Boundaries give focus. They’re also wildly frustrating. Grey Canal Trail, Bella Vista Hills A general human glance does not have boundaries like that. Neither, though, is a human glance — or human […]
I want to draw a correspondence today between leaves and soil. I think it’s pretty cool. First, here are some leaves doing just fine without soil. Welcome to mullein. When it finishes […]
Here’s some soil: It’s a series of shelters, which capture water, minerals and heat, and amplify the conditions for light and seed germination, in the warm area in the first millimetres above the […]
The very humanitarian crisis in Syria and recent violence in Paris are embedded in it. It stems from dominant concepts of identity, politics, freedom, economy, technology, and art. No Part of a Society […]
The grass is a cultural being. So are cat tails and so is poetry. Talk about a rhyme scheme, eh! First, the grass. Not only does it have its own culture, but […]
“Light travels in straight lines.” Yes, if observed from a science that measures straight lines. No, if observed from within light, within the world, within gravity or within perception. The statement is meant […]
First, two pictures of gravity. I don’t mean the effects of gravity. I mean gravity. Gravity is not mathematics. It’s either here in these pine cones or it doesn’t exist. Water carries […]
The land I live on was an island that crashed into a continent. It buckled and smashed and was pushed up into the air by the collision. The old seabeds of its […]
Science is a powerful tool. It’s built on a couple of foundational principles: 1. there is someone watching, 2. only what that person sees can be studied, and 3. only what is […]
Universities are the place in which Western societies educate their youth, create knowledge, and pass on social values. I wonder why that doesn’t happen here: The Salmon River Enters the Snake It […]
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