the energy of change

Ursula LeGuin said that art and and literature may offer us more of what we need now on this planet than government and religion. Certainly that is where I find my legs and courage when imagination fails.

Here are a couple of links that I hope you'll have time to visit.

The energy of change moves in a slow quiet rhythm in this interview with Eduardo Galeano

Andrew Revkin in his NYT blog has been "exploring whether words alone, without a calamitous kick from nature, can jog humanity to cut short its long love affair with fossil fuels for the sake of limiting the odds of dangerous global warming." He tells us about an art challenge that has just been issued that might shed some interesting light on the public discourse.

Last night I had dinner with friends at a beautiful co-housing community in Burlington (Vermont!). I got to renew my friendship with this little inspiration named Fiona Billy. If you click on the picture, you'll see that she's offering you the keys to life.