Thank you, Michele, for your comments. I ask myself when my own rhetoric
will get up and do the real work! Yes, I recycle, yes, I support feminism,
yes, I email the Whitehouse and politicians on issues...however, it never
seems to be enough...there is always more work to do, and better ways to
accomplish our work to end the blatant destruction of our environment, of
women's role toward that end.
>From Terry Tempest Williams book, An Unspoken Hunger-
She quotes Audre Lorde: "We have been raised to fear the yes within
ourselves...our deepest cravings. And the fear of our deepest cravings keeps
them suspect, keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, and leads us to settle
for or accept many facets of our own oppression"
And D.H. Lawrence: "Oh, what a catastrophe for man when he cut himself off
from the rhythm of the year, from his unison with the sun and the earth. Oh,
what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made a personal,
merely personal feeling, taken away from the rising and setting of the sun,
and cut off from the magical connection of the solstice and equinox. This is
what is wrong with us. We are bleeding at the roots..."
Terry Tempest William says, "The land is love. Love is what we fear. To
disengage from the earth is our own oppression. I stand on the edge of these
wetlands, a place of renewal, an oasis in the desert, as an act of faith,
believing the sun has completed the southern end of its journey and is now
contemplating its return toward light."
For any of you that love to read- I wish to recommend a wonderful book on an
explanation of *why* things are the way they are (in today's ecology)- it's
a must read for those who are aware :
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
....an absolutely incredibly wonderful story on how we got to this place...
Has anyone else read this book? Any comments?
-Lori
