Listening to the Future

It's a rainy, cold, blustery Winter morning in Okieland and the Moon is nowhere to be seen …

“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming” – David Bowie

The English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor David Bowie was born on this day in 1947, London, England.

Today is the birth anniversary of Stephen Hawking. The British physicist was born in 1942 Oxford, England.

It's also the birth date of Charles Tomlinson. The English poet/translator was born in 1927 Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.

Specialisation and the pressure to publish has and is doing damage to both scientific and historical endeavors. It's time for some interdisciplinary conversation.

Re: navigating the Watercourse Way: Everyone knows firsthand that life is messy and painful, beautiful and unpredictable. The endless practice is keeping our heart open to the whole of it. – Mark Nepo

Changes

“And these children that you spit on
as they try to change their worlds
are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware of what they're going through.

– David Bowie

The Loon

cries for three days, in the gray mist

cries for the North it hopes to find

… as though it were your own

vanishing song. – Mary Oliver