Friday, May 31, 2019

Microbiome - Free Stitch






In the inner as outer and vice versa, i am working on a bias wool skirt, with a free stitch illustration of a generic microbiome. As these little buggers are integral to our immune system, our digestion and as yet to be found other aspects that contribute to our species well being, they deserve a little fanfare.

Reconnecting to nature, accepting the organic world and its relationship to evolution, i cannot help but think that technology that strives to "conquer or control" nature is a masculinized wet dream that is putting our species into a downward spiral. What fear, what angst what "not good enough" story is in the gut of this thinking?

I have ideas but multiple responses would help us all learn this aspect of "hating ourselcves." I mean really why not embrace the cycle of life in relationship to all life, to the greater energetic flow. So far we have been wrong as many times as we have been right and that right is related to the questions and the tools at hand. Just saying, lets give life and love and our wonderful bugs a chance.



Monday, February 11, 2019

Snowy Day Letter

 The Keystone of the entire structure of the spiritual and physical universe is Rhythmic Balanced  Interchange Between all opposites.


Hi John,
Good Morning, Thank you for understanding. Like i said, i have been an intrepid explorer much of my life. When i was told by a school counselor that i could do or be anything i wanted to do or be, based on my high test scores; i took it literally. Giving teachers, testers what they wanted for a grade was one thing. Trusting them to know what was good for me after that, was another. 

Now about the quotes you sent:

The focus on sexual energy is very masculine. In the "expendable male concept," pushing this dichotomy  about creation- via a procreation base- is understandable, but limiting . Russel's quote  about "knowledge over the illusion of our senses" - again with that hierarchy, and again a matter of abilities and perhaps focus. Our knowledge is constantly being checked, tossed, added to; is a flow and perhaps our senses are somewhat dulled by expectation limits and environment.  When the word, sensual, is used, it generally refers to sex. That says plenty about the perceptive story, not the truth of our abilities.

As the feminine side of the gender spectrum is endowed with greater sensitivities, well duh! This adds nuanced speculation to the case for why the witches were burned, besides the herbal, birth death rituals, the very sensitive were probably suspect because the male authorities, were really not equipped to get it. Masculine hierarchical anthropomorphism  at work.  AKA We actualize from beliefs and the general belief constructs were dominated by men.  Therefore, our species, while trying to survive, focused on certain aspects and abilities over others. All good. We did it, we have survived, and now we need a new focus.

What was once, sensible, now looks to me like sophisticated nonsense. This malecentric way of thinking went too far, is now over the "hill." (Cycles as in economics and crops,  phoenix and dragon, birth and death- we know this stuff)

The damage that was done is being faced and queried by many, including the very "others" that so stressed the old guard. Immune system pattern comes to mind, as the health of the individual, the culture, the planet’s life forces, is now jeopardized by the very practices that made sense, once upon a time.

But that time is over. And in Now time, our maturing species needs to come together, as true equals, uniquely diverse and therefore special, to write the new story for a new ”real world."  This is a challenge, we will need new ground rules for discourse etc, but i think we are worth it, LIFE is worth it. The Uni-verse of all consciousness, the energy of the connected field that we share with the whole of life, iis worth it. We can do this! We can all be intrepid explorers.
cheer,
deborah
PS i have a plan, a first project in mind. Because first you start.