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Dr. Fauci warns that we’ve all entered a “pandemic era” due to the impacts of human civilization on spreading new diseases.
“What is the I that sees through eight-minute old light?”
– smudge studio
A painter of emperors and billionaires, Dürer nevertheless turned his attention and his talent to the humblest of sitters, a clump of earth with no fewer than nine different kinds of grasses and other plants growing from it. Everything about this watercolor, gouache and ink rendering is remarkable: its meticulous execution, the astonishing array of greens, the tangled roots peeking out beneath the surface, its homely essence captured in a notoriously difficult artistic technique. For Dürer, the time and effort spent on this lowly subject reflect his great appreciation of life at its most insignificant. – Brooks Riley
The Unfolding Earth
Wind attracts wind,
sound comes along,
with seeds and a different dirt,
as the sea drags anything loose,
plants it where it has never belonged,
strange slate, a plant desperate for land.
Life wants itself. Will pay any price.
Are we the only species that mulls the past
incessently, invest futures of jewels and virgins,
of heavenly hosts singing
beyond this land under our terrible feet?
We’re dying to get there, love.
::
Wind
and
the sea
desperate for land
Will
incessently invest jewels and
heavenly singing
, love
;;
land
incessantly
singing
love
Marilyn McCabe
Source: The Unfolding Earth – a poem by Marilyn McCabe – Amethyst Review
“. . . since the 2015 Paris agreement, 33 major global banks have collectively poured $1.9tn (£1.5tn) into fossil fuels, according to Rainforest Action’s report. The IMF concluded that in 2017 alone, the world spent $5.2tn subsidising fossil fuels. This has to stop.
The world of finance has a responsibility to the planet, the people and all other species living on it. In fact, it ought to be in every company and stakeholder’s interest to make sure the planet they live on will thrive. But history has not shown the corporate world’s willingness to hold themselves accountable. So it falls on us, the children, to do that. We call upon the world’s leaders to stop investing in the fossil fuel economy that is at the very heart of this planetary crisis. Instead, they should invest their money in existing sustainable technologies, research and in restoring nature. Short-term profit should not trump long-term stability of life.” – Greta Thunberg
Ayano Matsumae, Albumen print on Gampi paper, San Lorenzo, NM, 2018
Source: Earth at Perihelion, Sharing Tea with the Sun (Tea in the Dark #3) | FOP
–from “Call me by My True Names – The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh”, Parallax Press, 2005.