Wednesday, August 5, 2020

violent upheavals

Born and raised in the tropical islands of the Pacific equator, wonder |wander | women love our fierce booming storms. Recalling wild weather, exposed to severe forces of nature, on a flat little island with nowhere to ran or hide.

Tropical Storm Isaias © Logan Cyrus/AFP

That Grrr! feeling of Lt. Dan - defiant as he cursed the heavens, up on a matchstick mast, lost in a vast ocean in the movie Forrest Gump. Puny human against the raw elements at the height of a sea tempest.


Since this corona pandemic isolated us all indoors, weather patterns have improved significantly with the lessening of our human footprint and intervention. Not enough to make a dent in climate change since we have been way too misbehaved before we were forced to, although this could not have been timelier.

exhausted & strung o

Like global warming, but in close-up and fast-forward, the Covid-19 outbreak shows how lives are lost or saved depending on a government’s propensity to acknowledge risk, act rapidly to contain it, and share the consequences. ~ Jonathan Watts, Delay is Deadly


It had lulled us into the false belief that we are out of danger. When we see clear skies over Asia [China, India, the Philippines]. Blue water in the canals of Venice. Wild animals walking around neighborhoods worldwide. Our silly selves with short term memories are too eager to believe we are saved from all our past abuse.

Sign an open appeal for governments to use recovery packages to shift in a greener direction rather than going back to business as usual.
The current full moon in Aquarius opens a new path for us with the power to break ancestral patterns of trauma to reveal a new collective dream for humanity in this moment of recovery. A drastic decision, a challenging change, a quantum leap?


full moon over NYC, G W Bridge & the Hudson River

Trauma, grief or mourning can unfold life changing revelations — a knowing that provides, serves and heals us as a steady companion would. Voiced in a language that existed within before it was replaced by the blabbering babel of others.


three tornadoes hit NYC on Tuesday, 4 August 2020 (AP Pboto/Denis Paquin)

What is the revelation unveiled by this apocalypse?

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