The current Canadian government’s energy policy, as espoused recently by Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver, is so out of touch with climate change science, and so aggressively opposed to it, that it can only be deemed pathological. The pathology is addiction, and the addiction is to oil.
Climate change science, Joe Oliver and the pathologies of petro states Read More »
By ‘free speech’ some folks mean not ‘freedom’, or more specifically the ‘freedom to speak to power’, they mean speaking without constraint: saying whatever you want, whenever you want, about whoever you want, wherever you want. The notion that ‘freedom’ equates with ‘no constraint’ or ‘doing what you want’ is a notion that’s workable until
‘Free speech,’ ‘freedom,’ the CRTC and Sun News Read More »
If, as Chogyam Trungpa wrote, “Disappointment is the best chariot on the road of the dharma”, does that mean that enlightenment is best defined as ‘ultimate disappointment’?
“Disappointment is the best chariot on the road of the dharma” Read More »
If God is defined as the most fruitful relationship possible between consciousness and evolution: Science is God’s sandbox. Science is God’s workshop. Science is God’s kitchen.
The meaning of words change depending on who says them, how they’re said, and who they’re said to.
Note on language and discrimination… Read More »
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde
When I dare to be powerful… Read More »
“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice.
Justice at its best is love correcting anything that stands against love.”
– MLK
Power, Love & Justice Read More »
Tragedy is unavoidable. It’s woven deep into the fabric of Life itself. Catastrophic loss, intense pain, inconsolable grieving, wounds that will probably never really heal up… these are all right in the very heart of Life and drag us down much deeper into it’s deep and inexorable, remorseless, vibration. When we try and find meaning
“Music was a tool where musicians were reflecting, mirroring what society saw, how society felt. And, of course, music was an escape. Music is a repository of your culture, of your history, of your legacy …. Music has the ability to help us articulate feelings, music has the ability to help people get hopeful that
Sibongile Khumalo on what music means to her Read More »
“The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation, and that always seems fraught with danger. But that visibility which makes us most vulnerable also is the source of our greatest strength.” – Audre Lordes
Vulnerability & Strength Read More »