“All the Living World is Interdependent:” A Q&A with Artist Barbara Crane Navarro | Barbara Crane Navarro

Installation: The Forest is Burning! – Barbara Crane Navarro

Illustration: “Amazon Rainforest Magic, the adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami Girl”

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Look Within – Kaushal Kishore

 

In a realm where chaos reigns supreme,

Do not ever lament, do not ever scream.

For change begins not with the world outside,

But within oneself, where true power resides.

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Instead of cursing the fate’s unkind hand,

Look within, where your strength stands.

Like shoes that shield from dirt and grime,

Let inner transformation be your paradigm.

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Do not spread carpets to hide the mess,

But tread gently, with grace and finesse.

For the world may be rough, and trials gritty,

But true resilience lies in shaping your reality.

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So, let not echo of complaints fill the air,

But with each stride, show you take care.

For the journey ahead, let it be known,

The power to transform lies in you alone.

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–Kaushal Kishore

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Celeste, the Jamaican Giant Galliwasp, has arrived home: a historic repatriation – Petchary’s Blog

Celeste is home! Elizabeth Morrison (left) Curator of Zoological Collections at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica and Nicole Patrick-Shaw, Deputy Executive Director, the Institute of Jamaica, holding the treasured Jamaican Giant Galliwasp, who returned to Jamaica with them on April 24, 2024. (Photo: Natural History Museum of Jamaica)

…The joint team, which travelled to Scotland on a  six-day visit last weekend to retrieve the approximately 16-inch-long specimen from their counterparts at the University of Glasgow had an official handover on Monday at the university’s Hunterian Museum where the Giant Galliwasp, or ‘Celeste’, as it is being affectionately called by the repatriation team, had been housed…

The Jamaican Giant Galliwasp became extinct in the mid-1800s due to the clearing of lands for sugarcane production and the introduction of the invasive predator mongoose.  Their habitats were mostly wetlands, said to be in St. Elizabeth and Clarendon.

The repatriation team included Morrison and Dionne Newell, Senior Research officer in Entomology, also of NHMJ/IOJ; UWI Museum curator, Dr. Shani Roper; Dr. Tannice Hall of the Department of Life Sciences, and graduate student Desireina DesLandes…

Source: Celeste, the Jamaican Giant Galliwasp, has arrived home: a historic repatriation – Petchary’s Blog

Actions Matters – normabobb

When we act against our conscience we create fragments of our former selves. We need to ask ourselves who are we accountable to, if not to the greater good of all living entities and the Earth? Denial of who we are and what we are charged to do would invite catastrophic consequences into our lives. Don’t toy with Mother Nature, be reverent.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2024

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