Roland Maurice

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "When another person makes you suffer, it is because they suffer deeply within themselves. They do not need punishment; they need help." — Thich Nhat Hanh

Compassion is radical realism.
When another’s suffering spills over, our task is not to punish but to help.

#lifeboatacademy #livingthequestions #deepadaptation #soilandsoul #thichnhathanh

An arrow hanging horizontally on a wall but instead of an arrowhead it is the tip of a fountain pen.

untitled work (with details) by Myeongbeom Kim,2018 (mixed media sculpture)
#myeongbeomkim #sculpture #art #conceptualart

Mantra for the day: A gift is a burden and a burden is a gift.
#personalreflection #dailyreflection

The Great Withholding It's a feature; not a bug

We were taught to call it the market, but it was always a negotiation with dragons.
What grows when we nurture belonging and care together?

#Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy #QuietRevolution #RegenerativeCulture #PostCapitalism #RelationalEconomy #CompostTheSystem
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A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” — Attributed to Indigenous teachings

We don’t inherit the Earth — we borrow it.
The question is, how will we return it?

#farmastery #lifeboatacademy #reciprocity #collapseaware

The work is part of a series where Celmins meticulously renders natural phenomena with photorealism, including oceans, night skies, and desert floors. It is a monochrome, grayscale piece that captures the intricate details of the desert ground.

Desert by Vija Celmins, 1975 (lithograph on paper)
#vijacelmins #lithography #art #minimalism #photorealism

Mantra for the day: honor the somatic experience.
#personalreflection #dailyreflection

IPBES ASSESSING THE VALUES OF NATURE The causes of the global biodiversity crisis and opportunities to address them are linked to the way nature is valued in political and economic decisions at all levels. But how can we assess nature's values? THE 4 "METHOD FAMILIES Nature-based valuation Gathers, measures or analyses information about the properties of nature and its contributions to people. Statement-based valuation Directly asks people to express their values. Behaviour-based valuation Identifies how people value nature by observing their behaviour and practices. Integrated valuation Brings together various types of values assessed with different information sources. There is no one-size-fits-all valuation method. The use of complementary methods helps to make a wider diversity of values visible, while improving the quality of the information generated to support decisions. IPBES #ValuesAssessment

This infographic from IPBES explains the four "method families" for assessing the values of nature. It highlights that the global biodiversity crisis is linked to how nature is valued in decisions.
#IPBES #BiodiversityLoss #metacrisis #valuesassessment

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "The real choice we face is not what to buy, whether to fly or if we have children, but whether we are willing to commit to living ethically in a broken world." — Jonathan Safran Foer

The question isn’t what to buy — it’s how to live ethically when everything feels broken.
#collapseaware #livingthequestions #lifeboatacademy #jonathansafranfoer

The painting depicts a view through a stone gateway. A dirt path leads from the foreground towards a distant landscape with trees and a prominent blue mountain under a gray sky.

Blick durchs Tor in die weite Landschaft (View through the gate into the wide landscape) by Victor Surbek, 1925 (oil paint on wood)
#victorsurbek #painting #oilpainting #expressionism

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We ignite not in the light, but in lack thereof, For it is in loss that we truly learn to love. In this chaos, we will discover clarity. In suffering, we must find solidarity.” — Amanda Gorman

Amanda Gorman reminds us that healing asks for courage, grace, and a willingness to grow together.

#Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy #CourageToGrow #SoilAndSoul #ResilientTogether

"Sometimes I look up at the stars and think... Dawn! I love pissing outside"

#funnybuttrue #outdoorliving

The drawing depicts several figures in a wooded or park-like setting. In the foreground, a man in a suit and bowler hat stands prominently, while another man and a woman in a white dress are to his right, looking down. A fourth figure, a woman in a hat, is partially obscured in the background. The style is characterized by dynamic, angular lines and a strong use of light and shadow, typical of the Expressionist movement.

Promenade on the Bridge (Spaziergang auf der Brücke) by August Macke, 1913 (charcoal on transparentized paper)
#augustmacke #drawing #art #charcoalonpaper #expressionism

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Hold on to what is good, Even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, Even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, Even if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, Even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, Even if someday I'll be gone away from you". ― Crowfoot

Some things are worth holding on to, even when it takes everything we have.

#lifeboatacademy #farmastery #reciprocity #resilience #degrowth

“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men—go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers of families—re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.” —Walt Whitman (Preface to Leaves of Grass)

#waltwhitman #metacrisis #queerfarming #gaypoet #earthcare #howtolivewell #bethechange

The image is a collage of various sketches and notes on a single sheet of paper. Top Left: A black and white photograph of wooden blocks spelling out the word "FEVER". Top Right: A stylized line drawing of a person's head and torso, with a small bird-like figure above it. Center Left: Two small, simple ink drawings. One shows a scattering of matchsticks, while the other depicts a cluster of small, irregular shapes. Bottom Left: A mind map or set of notes written in pen, with words like "Negativity," "Analysis," "Method," "Category," and "Advantage" connected by lines. Right Side: A large drawing of a human head in profile, with a checkered pattern on the skull and the word "MIND" spelled out in capital letters across the side. A smaller sketch of a face is positioned to the left of this drawing.

Posters by Jaakko Pallasvuo, 2019 (multimedia collage)
#jaakkopallasvuo #multimedia #art

Mantra for the day: I'm always standing on the horizon for someone else.
#personalreflection #dailyreflection

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Words were medicine; they were magic and invisible. They came from nothing into sound and meaning. They were beyond price; they could neither be bought nor sold.” — N. Scott Momaday

Words as medicine.
Healing as conversation.
Listening as an act of restoration.
#WordsAsMedicine #Reciprocity #HealingTheLand #Resilience #Interdependence #Listening #Restoration #LivingLanguage #Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy

We have an economy that needs to grow, whether or not it makes us thrive. We need an economy that makes us thrive, whether or not it grows." Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics

#kateraworth #doughnuteconomics #degrowth #fightoligarchy #metacrisis

DO NOT BE DAUNTED BY THE ENORMITY OF THE WORLD'S GRIEF. DO JUSTLY, NOW. LOVE MERCY, NOW. WALK HUMBLY, NOW. YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO COMPLETE THE WORK, BUT NEITHER ARE YOU FREE TO ABANDON IT. —— the Talmud

#talmud #metacrisis #wisdom #artofliving #polycrisis

The artwork is a pencil drawing on paper, characterized by a loose, expressive, and detailed style, particularly in the rendering of the face.

Portrait of James Lord by Alberto Giacometti, 1954 (pencil on paper, with framing lines in pencil)
#albertogiacometti #art #drawing #surrealism

Mantra for the day: hold your experience with an open palm.
#personalreflection #dailyreflection

The economy we need grows from care, not extraction. Degrowth invites us to live richly — with less stuff, more relationship, and room to dance. 🌾💚
#Degrowth #RelationalEconomy #Farmastery #LifeboatAcademy

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "When the people rise from the ground up, the world changes. Top down doesn't work. It’s regular people who always end up doing the most extraordinary things imaginable." — Isaac Murdoch

Change doesn’t descend. It grows.
#WhenThePeopleRise #Commons #Reciprocity #Farmastery #decolonization

The artwork depicts a man and a woman in formal attire standing on either side of a pool of water, from which another woman is emerging. The man on the left, possibly Aeneas, is dressed in a long, light-colored robe with a sash and a sheathed sword, and he is looking forward with a serious expression. The woman on the right has her hands to her face in a gesture of shock or horror. The woman in the water, who is looking up and pointing, is partially submerged. The scene is set against a dark, textured background, possibly representing the underworld.

Entsetzen (Horror), plate 44, from the print cycle A Glove (Ein Handschuh) by Max Klinger, 1915 (engraving)
#maxklinger #halloween #horror #art #etching #bookart #haunting

Around 100 years ago, women won the right to vote. They did this by blocking roads, chaining themselves to railings, getting arrested, causing disruption, and being a bloody nuisance. The tactics worked - they won! Keep on Rebelling !!!

#extinctionrebellion #freespeech #demonstration #creativedisruption #peacefulprotest

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent responses to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.” ― Donna Haraway

Making trouble doesn’t always mean fighting. Sometimes it’s the quiet labour of care — stirring the waters and rebuilding the calm.
#DonnaHaraway #farmastery #lifeboatacademy #resilience

The painting is a portrait of Léon Monet, the older brother of the artist Claude Monet, painted in 1874. It is the only portrait Claude Monet ever painted of his brother. The painting shows Léon Monet in a black suit with a bowler hat. The artist used very few strokes for the clothing, allowing the face to be the focus of the composition.

Portrait de Léon Monet by Claude Monet, 1874
#ClaudeMonet #impressionism #art #painting #figurativeart

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society." ― Kurt Vonnegut

“What we need most are saints who are just kind people who do good because it feels right.”

#soilandsoul #collapseaware #metacrisis #farmastery #livingthequestions

@fabulavancouver Just remember, folks. The world you want after this is all over is the world you're supporting now. Order everything from Amazon and that's what will take over. Support your local businesses and you help them be part of The After.

#francesbula #whatcomesafter #metacrisis #polycrisis #theartofliving #wereallinthistogether