Here I come, here I go again
throw my own self into the wind;
become a ghost upon your breath.
The road it whispers to me
I'm nowhere, I am nothing;
but a shadow going home.
I've been traveling this way
for what seems like forever,
I know the stars can map my way
but I am lost.
Here I go on the road again,
hitchike across this broken land
become a slave to my own home.
The streets are my only faith
under these stars I lay awake
think I'm never going home.
I've been traveling this way
for what seems like forever,
I know the stars can map my way
but I am lost.
www.myspace.com/woodendinosaurs
Jun 30, 2009
Jun 3, 2009
Community
community, what north america is lacking most.
the idea of a community has a negative association to it. most people, when they think of a community, they think lame fairs, awkward neighbors and crappy 80's has-been bands playing in the local park... but what community really encompasses is a group of people interacting in a common location, sharing beauty, wonder and resources. this entails love, friendship and compassion for other people. this is what we need most in the world. this is my calling.
i am an environmentalist at heart, but it means something completely different to me than what it means to most. modern environmentalism, which is a growing movement in north america, is entirely human-based - saving the planet for the survival of our own species. most people in this movement don't know what it really means to be environmental. they are academics, people who study the parts of a flower in textbooks and in videos - but none of them could tell you what a flower smells like. meaning, they don't really have a connection to the natural environment. if you do not know the land, you cannot understand it. i by no means know the land because i have grown up in a society where i get my food from a grocery store and only get interaction with the land when i walk across a field - but i do understand that i don't know all of it. environmentalists are so set on their ways that they get blinded by their opinions and fail to see any other side. i don't like this because people get hurt, offended or even excluded. the land is something we all have in common - you have cultivate a love for the land by spreading love itself, not hate. what we really ned is a sense of community.
when i walk by someone, i say hi. i say hi because we are not strangers crossing paths, we are people sharing one planet. we need to know and let others know that there is life here. there is beauty here. we are not alone. people are everywhere, they live next to you, they share space with you - a simple hello is a great start to embracing the human connection.
my plan? to practice community based environmental arts - bring the local communities together. i am all for traveling across the world and doing good deeds, but in the end it is our own society that is lacking in luster. in order to help others properly, we need to help ourselves first. i want to accompliosh this by bringing a connection back to something that all of us have in common - the earth. one thing we can share together. one thing that determines our very future.
no more survival of the fittest, no more one man or woman for his or her self - live for other people, embrace the fact that you are not alone.
start by doing one thing - even if the idea sounds completely insane to you. start a random conversation with a stranger. see how good it feels. see how good it makes them feel.
we are all sharing one planet.
we have already destroyed it.
the only thing we can really succeed at is embracing the human connection while the earth is still habitable for human kind.
Nikki Satira
the idea of a community has a negative association to it. most people, when they think of a community, they think lame fairs, awkward neighbors and crappy 80's has-been bands playing in the local park... but what community really encompasses is a group of people interacting in a common location, sharing beauty, wonder and resources. this entails love, friendship and compassion for other people. this is what we need most in the world. this is my calling.
i am an environmentalist at heart, but it means something completely different to me than what it means to most. modern environmentalism, which is a growing movement in north america, is entirely human-based - saving the planet for the survival of our own species. most people in this movement don't know what it really means to be environmental. they are academics, people who study the parts of a flower in textbooks and in videos - but none of them could tell you what a flower smells like. meaning, they don't really have a connection to the natural environment. if you do not know the land, you cannot understand it. i by no means know the land because i have grown up in a society where i get my food from a grocery store and only get interaction with the land when i walk across a field - but i do understand that i don't know all of it. environmentalists are so set on their ways that they get blinded by their opinions and fail to see any other side. i don't like this because people get hurt, offended or even excluded. the land is something we all have in common - you have cultivate a love for the land by spreading love itself, not hate. what we really ned is a sense of community.
when i walk by someone, i say hi. i say hi because we are not strangers crossing paths, we are people sharing one planet. we need to know and let others know that there is life here. there is beauty here. we are not alone. people are everywhere, they live next to you, they share space with you - a simple hello is a great start to embracing the human connection.
my plan? to practice community based environmental arts - bring the local communities together. i am all for traveling across the world and doing good deeds, but in the end it is our own society that is lacking in luster. in order to help others properly, we need to help ourselves first. i want to accompliosh this by bringing a connection back to something that all of us have in common - the earth. one thing we can share together. one thing that determines our very future.
no more survival of the fittest, no more one man or woman for his or her self - live for other people, embrace the fact that you are not alone.
start by doing one thing - even if the idea sounds completely insane to you. start a random conversation with a stranger. see how good it feels. see how good it makes them feel.
we are all sharing one planet.
we have already destroyed it.
the only thing we can really succeed at is embracing the human connection while the earth is still habitable for human kind.
Nikki Satira
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