Dreams, drama, fauna

Changing Paths challenge day 10: animals and birds.

I love animals and birds and Nature. It feels like such a privilege to see animals and birds in the wild. In our garden we have chipmunks and cardinals and robins and rabbits. We were once visited by a very floofy skunk. We have only seen one raccoon in the garden.

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Changing Paths challenge 9: drama.

I took a photo of a rather dramatic sky the other day. Whenever I see clouds like this, it reminds me of the bit in The Blues Brothers movie where one of them says “we’re on a mission from God”.

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Changing Paths challenge day 8: dreams

The world is dreaming of alternatives to capitalism and colonialism.

The student encampments are temporary autonomous zones (TAZs) where students are demonstrating alternative ways to live: that people from different backgrounds and religions can live side by side, and cooperate. If we want to move away from capitalism, colonialism and the dogma of perpetual growth and exploitation, we need to start creating alternative ways to live. The cooperative movement is an excellent example of this principle, as are Hakim Bey’s ideas of the temporary autonomous zone, and the successful anarchist movements and villages.

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