienced wildland firefighter & researcher. Exploring neurophysiology, operations, innovation, and social dynamics. Interested in time, design, complex systems, and biology
I gave my last planned talk of the year on November 18th at the Complexity Lounge titled "Humberto Maturana's Time: Living in the Present." I will post the YouTube link here on the platform when it becomes available. This was a great talk to research and put together, definitely a favorite.
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I gave my last planned talk of the year on November 18th at the Complexity Lounge titled "Humberto Maturana's Time: Living in the Present." I will post the YouTube link here on the platform when it becomes available. This was a great talk to research and put together, definitely a favorite.
New blog post on GregoryVig: "The Stability of Instability." Likely the shortest post I have ever written, it focuses on how periods of an emergency marked by instability can be distinguished as the emergency stabilizing. Instability is the emergency stabilizing as unstable
tinyurl.com/2ssv6yhy
tinyurl.com/2ssv6yhy
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
New blog post on GregoryVig: "The Stability of Instability." Likely the shortest post I have ever written, it focuses on how periods of an emergency marked by instability can be distinguished as the emergency stabilizing. Instability is the emergency stabilizing as unstable
tinyurl.com/2ssv6yhy
tinyurl.com/2ssv6yhy
Sigur Rós (Iceland) with a full orchestra in Denver tonight. I might have put a little more pep in the set list, but otherwise flawless, and the rarest of rare opportunities. Will definitely keep listening. I recommend Takk... for an easy album to get into and it's celebrating 20 years!
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sigur Rós (Iceland) with a full orchestra in Denver tonight. I might have put a little more pep in the set list, but otherwise flawless, and the rarest of rare opportunities. Will definitely keep listening. I recommend Takk... for an easy album to get into and it's celebrating 20 years!
At the beginning of a Sigur Rós concert. Cannot believe I am here.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
At the beginning of a Sigur Rós concert. Cannot believe I am here.
A talk for managing through the difficult, uncertain, and unexpected times delivered from the perspective of Edgar Morin's work and personal experience. I am excited to share it. #complexity
It is on Substack as a video & podcast and is now available on Spotify.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/incidentops
It is on Substack as a video & podcast and is now available on Spotify.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/incidentops
September 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A talk for managing through the difficult, uncertain, and unexpected times delivered from the perspective of Edgar Morin's work and personal experience. I am excited to share it. #complexity
It is on Substack as a video & podcast and is now available on Spotify.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/incidentops
It is on Substack as a video & podcast and is now available on Spotify.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/incidentops
Hello everyone. This morning, I lectured on the complexity of incident operations from a natural hazards perspective, largely through the work of Morin, my own experiences, and Maturana. This talk had been in development for a while & Morin took it over the finish line
Patreon: tinyurl.com/2tmj49bn
Patreon: tinyurl.com/2tmj49bn
July 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hello everyone. This morning, I lectured on the complexity of incident operations from a natural hazards perspective, largely through the work of Morin, my own experiences, and Maturana. This talk had been in development for a while & Morin took it over the finish line
Patreon: tinyurl.com/2tmj49bn
Patreon: tinyurl.com/2tmj49bn
I listened to this recently and found it generally informative.
Almost enough to make me want to reexamine a few of his titles at the local book store. Almost.
Almost enough to make me want to reexamine a few of his titles at the local book store. Almost.
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I listened to this recently and found it generally informative.
Almost enough to make me want to reexamine a few of his titles at the local book store. Almost.
Almost enough to make me want to reexamine a few of his titles at the local book store. Almost.
A loop of Dragged Into Sunlight playing at the Marquis in Denver set to "Totem of Skulls" a few weeks ago. Absolutely amazing experience! Hard to believe we were able to see them. Inspirational for sure.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A loop of Dragged Into Sunlight playing at the Marquis in Denver set to "Totem of Skulls" a few weeks ago. Absolutely amazing experience! Hard to believe we were able to see them. Inspirational for sure.
Forgot to add some additional pictures from inside the book.
June 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Forgot to add some additional pictures from inside the book.
A little fun along the way. I finished my manuscript, my wife formatted it, and we had it printed. Edits will follow, but I thought I would commemorate this major milestone in the book writing process. Now, to find someone to publish it. It's been a great experience so far.
June 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A little fun along the way. I finished my manuscript, my wife formatted it, and we had it printed. Edits will follow, but I thought I would commemorate this major milestone in the book writing process. Now, to find someone to publish it. It's been a great experience so far.
Good to see Capra's work is still in circulation. His work receives mixed reviews, but his writing as a science historian is amazing (and I have to say the implications of this account are often inspired). All of these would be great to own, but the not pictured Systems View of Life is fantastic!
June 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Good to see Capra's work is still in circulation. His work receives mixed reviews, but his writing as a science historian is amazing (and I have to say the implications of this account are often inspired). All of these would be great to own, but the not pictured Systems View of Life is fantastic!
Working on a Community Risk Reduction project and needed someone to work with to get it the rest of the way. Thinking it needs the rare quantitative layer of meaning integrated into a free from fully intractable space.
May 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Working on a Community Risk Reduction project and needed someone to work with to get it the rest of the way. Thinking it needs the rare quantitative layer of meaning integrated into a free from fully intractable space.
From the book Neuroscience.
I am slowly getting my head around phase locking as a metaphor for understanding managing complex response resources.
I am slowly getting there, but it still taunts me. One day at a time.
I am slowly getting my head around phase locking as a metaphor for understanding managing complex response resources.
I am slowly getting there, but it still taunts me. One day at a time.
May 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
From the book Neuroscience.
I am slowly getting my head around phase locking as a metaphor for understanding managing complex response resources.
I am slowly getting there, but it still taunts me. One day at a time.
I am slowly getting my head around phase locking as a metaphor for understanding managing complex response resources.
I am slowly getting there, but it still taunts me. One day at a time.
Thinking about Hotshot seasons from as far back as 18 years. We had it good. Red bags, line gear, tools, personal stuff, and the clothes on our backs and boots on our feet. It was simple: Cut line, cut line, cut line, burn, cut line back to back. We had it all and it was great!
Photo from Zaca Fire
Photo from Zaca Fire
May 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thinking about Hotshot seasons from as far back as 18 years. We had it good. Red bags, line gear, tools, personal stuff, and the clothes on our backs and boots on our feet. It was simple: Cut line, cut line, cut line, burn, cut line back to back. We had it all and it was great!
Photo from Zaca Fire
Photo from Zaca Fire
This is my best design studies work yet. A 25-minute read walking first through 2 styles of music composition that lead to 2 unique design styles.
This essay involved a trip to a local design exhibit, autopoiesis, networks & emergence. I hope you will check it out.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/cassette6
This essay involved a trip to a local design exhibit, autopoiesis, networks & emergence. I hope you will check it out.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/cassette6
May 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is my best design studies work yet. A 25-minute read walking first through 2 styles of music composition that lead to 2 unique design styles.
This essay involved a trip to a local design exhibit, autopoiesis, networks & emergence. I hope you will check it out.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/cassette6
This essay involved a trip to a local design exhibit, autopoiesis, networks & emergence. I hope you will check it out.
www.gregoryvig.com/p/cassette6
When thinking of my design rational, ideology, and style, I find it hard to do better to do much better than this. It covers a lot. I would have to add some work from Fry, of course, but this sentiment so clearly captures some of my prominent thoughts on design.
May 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
When thinking of my design rational, ideology, and style, I find it hard to do better to do much better than this. It covers a lot. I would have to add some work from Fry, of course, but this sentiment so clearly captures some of my prominent thoughts on design.
Listened to this once on bandcamp last year and bought it. Great to have in the collection. I do not know all that much about it, other than that it is by @garymundy99.bsky.social and released in 1982 and was BF2. I would be interested in learning more about it.
It was also released in 2010.
It was also released in 2010.
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Listened to this once on bandcamp last year and bought it. Great to have in the collection. I do not know all that much about it, other than that it is by @garymundy99.bsky.social and released in 1982 and was BF2. I would be interested in learning more about it.
It was also released in 2010.
It was also released in 2010.
Gave a talk from my own platform today as conferences are too far apart. A strategic, philosophical, and theoretical talk on wildfire-adapted community change. Great discussion! Thanks to those who came for participating, asking questions, and sharing ideas.
There will be others!
There will be others!
May 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Gave a talk from my own platform today as conferences are too far apart. A strategic, philosophical, and theoretical talk on wildfire-adapted community change. Great discussion! Thanks to those who came for participating, asking questions, and sharing ideas.
There will be others!
There will be others!
This is my second time using autopoiesis as a metaphor this year, and I am finding it useful. This perspective on the theory can be traced back to Maturana's description in 2011.
I used autopoiesis at the end of a few slides on place for one last perspective pertaining to wildfire-adaptation.
I used autopoiesis at the end of a few slides on place for one last perspective pertaining to wildfire-adaptation.
April 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is my second time using autopoiesis as a metaphor this year, and I am finding it useful. This perspective on the theory can be traced back to Maturana's description in 2011.
I used autopoiesis at the end of a few slides on place for one last perspective pertaining to wildfire-adaptation.
I used autopoiesis at the end of a few slides on place for one last perspective pertaining to wildfire-adaptation.
Had a great time at Independent Bookstore Day!
April 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Had a great time at Independent Bookstore Day!
A gift from Powell's Books, the world's largest independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon. I was given this a few years ago and was fortunate last night when a paper on time consciousness referenced it that it was on my shelf. I was happy to find a chapter from Varela on the subject of time.
April 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A gift from Powell's Books, the world's largest independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon. I was given this a few years ago and was fortunate last night when a paper on time consciousness referenced it that it was on my shelf. I was happy to find a chapter from Varela on the subject of time.
Are you interested in how #society will survive #wildfire as it worsens? Then I have an event for you, hosted by me! It is a theoretical discussion-based lecture titled "Are you Transitioning or Refining the present?" It is a talk on #community fire-adapted change.
adaptivefire.eventbrite.com
adaptivefire.eventbrite.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Are you interested in how #society will survive #wildfire as it worsens? Then I have an event for you, hosted by me! It is a theoretical discussion-based lecture titled "Are you Transitioning or Refining the present?" It is a talk on #community fire-adapted change.
adaptivefire.eventbrite.com
adaptivefire.eventbrite.com
Nothing is intrinsically good or bad until it passes through the criteria we use to evaluate it. #Maturana and Di Paolo both could have said evaluation can be related to sensorimotor activity being performed relative to some norm. There is an evaluation as to how well someone grasps and apple.
April 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nothing is intrinsically good or bad until it passes through the criteria we use to evaluate it. #Maturana and Di Paolo both could have said evaluation can be related to sensorimotor activity being performed relative to some norm. There is an evaluation as to how well someone grasps and apple.
An album for a day spent thinking about the way forward for Operational Coherence. Navigating closed exits, but checking the handle twice and looking for open ones. There may be more closed than open now. Might be the ideal time to skillfully weild a hammer and make my own open exit.
April 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
An album for a day spent thinking about the way forward for Operational Coherence. Navigating closed exits, but checking the handle twice and looking for open ones. There may be more closed than open now. Might be the ideal time to skillfully weild a hammer and make my own open exit.