Sean's Tumblelog

"A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:08 +1100

“A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.”

- William James

"Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:22:43 +1100

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we can’t eat money.”

- Cree Proverb

Alice discovers The Matrix via: mudwerks: & suyhnc: &...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:42 +1100

Alice discovers The Matrix

via: mudwerks: & suyhnc: & uessai:

"The old idea of a powerful philosopher-king who would put into practice some carefully thought out..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:54 +1100

“The old idea of a powerful philosopher-king who would put into practice some carefully thought out plans was a fairy-tale invented in the interest of a land-owning aristocracy. The democratic equivalent of this fairy-tale is the superstition that enough people of good will may be persuaded by rational argument to take planned action. History shows that the social reality is quite different. The course of historical development is never shaped by theoretical constructions, however excellent… Under no circumstances could the outcome of rational planning become a stable structure; for the balance of forces is bound to change. All social engineering, no matter how much it prides itself on its realism and on its scientific character, is doomed to remain a Utopian dream.”

- Popper, The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge, 1969), p. 47. via The Siren’s Song.

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:07:53 +1100

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes

The Land Institute - Toward An Ignorance-Based World View (LR81)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:06:00 +1100

The Land Institute - Toward An Ignorance-Based World View (LR81):

To call the unknown “random” is to plant the flag by which to colonize and exploit the known.

To call the unknown by its right name, “mystery,” is to suggest that we had better respect the possibility of a larger, unseen pattern that can be damaged or destroyed and, with it, the smaller patterns.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not..."

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:08:03 +1100

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!”

- Upton Sinclair - Wikiquote

Lost by David Wagoner

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:32:00 +1100

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

The Life and Times of Uncle D (via Jenaiamaui) Experience the...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:24:23 +1100

The Life and Times of Uncle D (via Jenaiamaui)

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"Akrasia - The condition in which while knowing what it would be best to do, one does something else."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:05:23 +1100

“Akrasia - The condition in which while knowing what it would be best to do, one does something else.”

- Akrasia: Definition from Answers.com

"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:44:13 +1100

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

- Howard Thurman quotes

"To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. This is a paradox: whoever defeats a..."

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:19:18 +1000

“To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. This is a paradox: whoever defeats a segment of the Empire becomes the Empire; it proliferates like a virus, imposing its form on its enemies. Thereby it becomes its enemies.”

- Philip K. Dick’s Valis (p.134) via Mediacology » Derrick Jensen’s dark side

"Modern society is based on a Big Lie: that it is possible for humans to be separate from — and..."

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:15:33 +1000

“Modern society is based on a Big Lie: that it is possible for humans to be separate from — and be superior to — the rest of nature.”

- Linda Buzzell: Is There a Green Career in Your Future?

"DECLARATION OF CULTURAL REVOLUTIONARIES 2009 Cultural revolutionaries in 2009… _live, act, work..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:19:42 +1000

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DECLARATION OF CULTURAL REVOLUTIONARIES 2009

Cultural revolutionaries in 2009…

_live, act, work with and not against nature
_know that life is too complex to understand it intellectually
_build and support local, self-governed economies
_value and safe-guard diversity of all kind
_value interdependence, since they know that nothing is separate
_regard themselves as equal to all life forms
_protect and support life
_love and support children unconditionally
_work on themselves towards greater awareness
_know about ecological principles and integrate them into their lifes
_see music and dance as an integral part of their expression and communication
_live on an animate earth and regard it as sacred
_know how to grow their own food
_appreciate their sensory awareness
_celebrate life
_cooperate
_make the shift from thinking ‘either, or’ to thinking ‘as well, as’
_share their knowledge
_understand and integrate process as a way of being
_are not identified with their body, thoughts or emotions
_see the mind as a tool
_realize that there is no right or wrong
_are not identified with any social tag, their past or their future
_are aware that the very essence of who they are is life itself
_take responsibility for their emotions
_are aware of and value their relationships to their living and seemingly non-living surroundings
_value and integrate the wisdom of women
_value and integrate the wisdom of indigenous cultures
_value generalist knowledge
_are aware of change as one of the core principles of evolution
_work towards diversification and decentralization
_engage in and create bonds to the place where they live
_turn from dependent consumers to responsible producers
_are looking for ways so that their interests and talents may unfold
_have the courage to resist and disobey laws that render self-rule, self-provisioning, and self-sustenance illegal
_are informed about the current money system and identify it as a contemporary form of enslavement
_identify and boycott biological, cultural, social and philosophical monocultures
_boycott monopolies of any kind
_question everyone who promotes one solution
_value environmental and human ethics over profit maximization
_boycott corporations and banks operating for profit maximization
_reclaim land and forests as common good
_reclaim water as common good
_reclaim biodiversity and knowledge as common good
_are aware that they participate in the process of co-creation at all time
_allow life to unfold through them

Berlin, 03/2009

”

- DECLARATION OF CULTURAL REVOLUTIONARIES 2009

Oil Barrels, 200860x60” Depicts 28,000 42-gallon...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:27:54 +1000

Oil Barrels, 2008
60x60”

Depicts 28,000 42-gallon barrels, the amount of oil consumed in the United States every two minutes (equal to the flow of a medium-sized river).

Chris Jordan (via current work)

"I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t..."

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:25:46 +1000

“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

- Thomas Edison - Wikiquote

The discovery of ten lynx kittens—including the young cat in...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:15:24 +1000

The discovery of ten lynx kittens—including the young cat in this May 2009 picture—this spring marks the first time newborn lynx have been documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline (via PHOTO: Lynx Kittens Signal Success in Colorado)

A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change - Ecobuddhism

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:10:57 +1000

A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change - Ecobuddhism

Inhabitat » The Nautilus - Giant Snail-Shaped Home Fit for...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:43:22 +1000

Inhabitat » The Nautilus - Giant Snail-Shaped Home Fit for a Family

"We have all the technology and all the knowledge we need to live in beautiful harmony with each..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:09:00 +1000

“We have all the technology and all the knowledge we need to live in beautiful harmony with each other and the planet. What we need is different collective choices.”

- Reality Sandwich | The Ubiquitous Matrix of Lies