by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 30, 2022 | agroecology, Aphorisms, beyond idealism, Biophilia, Decolonization, deep ecology, Indigenous Peoples, Uncategorized
Pat McCabe, Weyakpa Najin Win (Woman Stands Shining) of the Diné (Navajo) Nation describes the difference between lighting a fire by hand, versus with a standard plastic or metal lighter: “the machine takes out the tenderest part of feeling.” It’s not as if nothing is...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 16, 2022 | Aphorisms, beyond idealism, Biomimicry, Decolonization, deep ecology, Discursive Gap, duh, exploitation, Fake Freedoms, folly, Fragmentation, Interspecies Communication, Naturverlassenheit, Uncategorized
When we farm fish, do we think that, perhaps, we’re being farmed as well? If not? Why not? When we bind life to fulfilling one function: delivering to us what we think we need; do we ponder whether our life also is bound to what someone else desires? When we...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 14, 2019 | Aphorisms
With research, be as exhaustive as possible without it becoming exhausting. (March 13, 2019) Superstitions are killing the planet. (Viz., the idea that we need x in order for y to happen or not to happen; that we need more bunkers, armor, weapons, food, etc., in order...