A city girl's explorations into sustainable living

Recently I found myself unemployed, pondering what I should do with my life next. All the career books say, do what you love. Find your passion. Follow your bliss. As if there is an answer -- a solution that will allow you to make money doing what you were meant to do. Help the world, help yourself, and make money!

For me, it's not so easy. I'm interested in a lot of things, but nothing that I am willing to invest in enough to turn it into a career.

I'm what Barbara Sher calls a "scanner," or what Margaret Lobenstine calls "the Renaissance Soul." At least that's what these self-help books for the career-stunted tell me.

What I tell myself is that I'm a learner. And what I want to learn about right now is sustainable living. I have a feeling it's what I'm supposed to be doing -- even if it doesn't pay. Even if it COSTS money to do.

I am meant to be a student right now, exploring peak oil, the economic crisis, climate change, sustainable agriculture, community building, permaculture, natural capitalism, Transition Towns, rural sociology, and my own spiritual growth. I honestly don't know where it will lead, or what it will amount to, but I invite you to share my journey.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Clock of the World

Perhaps one of my favorite songs performed at the Land Institute's 32nd Prairie Festival was "Clock of the World," by Krista Detor. She wrote it as part of the Darwin Song Project, a performance group at the 2009 Shrewsbury Folk Festival tasked with commemorating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday.

The lyrics of the chorus: "somewhere bells are ringing, somewhere someone's marrying, or a casket someone's carrying, a crowd somewhere is gathering; somewhere a bell is marking what is passing as sublime, like a clock of the world keeping perfect, holy time."

As Krista sings in the song, "Grace may find us yet."
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)