I sat in the window seat of a jumbo jet as Chicago, Illinois accepted darkness. As we lifted off, I noticed the lights lining the runway. We began to rise. Lights were speckled across vast amounts of concrete. We rose higher; we moved east. A sparkling multitude of green, red, blue, white, yellow, covered the airport ground. We rose higher,...
A youtube clip from a BBC episode about Bonobos
"I can't believe I just talked to a Bonobo"
LMAO
Heres another longer video (11 min) about the research Susan is doing with these Bonobos, she gave a presentation about it.
p.s their is a musical artist named Bonobo too, and he's simply fucking amazing too..
bonobo - pick up
We have an urge to build. Nature is treated as a side-order, becoming an attraction and a marketing tool. At one point we came from nature, now we package and sell what is left of it in holiday safari trips. Why do we disregard nature as a habitat for humans and immediately build? Why should nature be reduced to symbolism, poetics and abstraction...
Happy Holidays?
I love you?
More than ever, I am overwhelmed and confused by the holiday season.
First, I am astonished by the gift buying frenzy. Does anyone know an essay or study that can help me understand this phenomena?
Second, I am a dissatisfied with the motives for family gathering during the holiday season. Specifically, I am...
Optimism is a political act.
Entrenched interests use despair, confusion and apathy to prevent change. They encourage modes of thinking which lead us to believe that problems are insolvable, that nothing we do can matter, that the issue is too complex to present even the opportunity for change. It is a long-standing political art to sow the...