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Deranged

Deranged, unbalanced, anxious, the earth cries and slouches toward infinity without a rudder, or barrels toward tomorrow, devastating the coast, flinging cars, this cancer born of progress, the tumor too much, too fast, too big to fail. A deep breath after a chaotic night, eastern...

poetry

It’s a Matter of Time

Before we enter the (Lakota) Sweat Lodge, we often shout out Hoka hey! It’s a good day to die. This expression always brings me down to Earth, to my feet and the present moment. It reminds me that I am very much alive and that entering the Sweat Lodge has definite risks. Be alert. Be receptive....

Hero addiction

Is it possible to be addicted to stories? I don’t mean in the sense of compulsively reading books (though I can, from personal experience, attest to the existence of that trait, too) but in the sense of interpreting the world around us through particular kinds of narratives, like someone who always...

narratives, stories

Falling

We are finding it hard to feel safe. We all have favorite people and places that make us feel safe. In those places and with those people we feel we are free from danger. Whether we really are is another story. Being with one of my favourite people, in one of my favourite places, I...

balance, falling, vulnerability

Welcome to 2023. Time for new stories

One year ago I wrote the text “End of stories. Welcome to 2022” about the world that is stuck in the grip of old stories that no one believes anymore, and still they continue to define our lives. During this year, we have returned to the past even more: we got rid of the illusion of progress, a gradual...

stories

New Year 2023

The year completes herself, “I’m done now.” The New Year comes to take over our world, to enter our bodies and minds. She might pop up over the hill, singing, Or she emerges gently through parting clouds, She might stride down Main Street announcing herself, We never know who she is, what she brings. But...

poetry

Deep Live Gathering 2022. Connection and disconnection experiences

Announcement of the 2022 Deep Live Gathering Autumn 2022. For the second time different people and circles around the world were gathered in order to connect and disconnect from each other in physical, virtual and spiritual spaces during the inter-local Deep Live Gathering. This report includes...

“Unaware (Unconscious) Violence, and the Seeds of In-action”: Reflections from the Deep Live Gathering 2022 in Montenegro

Thanks to the Deep Adaptation Forum, and in particular Igor Polsky, I was able to personally participate in the Deep Live Gathering 2022 event in Montenegro. Here I share a few reflections from the 4-day gathering. Earth Ceremony Our ‘Earth Ceremony’ was held on Sunday morning...

DeepLive, electriclights, insectapocalypse, lifestyle, Montenegro, Nonviolence

Four lessons for the world from Dominica on our 44th Independence Anniversary

Our island of Dominica is part of the most complex and connected global civilization in history. Humanity moves billions of dollars of goods and services around the world every day, while war, climate disasters, eco-systems breakdown, and pandemics are becoming increasingly disruptive to our globalized...

Community, resilience

DAF News: Sept-Nov 2022

Hello, and welcome to a brief summary of what we’ve been up to at the Deep Adaptation Forum in the past few months. We plan to share this update periodically, as a ‘window’ into what’s been going on in the Forum for those who may not be active members on any of our several...

Community, CoreTeam, DAF, Forum, InsideDAF, NewDAFSpace, Q422, Volunteers