Journeys In Liminal Constructs

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A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US. | CNN

CNN

A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US. | CNN

A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from collapse.

Working the Spirits

"The Ocean is a Desert"

Live, 2005

Chimps’ rhythmic drumming and complex calls hint at origins of human language : NPR

NPR

Chimps' rhythmic drumming and complex calls hint at origins of human language

Two studies of wild chimps point to the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies found that chimp communication often relies on rhy

New Moonin' in April, made of local debris

気 (ki) "energy" / "life-force" / "spirit"

Japanese martial arts practitioners often give a loud quick shout as they perform an attacking move.

This shout is a 気合 (ki-ai), often translated as “meeting of spirit”.

This ki is the ki in aikido, qigong, and reiki.

Ki is a central principle in traditional Chinese medicine and Eastern martial arts.

It has been translated variously as energy, life force, vital energy, spirit.

It is believed to be the essence of life.

Eastern health practices such as qigong, taichi and acupuncture are believed to balance and encourage the flow of ki to create a healthy mind and body.

This artwork is available on my Etsy shop here.

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