Julia Butterfly Hill
Tonight we went to see Julia Butterfly Hill at Florida Gulf Coast University...me, Julia, Sean and Oannes. I was about to get all bogged down with office work, making dvds and such, instead of going. But at the last minute Sean was like "no, really, you need to go to this."
And thank god I went. I didn't know much about Julia except that she did a tree-sit. And I'd no clear idea of what that entailed. She talked about many things: sustainability and anti-consumerism and how people direct their lives...too much to discuss here. But to hear her tonight, talking about finding your passion where you never knew it was, about your life arriving in places you hadn't forseen and actually never intended...well it made me so happy. Because I've begun living here, in Immokalee, a way that makes me jump out of bed in the mornings in a way I never thought possible. Living with no supposed guarantees or pefectly clear direction, just a way of flowing with my world and trusting in where it's going.
This sounds kind of passive, but I assure you, it's all in the direction of revolution and defiance in the bravest sense of those words.
Julia's experience is beyond my comprehension right now. But her words about living the revolution (even if she didn't phrase it as such for Florida Gulf Coast; it's what she meant) were inspiring and beautiful.
And thank god I went. I didn't know much about Julia except that she did a tree-sit. And I'd no clear idea of what that entailed. She talked about many things: sustainability and anti-consumerism and how people direct their lives...too much to discuss here. But to hear her tonight, talking about finding your passion where you never knew it was, about your life arriving in places you hadn't forseen and actually never intended...well it made me so happy. Because I've begun living here, in Immokalee, a way that makes me jump out of bed in the mornings in a way I never thought possible. Living with no supposed guarantees or pefectly clear direction, just a way of flowing with my world and trusting in where it's going.
This sounds kind of passive, but I assure you, it's all in the direction of revolution and defiance in the bravest sense of those words.
Julia's experience is beyond my comprehension right now. But her words about living the revolution (even if she didn't phrase it as such for Florida Gulf Coast; it's what she meant) were inspiring and beautiful.