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How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

This week’s inspiring video: How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other
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May 20, 2021
How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

Yes, scientists have discovered that plants can actually talk to each other. This short animated film, commissioned by BBC World Service, explores what has been nicknamed "The Wood Wide Web" – the intricate fungal network connecting plants across entire forests. "Trees are "social creatures" that communicate with each other in cooperative ways that hold lessons for humans, too." ~ Ecologist Suzanne Simard.
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Kolam: Ritual Art that Feeds a Thousand Souls Every Day

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Kolam: Ritual Art that Feeds a Thousand Souls Every Day

All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment.

– T.S. Eliot –

Kolam: Ritual Art that Feeds a Thousand Souls Every Day

Each dawn, millions of Tamil women create intricate, geometric, ritual-art designs called ‘kolams,’ at the thresholds of their homes, as a tribute to Mother Earth and an offering to Goddess Lakshmi. A Tamil word that means beauty, form, play, disguise or ritual design– a kolam is anchored in the Hindu belief that householders have a karmic obligation to “feed a thousand souls.” By creating the kolam with rice flour, a woman provides food for birds, rodents, ants and other tiny life forms — greeting each day with ‘a ritual of generosity’, that blesses both the household, and the greater community. Kolams are a deliberately transient form of art. They are created anew each dawn with a combination of reverence, mathematical precision, artistic skill and spontaneity. Read on for one kolam practitioner’s deeply personal exploration of this multidimensional practice. { read more }

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Spotlight On Kindness: Random Acts Of Kindness

Those who value kindness try to practice it in their own special way according to their capacity, personality, and skills. I’m often inspired by those who can spontaneously go up to a stranger and do a random act of kindness to try to make their day a little brighter. I am part of the camp where I feel more comfortable doing it anonymously if I can help it or as the need naturally arises. This weeks’ stories highlight those stepping up to do a random act of kindness, which is as unique as they are. –Guri

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