New music can satisfy even those among us who harbor suspicions about the power of consumerism to sully mass-market artistic creations. I’m specifically thinking of “This is America” by Childish Gambino/Donald Glover, the video for which exemplifies the intensity of living with eyes so open to self and world that those observing cannot resist being…
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It’s likely time to decide which would actually be missed more: birdsong or a digitized ping?
Just when I was ready to admit the defeat of my free will, I have happily come to realize the stealth manner in which my smartphone addictions have exponentially decreased! I had been intending for some time to rid myself of the attachment, only to find myself once again devoting hours to this screen, despite…
Stating internal truths is a necessary first step to externalizing influence.
What is writing good for? At the very least, the articulation of one’s free-floating inner moral compass. To translate the feeling sense into a comprehended form. Opportunity abounds to do so. For example, @ regulations.gov, there is opportunity to leave public comment on various proposed matters of legislative oversight. I recently left my following two…
Heroism connects emotion to action.
I love to cry. “Water is life” as a movement and phrase gained recognition largely through the overlapping occurrences of the Standing Rock, anti-DAPL protests and the Flint water crisis. Among indigenous nations, there are also important teachings about how “water is medicine.” This conviction interestingly finds considerable back-up through scientific observations and experiments related…