When asked recently during an ice breaker what motivates me, I responded (perhaps selfishly, certainly self-consciously), that “I motivate me.” Others said things like providing protection for family, or the support of friends, travel, food, sex etc., but I was thinking of my interpretation of all the stimuli – theContinue Reading

We are producing a generation of children without faith in ecosystems. What’s new? In the imagination and in the collective unconscious, nature has always been a dangerous place. It is wise to be cautious and fear it, not just in itself, but also as a symbol of the unknown. ThisContinue Reading

Jane Monnig Atkinson tells a typical story of the Wana people of Sulawesi, in South Asia. Two men were camping together when they heard the sounds of ritual drumming, although they were far from any human settlement. Searching, one man found a path that led him straight to the festivities.Continue Reading