Freedom to me is Biodiversity and its Preservation
April 5th, 2008
I believe freedom is the ability to walk without building obstructing views of oceans, prairies, mountains, forests, and other landscapes.
I believe freedom will come when we collectively in communities decide land is sacred and that people need open places to let their heart lighten, to let their eyes feel the gentle touch of small surprises (small flowers, tree frogs, fossilized sharks teeth in the sand, a skimmer feeding over shallow water), and to halt the chatter of their minds.
Everyday less space is available for ecosystems to perform their ecological services and this is terrible for the health of humanity. But, the greatest tragedy is we are losing the places that can provide us the mechanisms to heal our spirits.
Today at work we were unloading kayaks for the group coming and a small tree frog was in on of the kayaks. We stopped to put him into the tall marsh grasses and he was so very perfect (breathing and heart beating).
We were two biologists but, we thought how can this tiny tree frog exist and there not be world peace. Surely if everyone saw this they would want world peace. We can not liberate freedom without saving every piece of nature still here today. Nature is the perfect model of freedom and beauty.
We must have it to be free. Otherwise we will be lonely, sad, and fear filled. Every time we have less and more sprawling cities we have less chance at liberating freedom. I do want to give immense thanks to the daily experiences I have that liberate me - they are always gifts from this perfect sphere holding water, air, and land sustaining so many miracles of life and species diversity.
Freedom to me is biodiversity and its preservation.
by Karla Klay
Galveston, Texas
www.artistboat.org
