“We are of other people, some faraway and unknown.”
Untitled Drawing | Carl Barnett Design/Studio
We are of nature, not separate from. We are of the trees, the dirt, bugs and animals. We are of other people, some faraway and unknown. We have separated ourselves from this Earth, from each other, by self proclaimed hierarchy and self made machine, now run astray. Its not that we don’t know this, we’ve chosen not to see, what we don’t know won’t harm us, but in fact, it is.
“This is what we know, what we can do. To start the ripple requires the throw.”
To look away is no longer an option, if one’s concern is bigger than one’s self. To be aware and alter, if only in the micro, assists momentum, gathering energy from the current like minded. This is how movements build, fueled by all thats connected, by empathy, action and knowledge. We have the capabilities for change within us, we have autonomy and intellect, the humanity of emotion to gather the stones and face the future. This is what we know, what we can do. To start the ripple requires the throw.
Seattle Residence with Bonsai Garden | Stuart Silk Architects
To affect change and the concerning future is to circumvent the government, digging and sifting for information as we build our own paths. It is not that we can’t find our way, there’s a plethora of paths before us, lit by the creative minds of many. We have our options, to see or to look away, to walk a path and be the light, or ignore intuition and let the ulcer grow. Our long ignored intuition has been telling, has tugged at our psyche for decades, now making its way through language and doing. This is what our humanity does, what our connection to all, will do. Whatever perception we take, is an action that affects the future, either negative or positive, for those within our circles, and those within theirs. It is not that we can’t, we’ve done great things in the past, it’s just a switch in mindset, to see who we are, our place within, and move forward with intention to change.
The future is always in the waiting, how we live now moves it just so. To move forward is to think forward, connecting with who we are and the world around. Time stops for no one, it cares less for our things and our ashes. Now has the biggest impact, the seed, the root, the bloom.
Floating Sculptural Tile | Kathryn Robinson-Millen