Barcelona, London, the boat to Rosslare
Limerick, Ennis, West Clare
The people, the laughs, the pints, the adventure
Strangers whose paths briefly cross
All coming and going on their separate ways
Just as the waters of the river Fergus
Earlier rained down in a hale of warm drops
On an old man in his green fields
Working, working, working
Cold red hands
Opening gates, shutting gates
Wellies, cap and jacket
Held together by bailing twine knots
Two thousand five hundred years ago
And that oldest wandering Dharma bum of them all
Lao Tzu, said:
“A thousand mile journey
Starts with the first step”
And its for that reason
Ive journeyed these last two near sleepless
Funny and memorable days
To be here now
Anseo anois
To give my gifts of Hope
And words of thanks
To two I love dearly:
Father Finbarr and little sis G
As they take their own
New first courageous
And perhaps even a little frightening first step
Each on their own new journey
On this beautiful rock Gaia
As she takes her own journey
That three hundred and sixty five and
A quarter day revolution
Around her firey brother
In that most strangest and most beautiful
Journey of them all:
Lila
The infinite cycle of kalpa
Bang, Out, Crunch, In,
Bang, Out, Crunch, In,
Bang, Out, Crunch, In,
All on their own journeys
All coming and going
All with their own destinations
Like the Tao,
All flowing
But all in the safe and loving arms
Of this simple miracle
This beautiful and funny existence
And knowing that
We smile.
(Written @ Lahinch, August, Bank holiday weekend 2007)
3.8 billion years of research and development
10-30 million species
Well- adapted solutions
Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of life’s genius
What should we ask?
How does life make things? ( Without Heat, Beat and Treat?)
How does life make the most of things? (By Adding Information to Matter)
How does life make “Things” disappear into systems?
12 Big Ideas from Biology:
- 01 self assembly
- 02 CO2 as a feedstock
- 03 solar transformations
- 04 the power of shape
- 05 quenching thirst
- 06 metals without mining
- 07 green chemistry
- 08 timed degradation
- 08 timed degradation
- 10 sensing and responding
- 11 growing fertility
- 12 life’s creates conditions conductive to life
And heres the film, it really is a very beautiful presentation
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