Monthly Inspiration / September
Inspiration • October 1, 2022 • Written by Ashley Vemwell & Zachary Vemwell
A collection of three things that inspired us in September.
A QUOTE
Jiddu Krishnaumurti
“To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.”
A BOOK
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The description from Goodreads shares:
“As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.”
AN ALBUM
Soil Festivities (Remastered) by Vangelis
Originally released in 1984, Soil Festivities is a studio album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis. Through his use of synth-harmonies, creative percussion, and melody, Vangelis portrays the playful yet merciless stages of life within nature and the full spectrum of emotions that accompanies being.
