Experience Is Knowledge
Experientia Docet
Observation The Root
Awareness The Key
Awareness
Feral Abstraction -- Environmental Diatribe
Evening's Gate
Deeply Shaded Forms.............Indistinct Visions..........Lines And Forms Blurred By Diminished
Perspective, Sight, Sound Even...........Color Quiet, Retreating To The Dark End Of The Spectrum.............Something Is
Forming, Taking Shape, Awaiting The Light Of A New Day........Perhaps A New Time..............Even
Truths--World Without Art
Consensus As To Where "Space Starts" Appears To Be 62 Miles..........Some Say More............Others,
Less..........Not Very Far...........Not Far At All.............Driving The Speed Limit Will Get One There In About An Hour..........More
Amazing Though Is The Fact That 99 Percent Of Our Atmosphere Is Contained In Half That Distance, Roughly Two And One Half
Times The Length Of Manhatten Island..............Thirty Precious Miles........Thirty Fragile Life Sustaining Miles Between
Us And Oblivion If We Continue Our, Yes, Conscious Assault On This Environment, This Planet
Seems To Be Some Concern Over Asteroids Striking Earth In The Future..................Needn't
Worry...........Our "Impact" On Earth Will Supercede That Of Most Asteroids
Contemporary Abstract Artist
When Color Is Something More Than It Is
That Cognitive Event Of Wonder
The Is Of Something Else
Acts Of Unconsciousness
Finely Felt
Then Again, There Is The Specialness Of Color Itself
Sight........Wonder...............Being Itself
No Particular Reason
As The Pleasure Of Good Company
Civilize
To Cause To Develop Out Of A Primitive State
Civilized
Characterized By Taste, Refinement, Or Restraint
Civilization
A Relatively High Level Of Cultural And Technological Development
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Water Scarcity Is A Growing Concern For Our Exploding Population................Presently,
1.1 Billion People Live Without Safe Drinking Water While 2.6 Billion People Are At Risk.........Nearly 6,000 Children Under
The Age Of Five Die Each Day From Diarrhea Related Diseases.........Agriculture Accounts For 70 Percent Of Water Use
With 20 Percent For Industrial Purposes
Recent Further Disclosures On Global Warming
Headline
Global Warming Nears 'Dangerous' Level
--Average Temperature Close To Million Year High--
--Study--
Earth Has Warmed Nearly .36 Degress Fahrenheit In Last 30 Years
Another 1.8 Degrees Will Equal Maximum Temp Of Past Million Years
2-3 Degrees Celsius Increases Will Bring Earth To Conditions Of 3 Million Years Ago(Middle
Pliocene) When Sea Levels Were About 80 Feet Higher Than Today
Zonal Temperature Movement(Northward) Is Occurring At A Rate Of About 25 Miles Per Decade
United States Population Will Reach 300 Million In Mid October.........Thirty Nine Years Ago
Population Was 200 Million, Ninety One Years Ago, 100 Million............The U.S. Is The Third Largest Population In The World,
After China And India...
Interesting Statistics From The Census Bureau Report:
--Twenty Percent More Developed Land Is Occupied By Each American From Only 20 Years Ago
--Each American Uses Three Times The World Average Of Water
--Over Half The Countries Wetlands Have Been Lost
--Nearly 1,000(Known--No Doubt Many More) Plant And Animal Species Are Threatened Or Endangered(85
Percent Due To Habitat Loss Or Alteration
--The U.S. Still Consumes 25 Percent Of The World's Energy(With Only 5 Percent Of The World's
Population)
--U.S. Has Highest Per Capita Consumption Of Oil Worldwide
--Each American Produces About 5 Pounds Of Trash Per Day(5 Times The Rate Of Developing Countries)
In All Likelihood, An Entire Species Just Left This Earth Forever.............Difficult To
Imagine What It's Like To Be The Last Surviving Member Of A Species..........Extinction Is A Natural Condition Of Nature............Some
Things Just Don't Work.............But When That Extinction Is Of Human Cause(Which The Vast Majority Are), That Is Inexcusable
The Ozone Hole Over Antartica Has Set A New Record........The Hole Encompasses 11.2 Million
Square Miles, As In The Record Year 2000, But Is Now Deeper, Bringing Lost Ozone To 40 Million Tons As Opposed To 39 Million
In 2000......Ozone Is The Shield That Protects Earth From Ultraviolet Radiation
Approximately One Fifth Of The Earth's Population(1.1 Billion) Live On Less Than One Dollar
A Day........India Accounts For The Largest "Number" Of People, 380.6 Million(1/3 India's Population) Living On Less Than
$1 A Day..........Nine African Countries Account For The Largest "Percentage" Of People In The UN Study
Environmental Abstraction -- Reflectionism
Our "Civilization", As We Presently "Know It", Will Disappear.......That Is Now A Determination
Of Nature.......Fortunately, We Still Have The Option Of Continuance As A Species...........But That Option Is Fading Rapidly.............Billions
Of Species Have Come Before............As Billions More Will Come................Somewhere In That Mix Is The Human Story..............Will
It Continue To Be Told?
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No Longer Reason For Compromise........We Have Lost That Privilege...............Yes, Applaud
Those Few Attempting To Reverse The Rapidly Progressing Environmental Tide Of Destruction................But "Long Range",
Gradual Programs To Correct Greed Inspired Assaults(Emissions, Development, Etc.) On This Planet Are Now Futile Attempts To
Stem A Tsunami Of Natural(Corrective) Disasters................Our Only Course Is A Drastic One.................We Must Learn
To Control Ourselves...............We Must Rewrite Our Own History.............We Must Assume Responsibility For Our Actions.........We
Must, Simply, Return To Nature
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