Monthly Inspiration
September
A collection of three things we’ve consumed this month that inspired us.
Now shared with you—enjoy our inspiration from September.
1 — A QUOTE
“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.”
Jiddu Krishnaumurti
Photograph by Derry Moore, 1985
2 — 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.
Photo courtesy of Goodreads
3 — 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.
Album cover courtesy of Spotify