Touching the Ground

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

I’m always searching for a bit of clarity about exactly why it is I’m here and what it is I’m “supposed” to be doing to help. Since finishing the doc, I have received little in the way of “marching orders”, at least so’s I’ve noticed. (Or maybe I just don’t like my orders?) And while [...]

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“Frak the Comfortable”

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

If you haven’t been reading all of the blogs or comments you might have missed this comment on my last blog:
“Fuck the comfortable. They won’t be comfortable for long. We just need to make sure they don’t take us down with them. ‘Drowning people are often full of panic and can drag rescuers down with [...]

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Failure to Learn

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Read this.
Then watch this.
TTG

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No Argument Here

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Talk, it’s only talk
Arguments, agreements, advice, answers,
Articulate announcements
It’s only talk
King Crimson, Elephant Talk, 1981
What a Way to Go could have been a very angry film. As we were making it, as we were reading both widely and deeply about the world situation, as we were knocking our heads up against the inevitability of it all, [...]

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More on Facing into the Anger

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

From comments and emails I’ve received, I am not alone as I witness an increase in anger in friends, family, and associates, especially when we try to talk about the seriousness of the climatic, economic, energy, and environmental predicament we’re collectively facing. Some report it as markedly different in the wake of the last six [...]

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