Light is very interesting to humans, but so is the lack of light. Here is some of both I found under an elm. I’m intrigued by the idea that this shade is […]
Light and Shadow Going on Forever
With Multiplicity There is More for All
Purity is charming, but … …this is what this syilx land teaches. It is irrelevant if the cattle industry has labeled this a noxious weed. More fertilization of flowers = more children […]
Open Call for PhD Students in Earth Language
As a boy, I was taught summers like this. Llandwyn Bay, Anglesey, Wales Thanks to the Welsh Government’s care for this area under Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty protection, anyone can visit […]
Rocky Mountains Go Home Now, Eh
In order to build more houses like this, with lots of rock because Canada likes the very distant Rocky Mountains a lot … … and with a vineyard to draw people in […]
The Environment is the Message
So. There’s a planet. And a bunch of apes on it. And they try to save the other apes. The best they can think of is to build a large concrete and […]
Placer Mining the Grasslands
I’ve never seen a mariposa lily growing uphill from a stone. Uphill from a sagebrush, yes, but not a stone. They need well-drained soil, which means they grow best where water, snow […]
The Artwork of the Forest Floor
Well, not art, exactly. It is through these structures of synapses in compound webs that a forest thinks. Balance is all. Colour too. And look how a random imbalance thrusts the energy […]
When it Comes to Photography, Humans are Children
Photography in the fog is a dim affair. Sand does it better than pixels. Well, sand and tide going out. Five-dimensional photography! You could lose your self here on Ruby Beach and […]
A Biological Mind is Not a Sears Roebuck Catalogue, or The Joy of Driftwood
It’s cool to be a biological critter and to see the world through body images. Here are some bodies sharing the day at Rialto Beach. When a body falls, a beam and […]
The First Net Maker is the Sea
Floats and everything. Human creativity is often only an act of environmental-belonging, like a grouse hiding its chicks in grass. It is the act of using the eyes as fingers for the […]
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