Category: beauty

the biotic mandala—as the net of aether
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the biotic mandala—as the net of aether

By on May 22, 2013 in beauty, biotic mandala, Director's Notes, economy, endosymbiosis, imagination, Jefferson, religion, time

The bios—also called “life”—”formed itself out of star stuff, shortly after Earth 4,600 millions years ago congealed from a remnant of supernova explosion.” Bios is netted by the material design of the body that shelters and feeds it. This net has—ultimately—no beginning or end, up or down, front or back. Imagine bios as a meeting [...]

the biotic mandala, what it is
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the biotic mandala, what it is

By on May 17, 2013 in beauty, biome, citizenship, consumerism, Director's Notes, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, imagination, sustainability, time

Time to imagine what a biocitizen is again, if only b/c we learned a few days ago that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurement—and probably more than 3 million years of Earth history. The last time the [...]

the biotic mandala
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the biotic mandala

By on Apr 19, 2013 in beauty, Director's Notes, ecocide, ecology, endosymbiosis, evolution, sustainability, technological determinism

Patterns—in our cells, in the sky and oceans, in the seasons and the rising and setting of the sun. They overlap & interweave and become mandalas. We live in them, or what remains of them.   When the question is asked, “Why would a human being set bombs off in crowds of innocent bystanders?,” let’s [...]

new bees, (not the) same as the old bees
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new bees, (not the) same as the old bees

By on Apr 06, 2013 in beauty, bees, biome, citizenship, consumerism, Director's Notes, ecology, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, evolution, GMO, political, sustainability, technological determinism, time

  There are times when the environmental news is so bad I wonder if there’s any way to stop the harm that is being done to our shared life—and I say shared life because that’s what our earth is: our body. Last Friday was one of those times. Last Friday I learned that Monsanto-salesman/President Obama signed [...]

Spring Hunting
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Spring Hunting

By on Mar 26, 2013 in beauty, biome, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, ecology, endosymbiosis, imagination, sustainability

Cross-post from Hilltown Families: The Ripple: Hunting for Springs in Western MA Spring Hunting Spring has a leap of the leprechaun in it; who can deny that?—but spring’s called spring not because of its leapiness.  Spring’s called spring because of the upwelling waters that appear as the frozen earth thaws. Right now is the best time [...]

The Krugs with Our Place summercampers in front of the Judd black walnut
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Trans-generational Amnesia, conclusion

By on Feb 26, 2013 in aesthetics, beauty, biome, citizenship, consumerism, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, imagination, Jefferson, religion, sustainability, technological determinism, time

I’m trying to remember where I was. Until I do please let me entertain you with a tale of local color. When my family moved from to Westhampton about eight years ago, one of the first friends we made were our neighbors, Dan and Jessie Krug. We were very lucky to meet them because they [...]

image courtesy http://monarchwatch.org/tagmig/fallmap.htm
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Trans-generational Amnesia, part 1

By on Feb 10, 2013 in beauty, Director's Notes, ecology, endosymbiosis, evolution, imagination, time

Amnesia: “refers to the loss of memories, such as facts, information and experiences.” —– The monarch butterfly knows how to get from your backyard to Mexico. Every monarch you see at the end of the summer is part of a 4-generation relay team. 3 generations fly up from Mexico; 1 flies back, taking 2 months [...]

Treehugging is as American as Apple Pie
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Nature, Natural Law and Our National Religion of “Nature’s God” part 2

By on Oct 11, 2012 in aesthetics, beauty, citizenship, consumerism, Director's Notes, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, evolution, imagination, Jefferson, political, religion, time

At the end of my last blog, I promised to tell you the story of how Abraham Lincoln enforced natural law through the just use of lethal force during the Civil War, which was a war between “liberals” who defended the Founder’s definitions of nature, natural law and the national religion of the USA, and [...]

yes, this the way
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yes, this the way

By on Sep 26, 2012 in aesthetics, beauty, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, imagination

 

think of the mountains & you’ll see a great friend
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think of the mountains & you’ll see a great friend

By on Jan 21, 2012 in aesthetics, beauty, Director's Notes, endosymbiosis, imagination

“when I think of the mountains”: the places we know are always remembered along with the people we know. think of your favorite place a face’ll soon appear to remind you of what happened, what you did there that made it the best made it a place where something worth remembering occurred, something transformational the [...]

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