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January 24, 2021

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Fatherland

“When I was growing up, my father worked for a United Nations agency. His job meant that I was raised a nomad, moving to a different country every few years: Tanzania, Italy, Ethiopia, Uganda, and England. Annually, my father was granted what the UN calls ‘home leave.’ When we stepped off the plane in Ghana’s capital, Accra, my father would sometimes turn to me, spread his arms wide, and say, “Akwaaba!–Welcome.” As many diplomats do, my father moved easily wherever we were. But in Ghana, even more so. In Ghana, he seemed to glide.” This personal essay from Orion magazine powerfully explores the intertwined threads of identity, stories and climate grief. { read more }

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Make time today to reflect on the following questions: What is your own relationship to your home country? How does it influence your sense of identity?

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January 23, 2021

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Lisa Dolby Chadwick: Letting in the Light

Chadwick talks about her struggle to keep her San Francisco gallery afloat in the pandemic. Emailing her list, she began pairing poems with paintings from her artists. “With that first one, I paired Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem, “So Much Happiness” with a great John DiPaolo painting. I was doing it five days a week. Responses came back from all over the world, really personal ones from people I don’t know — Paris, Capetown, Denmark — with messages like, ‘You have no idea how much I needed this today. My father died two days ago from Covid.’ ‘I’m alone in Paris. The streets are empty. I look forward to this every day.'” { read more }

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Is there a particular work of art that buoys your spirit in challenging times? Share it with friends and family today along with a reflection on what it means to you. For more inspiration read Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “So Much Happiness” here. { more }

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January 22, 2021

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Kiss the Ground: The Soil Story

“Science meets inspiration in this tale of nature’s best hidden innovation: soil. ‘The Soil Story,’made by Kiss the Ground, is a five-minute film that shares the importance of healthy soil for a healthy planet. Learn how we can “sequester” (store) carbon from our atmosphere, where it is harmful, and pull it back into the earth, where it belongs, through regenerative agriculture, composting, and other land management practices. The film was directed in partnership with Louis Fox, best-known for the acclaimed viral series, ‘The Story of Stuff’.” Watch the trailer here. { read more }

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For more inspiration, join an Awakin Call with Kiss the Ground co-founder, Ryland Engelhart, on ‘Sacred Commerce, Love Activism, and the Solution of Soil’. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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January 21, 2021

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Amanda Gorman: The Miracle of Morning

Amanda Gorman has achieved many firsts, including being the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate in the United States at age 19. On January 20, 2021, the 22-year-old Gorman read at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. What follows here is a video of her reciting “The Miracle of Morning,” a poem written several years ago “when hurricanes, hate crimes, and deportations were some of the many crises in our headlines.” The poem now re-emerges during a pandemic, each line filled with words of hope for a golden morning. { read more }

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Watch or read Amanda Gorman’s powerful inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb,” and discuss it with different generations of people in your life today. What does it evoke in you? { more }

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January 20, 2021

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A Reset for Unprecedented Times

“We are currently living amid a planetary climate emergency, a global pandemic, uprisings against state violence upon Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples, and a failing economic system the world over. Pandemic lockdowns have forced major lifestyle changes: shifting consumption habits, realizing how deeply connected we are to each other and the environment, and focusing more on the non-material aspects of life for strengthening our well-being. Never before in modern society have we had to redesign our lives with such speed and magnitude: how we live them, how we connect with one another, and what and how we consume. This is precisely where Buen Vivir comes in. Buen Vivir represents a combination of respect and reciprocity, community, solidarity and harmony. The idea is far from novel.” More in this essay from YES Magazine. { read more }

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What is a “first step” that you can take today? Will you take it?

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January 19, 2021

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The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance

“As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and ecological systems to reimagine currencies of exchange?” { read more }

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Do something today in the spirit of honoring mutual flourishing. For more inspiration, check out this essay by Kimmerer, “Returning the Gift.” { more }

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January 18, 2021

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Creativity & COVID-19

“In some recent discussions with friends who are also creatives, I have heard a variety of responses to the question, ‘How has Covid-19 affected your creativity?’Some have been inspired to create new work. Others have spoken about a year of fallowness. It’s a term we rarely if ever hear in a culture devoted to–or better put, obsessed with–constant productivity. Take agribusiness: every acre and every creature must give maximum yield all the time, even though that is un-natural. Nature functions in cycles, and one part of that is rest, which leads to renewal. Traditionally, that was the way people understood cultivation: “And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof; but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow…” Mirka Knaster shares more in this thoughtful essay. { read more }

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Reflect on the question for yourself: How has the pandemic affected your creativity?

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