Hi y’all, I hope these words reach you with the medicines of shared resonance and responsibility to these times. My heart is here with you, what can we do together? Rach photos from new mexico in 2018 The waterways are drying fast this summer in the watershed where I roam. The local lake is spiraling deeper into crisis. A relentless algae superbloom proliferates, thriving in the warm, stagnant conditions. Yet despite being a breeding ground for bacterial neurotoxins, the space remained a refuge for years because a vibrant bird sanctuary persisted. The most exquisite days on the lakeshore were still and clear. Water became mirror, merging with sky. The birds doubled back on themselves as they swooped and sailed and waded, reassuring those of us who ached every time we passed another
“ Could we convene listening circles with the river, and the lakes, and the birds, and the sand, and the stars, and our hearts? Could we gather by the dying rivers, together, and greet our death there, too? Could death and grief be reminding us we live in cycles not progress narratives? Could would drop the pretense and drop into presence with what is?”
I’m definitely in these questions with you. Too much swirling in my head to type it out right now but I know we’ll get our chance to discuss!
Always appreciate your hopefulness. It’s hard to not feel despondent about the rapid speed in which our planet is deteriorating. At least she will recover even if our species can’t.
“ Could we convene listening circles with the river, and the lakes, and the birds, and the sand, and the stars, and our hearts? Could we gather by the dying rivers, together, and greet our death there, too? Could death and grief be reminding us we live in cycles not progress narratives? Could would drop the pretense and drop into presence with what is?”
I’m definitely in these questions with you. Too much swirling in my head to type it out right now but I know we’ll get our chance to discuss!
Always appreciate your hopefulness. It’s hard to not feel despondent about the rapid speed in which our planet is deteriorating. At least she will recover even if our species can’t.