Oh my god he is speaking my heart. I have felt this is also my "mission," and then I vacillate between thinking I should be marching in the streets instead of focusing on my art, but I can no longer bring myself to share the bad news. Had a meltdown the other day with just one ominous, distressing story after another (climate apocalypse indeed, earthquakes, countdown to nuclear destruction, human trafficking, the loss of soil,and then hearing another acquaintance succumbed to cancer) coming through my newsfeed and on the radio. It is exactly that, that we turned away from valuing natural beauty and the wonder of creation. And somehow lost kindness and connection to our fellow human beings. If we could only see our interconnectedness we might be more willing to do what needs doing to protect our world and each other. And creativity and appreciation keep us resourceful. Fear is only paralyzing...motivating only to a point, until overwhelm and helplessness sets in. So I keep sharing simple things, my "daily dog walk" photos in local parks, and painting my crazy, un-tutored paintings and drawings. There seems to be a need to see such things. Don't give up.
Yes., i am tired of all the bad news indeed. Really tired in my body. The beauty you talk about takes me back to the morning dew shining like diamants in the grass.. Never forget. 🙏
This talk shares a lot of what I’ve been thinking for a long time. I used to work for a health org that advocates for tobacco laws and restrictions.... in a lot of our materials scare tactics are used , which seemed to turn people off. Especially if they were already addicted. It’s similar to dieting. If we focus on what we are taking away, we feel depleted instead of focusing on what we want to enjoy or add to our life. I have been thinking about our narrative towards the environment and people who are poor, disenfranchised and/or oppressed. How do we help people understand these subjects that have turned decisive into conversations
Oh Yay Chris yes let us make beauty our North Star that we navigate towards and set our compass of the heart to that will nurture our way to our deepest truest essence . I join you in the connectivity to this new beautiful loving story that together we can all reclaim and co create . I love you as I love Gaia as I love All sentient beings there homed within, upon and above her . Thankyou for being a magnificent reflection of the Grace we all carry. xxxx
In the wake of Vietnam, Martin Luther King and Kennedy assassinations, Pete & Toshi Seeger inspired folks to build a sailboat still sailing fifty years on, on the River that Flows Both Ways. Fiercely tender love shared with so many, turning tide on the health of the Hudson River through appreciation of its beauty...
Chris -what do you say to people who respond "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder?" This is the problem - what you see as beauty and inspiration, an industrialist sees only obstacles in the way of exploiting resources - and they justify the removal of trees, ocean animals, magic rock formations etc. as a means to a better end for their industrial-age society . It seems that to truly help restore the Earth's beauty and integrity , we need to both absorb Earth's beauty as a source of inspiration, motivation and spiritual nourishment but at the same time we need to employ various skillful means to wake up governments and industries that drive the destruction by pointing out the stark environmental truth. This Truth is that there is we now have a very short time-line before the Earth as we know it is irreversibly altered by runaway global warming and destruction of our ocean environment: yes, the Word is the essentially on Fire and is already irreversibly changed. Perhaps Apocalypse if not the right word but Earth on Fire is now a truth, not an imaginary or religious gloom and doom notion. We need to not be afraid to acknowledge that and draw of teh enclaves of beauty remaining as sources of inspriration to forge now pathways forward.
Oh my god he is speaking my heart. I have felt this is also my "mission," and then I vacillate between thinking I should be marching in the streets instead of focusing on my art, but I can no longer bring myself to share the bad news. Had a meltdown the other day with just one ominous, distressing story after another (climate apocalypse indeed, earthquakes, countdown to nuclear destruction, human trafficking, the loss of soil,and then hearing another acquaintance succumbed to cancer) coming through my newsfeed and on the radio. It is exactly that, that we turned away from valuing natural beauty and the wonder of creation. And somehow lost kindness and connection to our fellow human beings. If we could only see our interconnectedness we might be more willing to do what needs doing to protect our world and each other. And creativity and appreciation keep us resourceful. Fear is only paralyzing...motivating only to a point, until overwhelm and helplessness sets in. So I keep sharing simple things, my "daily dog walk" photos in local parks, and painting my crazy, un-tutored paintings and drawings. There seems to be a need to see such things. Don't give up.
A positive message everyone should hear... Thank you..
Yes., i am tired of all the bad news indeed. Really tired in my body. The beauty you talk about takes me back to the morning dew shining like diamants in the grass.. Never forget. 🙏
This talk shares a lot of what I’ve been thinking for a long time. I used to work for a health org that advocates for tobacco laws and restrictions.... in a lot of our materials scare tactics are used , which seemed to turn people off. Especially if they were already addicted. It’s similar to dieting. If we focus on what we are taking away, we feel depleted instead of focusing on what we want to enjoy or add to our life.
I have been thinking about our narrative towards the environment and people who are poor, disenfranchised and/or oppressed.
How do we help people understand these subjects that have turned decisive into conversations
Totally underrated talk. I like his work so much and this talk is very powerful....
Thank you
How nice for him to travel around the world looking at beauty. We need to re-create it in our on "backyard."
Truth!
Oh Yay Chris yes let us make beauty our North Star that we navigate towards and set our compass of the heart to that will nurture our way to our deepest truest essence . I join you in the connectivity to this new beautiful loving story that together we can all reclaim and co create . I love you as I love Gaia as I love All sentient beings there homed within, upon and above her . Thankyou for being a magnificent reflection of the Grace we all carry. xxxx
Good one ....
What a wonderful and beautiful message 💕
loved your talk, thank you!
WOW... WOW... WOW... Thank you...
Yes
Aaahhh. Thank you.
In the wake of Vietnam, Martin Luther King and Kennedy assassinations, Pete & Toshi Seeger inspired folks to build a sailboat still sailing fifty years on, on the River that Flows Both Ways. Fiercely tender love shared with so many, turning tide on the health of the Hudson River through appreciation of its beauty...
Chris -what do you say to people who respond "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder?"
This is the problem - what you see as beauty and inspiration, an industrialist sees only obstacles in the way of exploiting resources - and they justify the removal of trees, ocean animals, magic rock formations etc. as a means to a better end for their industrial-age society . It seems that to truly help restore the Earth's beauty and integrity , we need to both absorb Earth's beauty as a source of inspiration, motivation and spiritual nourishment but at the same time we need to employ various skillful means to wake up governments and industries that drive the destruction by pointing out the stark environmental truth. This Truth is that there is we now have a very short time-line before the Earth as we know it is irreversibly altered by runaway global warming and destruction of our ocean environment: yes, the Word is the essentially on Fire and is already irreversibly changed. Perhaps Apocalypse if not the right word but Earth on Fire is now a truth, not an imaginary or religious gloom and doom notion. We need to not be afraid to acknowledge that and draw of teh enclaves of beauty remaining as sources of inspriration to forge now pathways forward.
And the fossil fuel industry's collective conscience is going to be touched by beauty?