by A. Simplicity on November 14, 2009
“There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life’s solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth”
~Stephen Nachmanovitch
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by A. Simplicity on November 10, 2009
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.” ~John Burroughs [...]
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by A. Simplicity on November 4, 2009
by A. Simplicity on October 29, 2009
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ~ Henry David Thoreau [...]
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by A. Simplicity on October 19, 2009
The other day sometime in dead space, where televisions don’t play and the noise is deafening; I ponder on and reflected the notion of complete harmony
The night before I had a dream transnational companies were on my back and the trees growing between my toes began to die [...]
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consumer culture,
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by A. Simplicity on October 8, 2009
Life as we are living is not sustainable
We have no right to do this
Look out your window at the trees and life that lives around you
These are not your things to destroy
This is not your purpose on this planet
Things
Little small simple things can change this planets destiny [...]
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by A. Simplicity on September 1, 2009
A small, simple life, filled with little daily rituals, simple truths… things that have a smaller impact on the earth, small things that make you happy, that can grow into big things… a simple idea that can take hold and become a way of living… a small, simple life for your wellbeing and the life of the planet. [...]
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natural,
natural ingredients