During the Summer Solstice, the sun will bathe us in sunlight for longer than any other day of the year. That deserves a poem, one of Mary Oliver’s most famous, The Summer Day.
Read MoreMove Beyond Intellect to Poetic Encounter
In this surprising, very moving short film, ecologist Dr. Stephen Harding describes the transformative experience of ‘encounter’, that requires poetic, rather than scientific language.
Read MoreA Quick Metaphysical Inventory When Lost (Insomniac City)
We are halfway through Insomniac City, Bill Hayes revelatory memoir of his love affairs with the late, astonishing Oliver Sacks AND New York City, which comes across as a deeply complex and generous being. We are struck by Hayes’ lovely practice for when he needs to take stock and center himself.
Read MoreHow This Lovely Gif Helped Us Discover ‘The Future is Space’
When we found this gif, we thought “How beautiful. That is the wondrous globe we are riding around on every day.“ We started following trails and inviting connectors —the daily practice of Improvised Life —and suddenly there was a poem by Pablo Neruda we had never read before, whose last line led us full circle to perfection.
Read MoreJuno Spacecraft’s View: Me and You on Earth, the Moon Around Us
We love this gif and video of what the Juno Spacecraft saw from a distance of 600,000 miles when it the passed Earth about six weeks ago, and what it/we would look like from a visitor afar. A perfect perspective to start the day.
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