Tag: nature
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We are
We are Hungry for life Rainforest, teeming Beautiful and ferocious We are Ignorant, with knowledge Awake at night Hoping to be wrong We are Nature, with rights Displaced from culture Colonised, with institution We are Destruction at scale The unacceptable acceptance Of a shifting baseline We are Learning to live with fire And saltwater in… Read more
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Less
Less is more Warmer than you thought Harder than you expected Slower than you wanted Older than you believed Surprise after surprise Brighter than you felt Stronger than you looked Spicer than you let show Kinder when you let go Different altogether The same Tightening up A change in perspective One day restrictive The other… Read more
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Zen and the art of saving the planet
At the end of 2024, I undertook the Zen and the art of saving the planet course by Plum Village, rooted in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings. It served as a great companion as I navigated and transformed through challenging times. A couple of months later, conscious of my own memory limits and knowing that one of… Read more
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moon rising
moon song Listen to the sounds All bring something different Some you resonate with more Some make you smile Some tense your body up Some make you feel you’re flying Some remind you of reality Some burn fuel trying to get somewhere Some sing the songs of life Some sound an alarm Some harmonise together… Read more
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Water
River whisper Leave me alone Love me Connect with me Care with me Listen to my whispers Listen to my anger Or I will flood Listen to my anger Or I will dry out And you will too Don’t you see it? That we’re not that different? You also want to be cared for and… Read more
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We are nature
Curious about the stories we tell ourselves beyond the realm of words, I’m lightheartedly playing with bringing some of my poetry to life with visual imagery. It feels like adding other dimensions might help reflect some of the nuance and texture. Or maybe it is a clever trick to put less pressure on the words?… Read more
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Little mammals
Dear little mammal, Remember that you are indeed just a little mammal Sometimes you forget that and then you remember again Sometimes you do things that don’t feel right, that don’t feel natural for a little mammal And then you feel tired wondering what went wrong Well, everything went exactly right Your body sent you… Read more
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The beauty of a 10 min walk
Some beauty Some days you have time to read Some days you have words to write Some days you have eyes to see Life in all its beauty Gift Captures from the beauty of a simple 10 min walk Read more
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Web of Patterns
Writing for remembering ‘You lay down a path in walking’. Antonio Machado I have just come out of an intense expedition into Jeremy Lent’s work, having devoured his incredibly well crafted books: The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning over the past 5 days. I felt in such intense connection with the learning process… Read more
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Inner Nature
From Nature to Inner Development Goals Last week, fascinated by the potential that becoming more aware about Nature’s ways of doing could teach us, I proposed a Nature-inspired project design framework, with the intention to help guide the ways in which we design, conduct and sustain projects. This week, I am reading about the Inner… Read more