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Originally published March 11, 2017
Wisdom from 1989:
"We have changed the atmosphere, and that will change the weather. ... We must act, and in every way possible, and immediately."
- Bill McKibbin
This book is blowing my mind that it was written almost 30 years ago.
Originally published November 27, 2016
“The vital favor that determines social patterns, human preoccupations, and economic customs of those dwelling in different geographic environments depends on how cold it gets, not on how hot... The people who live in the colder areas are not more inventive— they simply have many more environment-caused occasions in which to employ all humans’ innate inventiveness.”
Originally published December 10, 2016
Happy to be spending this beautiful, snowy day in the studio prepping work for my show at Artistry that opens next month. This work has surprised me a bit, and it is all about weather. This show, FREE TIME, was initially about a desire to spend substantial chunks of my time outside of work and the studio out in nature. But I came to discover during these hikes that the way I relate to the land around me is inseparably tied to the weather - what the sky is doing, as well as the larger anxiety over our changing environment.
Originally published November 11, 2016
Jumping into research for an upcoming project on climate change and atmosphere. I may not be able to understand everything that's in this book, but I hope to at least learn some basics to share with the rest of the world. I can't imagine a more important time in our history for environmental advocacy, and I plan to fight like hell... through my art.
Has this week brought out the fighter or advocate in you? If so, how will you act on those impulses?
Check out On Being's latest interview with Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin on activism, efficiency, self-reflection and burnout. I loved this discussion's energy and urgency of its content. How can we make the world a better place if we covet efficiency over sustainability?
Click here to read the full article and post On Being.
This isn't exactly a New Year's resolution, but I'm sure that I'm one of millions of people resolving in one way or another to start a blog, write more, or in some way express creativity more freely. Who knows, maybe you're also one of those people, too. Even though the first entry of this blog nearly aligns with the start of the year, it just happens that this is the perfect time for me to start sharing what I learn.
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