I look at this very recent photo and I want to scream. I can't believe this is happening. This is 5000 year old peat in a designated biodiversity hotspot wilderness and our so-called 'authorities' are burning it DELIBERATELY, REPEATEDLY and SYSTEMATICALLY.
This issue is threatening to subsume my life. If I'm not at meetings alongside PhD scientists, ex-senate members, statisticians, environmental scientists, strategists and generally concerned members of the public - I'm at the computer creating logos and setting up websites for the group that is fighting this good fight. I'm out of my depth. I'm not a scientist but I am a valued member of the team because I have the communication, digital and design skills to take the campaign to a wider audience.
I avoid groups, committees and meetings but in amongst these people - with whom there have already been 'artistic' differences - I feel as though I have found my tribe.
Photo: From Prescribed Burns? Facebook page
I'm glad you have found your tribe. I'm not sure if I have.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit surprised actually Kylie. As I said I stay away from groups, even though I've been involved with several out of necessity, I never felt as though I really belonged. Even more strange is that I am an artist in a group of mostly scientists yet feel quite comfortable. Maybe it's because we are united by a passion for a cause in a way I haven't experienced before.
DeleteThe common cause helps but I also think art and science have some commonality.
DeleteI'm not a great talent in either area but I'm an artist/ scientist, one daughter and one son are the same.
We all have a reverence for creation and beauty, I think.
David Attenborough says looking at a fossil is the most romantic thing in the world
I think you are right Kylie. Artists and scientists certainly share common ground.
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