Maciolekism

nature

  • Transitions

    Everyone must go through periods of being a leader and being a follower. It is the environment and situation that dictate when, where, and how these periods occur. The will of the individual can only be in response to the… Continue reading

  • A Life of Practice

    One. Connecting to the Earth. Extending down through our feet and feeling the return come back into us. Learning what it means to be solid, and that such absolute solid can still be fluid. Two. Connecting to Nature and Wilderness.… Continue reading

  • A Modern Gilgamesh

    The wilderness is known as an economy. Capitalism is what we call the ever present chaos; the physics of how money flows through an economy when unmanaged. Flowing money is like water. It is nourishing and refreshing when it trickles,… Continue reading

  • Transition

    I had a chance to commune with a Bald Eagle today. I was on a walk along a river and decided to rest on a large rock. It flew up to alight on a nearby branch with the clear intention… Continue reading

  • Measuring Distances

    I have been considering different ways to measure how far removed a society or culture is from its environment. One of the things that jumped out and stuck in my mind is how so many people make an effort to… Continue reading

  • It is critical for the survival and evolution of a species that a population is periodically cleaned of the old and weak. Only nature knows how to do this fairly. Continue reading