Do you live in a living universe? What makes it so?

I am taking a class right now through Schumacher College and the Animas Institute called Awakening the Planetary imagination. I joined the class because I am interested in the role of the imagination, dreams, art and creativity in meeting the reality of the climate crisis.

“Go on a praise walk,” she said. And then she shared photoshopped images of earth altars. A praise walk?! My heart liked the idea, it was my mind that resisted. My mind is capable of so much pain and separation. It could start to criticize the monetization of Earth Art by some white dude. It could roll my eyes at her childish way of teaching. It could decide that this wasn’t really a practice of liberation, so what was the point.