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Archive for October 2006 – Page 4

Venus

I watched an exquisite movie last night, part of the Mill Valley Film Festival, called Venus. It’s a British film, starring the still-gorgeous Peter O’Toole as an old man, a venerable ACtor, who falls in love (in a most stylish, tasteful & elegant way) with a slightly trashy 16 year old girl from the north of England.

The thing about this movie, which started out making me laugh and later choked me with tears, is that O’Toole, by looking at this brash young girl with eyes of beauty, makes her truly beautiful.

Beautiful film, fundamental truth.

Violence

Glory
"The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence.

More than that, it is cooperation with violence. The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his work for peace. It destroys her own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of his own work because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful."

~ Thomas Merton

Art & Nature & Ritual

I love the energy of creativity, and I have a particular love for
what happens when a group starts linking in to that energy together.

I’m
also passionate about the natural world… stones and sky and redwoods
and hawks and fresh water and salt … and about rituals that connect us
to our oneness with all that is.

All these elements are combined in the stunning emsemble performance/installations that my friends at RedEarth produce… check out their new website!

Never Shout at a Bear

This is the introduction to a true story about a dear friend of mine, Pele Rouge of Resonance, and her profound encounter with a bear while living in the wilderness a few years ago. It’s a fabulous story, written for children, about the wisdom of nature and it’s available now on DVD (the book will be out next year).

The DVD itself is absolutely beautiful, narrated by Pele with music by Gentle Thunder & illustrations by Finnish artist Outi Kuma – I recommend you pick one up for all your beauty-loving friends, but definitely get one for all the children you know because their young hearts & minds, especially, will thrive on nature’s truth, and this will touch them directly.