WE ALL KNOW...

Deep in our hearts, in the depths of our soul, we all know what is going on. We know the earth is upset and angry. We know the shootings, the violence, the punitive laws against abortion, women’s rights, gay rights, minorities; the institutionalized entitlements that allow the rich to amass more money than they spend in 100 lifetimes; the crimes against nature; the insane wars pounding beautiful cities that took hundreds of years to build into ruble in a matter of hours, the authoritarian mindset filled with trauma and shame and rage…we know this is the old obsolete story of separation. We know its going to kill us and poison us and destroy everything we think we have a right to but we don’t stop and consider a new story of beauty, compassion, interconnection and love.

The aboriginal people say that the sin of the emu is responsible. This is the sin of insisting that some of us are somehow innately superior to others.

So with all that is going on to drive everyone just a little bit insane, this is what I do to keep myself in touch with a new story. I paint, on canvas, on walking sticks and on rocks and flagstone shards. Here are some recent examples I've stuck into my wife's flower garden.

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