The Losses Of The Natural

Singing With Others Is An Unmediated, Shared Experience As Each Person Feels The Same Music Reverberating In Their Individual Bodies. Singing Is Part Of Our Humanity; It Is Embodied Empathy.

Being Adequately Informed Is A Democratic Duty, Just As The Vote Is A Democratic Right. A Misinformed Electorate, Voting Without Knowledge, Is Not A True Democracy.

The Clock, For All Its Precision In Measurement, Is A Blunt Instrument For The Psyche And For Society. Schedules Can Replace Sensitivity To The Mood Of A Moment, Clock Time Can Ride Roughshod Over The Emotions Of Individuals.

Human Language Is Lit With Animal Life: We Play Cats-cradle Or Have Hare-brained Ideas; We Speak Of Badgering, Or Outfoxing Someone; To Squirrel Something Away And To Ferret It Out.

All Definitions Of Wilderness That Exclude People Seem To Me To Be False. African 'wilderness' Areas Are Racist Because Indigenous People Are Being Cleared Out Of Them So White People Can Go On Holiday There.