Love, Intelligence and Art - Musings on the Natural World (part 1)
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2017
- Derrick Jensen reflects on the bird and frog songs he loves, and the richness of longtime relationships with natural places where one lives. By contrast, and especially in cities, our sensory input is largely mediated by machines (computers, television, radio, cars, etc.) Being surrounded only by human input, it can be very easy to forget there’s a real world - the natural world not created and controlled by humans. In his latest book "The Myth of Human Supremacy", he notes that unquestioned assumptions are the real authorities in a culture. “We often hear that evolution itself is based on competition, that it’s ruthless, it’s survival of the fittest, the meanest, the most capitalist, the most abusive. If you believe that, it’ll cause you to act in that fashion.” By contrast, Derrick asks us to consider, “how do you think the world got to be so wild and fecund and beautiful in the first place? Obviously it has been built up…. Every salmon living and dying makes the forest a better place by its life and death…. How do YOU make the world a better place?” Episode 325. [derrickjensen.org]
I would go so far as to say that Derrick is the most important philosopher of the modern age.
His intentions are wonderful, necessary, and reaching many. Thomas Berry, Paul Shepard(Man In The Landscape), Barry Lopez, John Zerzan, Tom Regan, Ed Abbey, Annie Dillard, Thoreau, and many others, have also devoted their lives to speaking for the Mother Earth.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Barry Lopez is one of the greatest writers of the last decades in my opinion. P.S. is your name taken from the Killah Priest album? If not then ne'er mind, lol.
I used to listen to Derrick Jensen in highschool, very valuable views..
Just found derrick and about to become obsessed haha
I feel the love and hope in this video 💙
I would very much like to have a camp fire conversation with this guy!
He does a weekly podcast called Resistance Radio that is worth listening to...almost like sitting around a campfire with him: resistanceradioprn.podbean.com/. Also available on Apple's podcast app and archived on UA-cam here under Resistance Radio: audio interviews by Derrick Jensen. ua-cam.com/users/DeepGreenResistance
It was funny to hear the insects buzzing past the microphone and getting "on air"
I live on the eastern plains of Colorado. Meadowlarks light up our spring every year.
I too, am environmentally aware and connected because of my experiences as a wildlife keeper and an environmental volunteer (tree planter and garden maker).
Thank you for these words of wisdom
We are a long way from home..
i don't feel that way.
Thanks for doing another interview with this fascinating human!
Btw is this part 2 to How the West Was Won? 😅
50 years ago I had a living relationship w/ my 40 y.o. horse. One day I asked her how she viewed humans. Her reply was that “except for you they are all stupid because they can’t hear me.”
But we all know animals are stupid, right? Riiiiiight
Well, it just so happens, i'm surrounded by about 10 different butterfly species and no machines....
But then again, I just climbed a mountain barefoot like some kind of savage lol....
I can actually see where Derrick grew up from here atop Green mountain....
But I also know why he left colorado, the development is pretty extreme outside boulder....
Luckily, there are still red wing blackbirds that visit my yard daily....
There's also amazing wetlands near home that I go all the time... Walden ponds!
Thanks for sharing this conversation!
How indeed...therein lies the key to a happy existence! We all have our own meadowlark. Many have yet to listen or even know where to seek it, because the modern world has not "educated" us- to be fit for 'real' life. Teaching us to judge, constantly compete, 'besting' all other life forms has not worked out particularily well for us, historically speaking... Your mom showed you how to be mindful of true love...anticipate the eternal guide in all situations: NATURE: our best friend, our constant cooperative partner. Even/especially in urban settings we can be respectful of the natural world. Empty parking lots=community gardens to grow food, and teach youth respect, love, to find our meadowlark...WHERE? nature holds the key. We are one minute grain of sand, on the beach (washed to and fro by our own ego,) all in the greater NATURAL landscape of the cosmos. You are so right about human hallucination! We have to stop living like we lost EDEN. We can access it if we just realize this.
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