Maybe I'm forgetting?

Martin Jacobson painting in the Queen of F*cking Everything Exhibition. Photo cc-by-sa Laura Hilliger

Disclosure: For some of you, this first bit will cause you to think "Oh, Laura's in a mood, I'll delete and come back when she's not whining about the state of the world." Or maybe you just unsubscribe. I encourage you to get to the hopeful bits further down.

There were typos in last week's newsletter. It read like I didn't try, probably because I didn't. FBT is, at the moment, a blabbering stream of freshly brewed thoughts (see what I did there?). Otherwise known as "unconscious writing", which I then consciously edit in an effort to not scare you fine people with my black soul entertain and engage.

At the moment, I have forgotten all motivations and ambitions. I haven't been writing or reading very much. I was not nourished by the sweet suckle of creative juice at all this week. I have the feeling that I haven't drank from that particular well in a very long time.

I haven't been concerned with the state of the world because it's on track to kill us all, and I'm becoming used to it. My niece once said to me "I don't think I ever want to go to Australia. Everything there is designed to kill me." This is true, but also, the dominoes are shivering, the tipping points... Blah, I don't want to talk about it, ok?
I've not be able to find that deep desire I had to help people, to save the world, to feel like my action matters. Is this summer mode? Is a resurgence of burnout? Have I forgotten or am I just moody?

Town covered in webs after flooding sends spiders scrambling > https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/559030-town-covered-in-webs-after-flooding-sends-spiders
IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report > https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/23/climate-change-dangerous-thresholds-un-report
Unpopular Opinion that I wish I believed *for myself* > https://twitter.com/ambernoelle/status/1297191195584663554
Forget is a service that automatically deletes your old posts > https://forget.codl.fr/

Maybe I'm remembering?

Artwork Melissa Martin, Dining Room, 2006, photo cc-by-sa Laura Hilliger

"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?" We are, us funny little humans, perfectly capable of demanding something different. We do have power, each of us. We are inventive if nothing else. We should be able to get ourselves out of this mess we've created. I should be able to get myself out of this mess my brain has created.

We can fundamentally shift the way we think about ourselves in the natural world. Decide, for ourselves, to choose. We can wake up each day and look at the natural world with a bit of wonder and then decide to protect it by remembering that EVERYTHING is a part of it. The chair was once a tree.

The Great Turning is a shift from the Industrial Growth Society to a life-sustaining civilization > https://www.ecoliteracy.org/article/great-turning
This is the first house to be 3D printed from raw earth > https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/tecla-house-mario-cucinella-wasp-architecture-270421
WAYFINDER is an expression of our connectedness to the natural world > https://wayfinder.nfb.ca/
A Rant About "Technology" > http://www.ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-Technology.html
Tao of WAO: Meta-systematic > https://soundcloud.com/tao-of-wao/episode05-meta-systematic

Maybe I need help?

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