Nature and landscapes are formed around ecosystems just as a snowflake is formed around a hexagon — without the matter we can’t see the qualia. Just as the snowflake has brought our attention to the hexagon, so landscapes have brought our attention to ecosystems. Our knowledge of ecosystems will alwaysContinue Reading
Anything which we can sense is qualia: the colors we see with our eyes, the sounds we hear with our ears, the smells we smell, the textures we feel. There are inner sensations, too – proprioceptions – our sense of balance and motion and the relative position of different parts of our body.Continue Reading
Ecosystems do not stop at civilization’s doorstep. Ecosystems inform everything that is good about mankind. Ecosystems do not judge us even though we have lost our way. Ecosystems will keep on giving gifts to us right to our dying breath, and beyond. Ecosystems are like music. Music never stops giving,Continue Reading