Gary Snyder on How to Unbreak the World
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Gary Snyder on How to Unbreak the World
The restoration of possibility amid despair is an act of destruction paired with a call to imagine—which is a call to arms. The armament of knowing you have not been defeated. The armament of knowing that the present and the future will have histories that have not been written yet. Possibility is the hope we wear when we charge into battle. It is
... See moreKelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
Someone told me once that despair is the most disempowering emotion. It’s what we should avoid at all costs, because it takes away our clarity and our positivity. (To despair is to (already) lose.)
So: avoiding despair can be a form of positive action. And, for me, writing a little every day is one of my best ways of fighting back against despair.... See more
So: avoiding despair can be a form of positive action. And, for me, writing a little every day is one of my best ways of fighting back against despair.... See more
George Saunders • Office Hours
We need to show people that facing our climate future is not the end of the line. People are afraid of being paralyzed by despair. But that’s not what happens. Or, at least, that’s not what happens for long. Also, it’s critical to provide people opportunities
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
This is what’s happening to me. What my mind couldn’t understand. As Tchiht Naht Hanh said: The most important thing we can do; is to hear within ourselves, the sounds of the earth crying.
This incredible crisis for conscious life on Planet Earth can be understood as that. We’ve been thinking that we were consumers, we’ve been thinking that we were