tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post2622748527501023403..comments2024-03-26T09:20:29.620-06:00Comments on TeacherDance: NPM19 - # 23 - Earth Day - Rara AvisLinda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-79734815699950823732019-04-23T14:42:15.532-06:002019-04-23T14:42:15.532-06:00Thank you, Cheriee, for seeing this as a new way o...Thank you, Cheriee, for seeing this as a new way of thinking. I have Braiding Sweetgrass on my 'long' list, hope I can get to it soon!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-1391540418582793632019-04-23T11:18:02.904-06:002019-04-23T11:18:02.904-06:00I loved Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of T...I loved Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees and think we need a revolution in how we see other species. Have you read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer?<br />Anyway, to return to your poem, I love how it reframes our thinking about the violet. It opens us up to the new kind of democracy that Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about in her book. Cheriee Weichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662398117320256935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-61509689076668719402019-04-23T09:46:50.280-06:002019-04-23T09:46:50.280-06:00Thanks, Jama. I am fascinated by this new thinking...Thanks, Jama. I am fascinated by this new thinking, that trees and others do acts that appear to be conscious ones. I will keep reading! Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-30397918689236112019-04-23T09:38:30.267-06:002019-04-23T09:38:30.267-06:00Lovely, thought provoking poem, Linda. Fascinating...Lovely, thought provoking poem, Linda. Fascinating to think of trees as being similar to animals. Both are alive after all, and there's always been a belief in animism among some native peoples. I know in ancient Hawaii they believed everything had a spirit/soul -- not only plants but stones too. Still, it's quite miraculous that bulbs know precisely what flowers they will become, no questions asked. :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.com