May 2010
“In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of “we have no other choice.” I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
The place where pure water is running in the depth of the forest in the deep mountains, where no human has ever set foot - Japanese had long held such a place in their heart. There lived big snakes you don’t see in a village, or something scary - we believed so until a certain time. I still have a feeling that there is such a holy place with no humans in the deep mountains, the source where many things are born. I think that Japanese gardens definitely try to create a holy, pure world. Purity was the most important thing for Japanese.
We have lost it. I’m not interested in Japan as a state. But I feel that we have lost our core as the people who live in this island nation. I think that it was the most important root for the people who have been living on this island.
And it leads to the idea that the world is not just for humans, but for all life, and humans are allowed to live in a corner of the world.
It’s not like we can coexist with nature as long as we live humbly, and we destroy it because we become greedy. When we recognize that even living humbly destroys nature, we don’t know what to do. And I think that unless we put ourselves in the place where we don’t know what to do and start from there, we cannot think about environmental issues or issues concerning nature.” —Hayao Miyazaki
The place where pure water is running in the depth of the forest in the deep mountains, where no human has ever set foot - Japanese had long held such a place in their heart. There lived big snakes you don’t see in a village, or something scary - we believed so until a certain time. I still have a feeling that there is such a holy place with no humans in the deep mountains, the source where many things are born. I think that Japanese gardens definitely try to create a holy, pure world. Purity was the most important thing for Japanese.
We have lost it. I’m not interested in Japan as a state. But I feel that we have lost our core as the people who live in this island nation. I think that it was the most important root for the people who have been living on this island.
And it leads to the idea that the world is not just for humans, but for all life, and humans are allowed to live in a corner of the world.
It’s not like we can coexist with nature as long as we live humbly, and we destroy it because we become greedy. When we recognize that even living humbly destroys nature, we don’t know what to do. And I think that unless we put ourselves in the place where we don’t know what to do and start from there, we cannot think about environmental issues or issues concerning nature.” —Hayao Miyazaki
April 2010
“The world is full of people doing things for the wrong reasons. The trick is to never identify with them.”
—Emily Haines
Play
Metric - Monster Hospital
MSTRKRFT
metric - monster hospital (mstrkrft remix)
Play
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”
—Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat
“Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.”
—Doug Horton
Listen
digitalism - pogo
Listen
low-fi-fnk - want u
“being with meagan is like having my own personal david suzuki.” - j
why does so much (i.e. accountability) get lost in organized religion? …shouldn’t we respect the earth & food, our elders, women, men, and children and offer altruistic love as our intuition propels us forward? (can’t we just be good, honorable, helpful, caring and loving JUST BECAUSE we inherently know and feel that it is right?)
“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind’s true moral test (which lies deeply buried from view) consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: the animals. And in this respect, mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.”
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Celestica
Crystal Castles
crystal castles - celestica
my final mark in research for professional practice = 91!
thanks to doing so well on my literature review of the effectiveness of cinnamon to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetes. wouldn’t it be fun to be a nurse researcher and study nutrition and naturopathic medicine?! i think so!
