Restoring Home, Rocky Mountains and beyond
Greetings to ALL on the cusp of the New Year!
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Tipping Points & Ecological Thresholds
Welcome HOME from WILDLANDANCE & Sylvia Rains Dennis:
Wherever you are, you have a community, a place, and the unlimited potential to contribute to our collective ecological and cultural sustainability as part of what connects us ALL . . .
Thank you, for sharing this earth, sky, water, and story of our amazing biodiversity!
12th of December, 2022
During the current critical focus on biodiversity, cultural knowledge, indigenous languages, sustainable homelands, our changing, still wild and restorable natural world, here are a few stanzas and a pastel sketch from November:
i.
listening to the soft, the liquid
beyond the known firmness
the world sings back
because we
remember.
ii.
the eclipse
of the unseen
combs the missing
through climates of belonging
until the veiled shore
reveals stones,
inhaled breath freezes
bare mouthfuls
of unforgottens—
while
the ringed orb blinks:
so the weaving
yet relies
upon invisible threads.
iii.
mapped nerves
within a clay self
pulse wave
sting
re : cover
the way back
into a bubbled hymn
formed
by unfolding darkness
to sing sheaves
of
light.
iv.
ice thaws,
reveals
the
armature
of
the
not here.
[sylvia rains dennis, 2022; excerpted from lyric poetry colln.]
November 2022 Greetings, WILDLANDANCE visitors as well as lifelong to more recent fellow strivers on behalf of all being & longing.
If you arrive here because my LinkedIn account is in hibernation, I apologize for any delay in contacting me. By necessity, to care for an emergency, I may need to pause my account from time to time.
The WILDLANDANCE website--which has been active as an educational and collaborative resource--will also transform by the end of 2022. In anticipation of this change, I will be adding some past work descriptions by request. The calendar page has not been updated recently, but still gives an idea of what's possible in case site visitors would like to engage in any such activities, many of which are annual events.
In the meantime, you are welcome to send a message, keeping in mind that a longer than usual response time is likely.
THE WILDLANDANCE FOCUS:
To share our understanding of the natural environment and many conservation and restoration needs, we continue our extensive collaborations with:
- land-based peoples of the Rocky Mountains & beyond
- plant & wildlife habitat specialists
- conservation & restoration ecologists
- educators & community members
- sustainability advocates
- and all of you!
Happy International Biodiversity Day,
May 22!
When we learn to see ourselves as the reflection of our interconnectivity with the natural world, horizons open into celebrating all the company we keep. This shows our endless potential and our strength, as part of the whole.
In gratitude to the ones who
teach us who we are, from every seed to each expression of birdsong as well as the hum of the smallest pollinating insect
----and all who help us learn
from the heart, expanding our understanding.
(Please click on the Shooting Stars painting above for an activity to share!)
Examples from a long career and many gatherings will mostly appear on the Perspectives tab on a weekly basis until mid-December. Much gratitude for the inspiration and encouragement, especially to have continued to live and contribute within the sightlines of the beautiful mountains who raised me....
Examples from a long career and many gatherings will mostly appear on the Perspectives tab on a weekly basis until mid-December. Much gratitude for the inspiration and encouragement, especially to have continued to live and contribute within the sightlines of the beautiful mountains who raised me....