Feels like everything is in flux right now -- politics, education, the economy, environmental issues, gender and culture issues, religious issues (though that one never seems to go away, does it?) To watch the news is to see a window on chaos. I did watch news last night, PBS, which I rarely do. Maybe that's why this is on my mind right now! We are living in a time of great unsettled change. It seems that values are individual, mutable things that can acceptably can shift overnight. Every day there are new things for people to freak out and get angry about -- the gorilla being shot because a child fell into his enclosure, transgender bathrooms, Donald Trump. Anger is bubbling under the surface and leaks out when opportunities arise.
It would be amazing to be able to see the culture that comes out of this chaotic time. The funny thing is that we all live, day to day, trying to figure it all out for ourselves. We meditate, reconnect with nature (but why are we so disconnected in the first place - we are nature?!), spend time with friends, practice religion, we read. Individually. It seems like people are untangling the web themselves. Trying to figure out what they are supposed to be doing here, and how to do it. It's always been this way, but lately it seems like there is no guidebook. I talk to my young students and I hope they have the ingenuity and comfort in the world that many of my generation do not.
Again, not sure where this ramble is coming from. I have eight minutes left before I need to start feeding my little farm, then off to work, then off to get the birds' nails trimmed, then..then...then. Sigh. Thankfully, summer is coming. My brain can't find an art link this morning. I need a break! Cheers.