ZARIA FORMAN: TED TALK: The Beauty and Fragility of Earth, drawings
- Cathy McCashin
- Aug 31, 2016
- 2 min read
Barbara, one of my treasured Feminine Power Course Sisters brought this Ted talk to my attention, understanding my call to nature and recognizing the synergies I might feel with Zaria Forman. I love her art and her story and I think you will too. In our busy world it can be hard to find time to stop and listen, to be sparked by like minds or new thoughts - Her Ted Talk is only 7:12 and worth every second. Her art is stunningly beautiful, too.
I found another short Ted talk, by Camille Seaman, 4:10, on the same subject. As I have recognized over the last months my connection with nature and my knowing that all of life is interconnected and all things are made of the same stuff, I have at times felt alone as though I am a pioneer. As I find others who speak the same language, who breathe deeply the spirit of nature recognizing themselves as part of this miracle, I am heartened to know there are so many others on the same path working to save our very existence. I wonder how I could have ever felt alone. We are all on this journey together.
Camille talks of breathing in the ancient air of a crumbling iceberg as she witnesses this event, air that may be 2000 - 100,000 years old. A stunning observation that made my heart stop for a moment. As our polar ice caps melt, as our icebergs crumble from global warming, structures 1000's and 1000's of years old are disappearing, our very earth is crumbling. We must wake up.
Camille Seaman, Haunting Photos of Polar Ice