There is so much here that feels innately true. A sense of fear and wonder, a coming together and falling apart, sensing and feeling rather than knowing and holding. A sort of primordial tide with its rhythms of rise and fall shaping by its nature rather than design the shores it breaks onto. It certainly challenges my need for control, the need to understand and pin down the details.
There is perhaps a way to transition to a more 'felt' society that relies less on strict laws and penalties and more on negotiating the constantly shifting sands of that primordial shore, recognising the rise and fall of our connections and experiences. Reading Nicole Masters 'For the Love of Soil' I detect a possible route. She details how farms and ranches dependent on a regime of chemical inputs cross the fear threshold to reduce and often dispense with these and rely on more organic inputs that help to build and sustain a healthy soil. While the route is scientific and retains this focus on detail and control it is ultimately heading towards a more self-regulating bioshpere in which we 'get out the way of nature'.
Bayo exudes the philosophy he describes. I realised how much more I had to think about what he said because he didn't use the jargon of his field of interest. The language and metaphors were fresh and came with no baggage. It's difficult not to be drawn in by his sense of possibility and a quiet mischievousness!
Thank you Bayo for illuminating the paradigm(s) that we are stuck in. Rachel, I propose it is time for you to interview Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe) ... she can explain the Windigo (Wendigo) beast, a mythological creature that consumes endlessly and can't stop. The story is used to caution children against selfishness. When Bayo talks about the idea that the Gods (bacteria, viruses, etc.) are not happy with the Colonial way... these ecological entities take on an identity/role. Winona, a treasure, an indigenous mind and water protector extraordinaire... will unravel this for you. and for us! Thanks! :-)
There is so much here that feels innately true. A sense of fear and wonder, a coming together and falling apart, sensing and feeling rather than knowing and holding. A sort of primordial tide with its rhythms of rise and fall shaping by its nature rather than design the shores it breaks onto. It certainly challenges my need for control, the need to understand and pin down the details.
There is perhaps a way to transition to a more 'felt' society that relies less on strict laws and penalties and more on negotiating the constantly shifting sands of that primordial shore, recognising the rise and fall of our connections and experiences. Reading Nicole Masters 'For the Love of Soil' I detect a possible route. She details how farms and ranches dependent on a regime of chemical inputs cross the fear threshold to reduce and often dispense with these and rely on more organic inputs that help to build and sustain a healthy soil. While the route is scientific and retains this focus on detail and control it is ultimately heading towards a more self-regulating bioshpere in which we 'get out the way of nature'.
Bayo exudes the philosophy he describes. I realised how much more I had to think about what he said because he didn't use the jargon of his field of interest. The language and metaphors were fresh and came with no baggage. It's difficult not to be drawn in by his sense of possibility and a quiet mischievousness!
So nice to hear Bayo again.
A unique philosopher, wordsmith and story teller.
Thanks for this Rachel
Thank you Bayo for illuminating the paradigm(s) that we are stuck in. Rachel, I propose it is time for you to interview Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe) ... she can explain the Windigo (Wendigo) beast, a mythological creature that consumes endlessly and can't stop. The story is used to caution children against selfishness. When Bayo talks about the idea that the Gods (bacteria, viruses, etc.) are not happy with the Colonial way... these ecological entities take on an identity/role. Winona, a treasure, an indigenous mind and water protector extraordinaire... will unravel this for you. and for us! Thanks! :-)