Above: The tree in my backyard. The heavy snowfalls have brought half of the tree to the ground.
Welcome to the March, 2014 edition of the IWP Shift in Consciousness Ezine. Two months of historical snowfalls in Philadelphia left me housebound for days at a time. I organized my studio; made sample swatches of seven knit patterns; moved stain glass supplies and equipment to the basement; upcycled three chairs and yarn bombed a lamp shade; transformed my guest bedroom into a sewing room and an unfortunate looking lounge area; and, organized all the yarn according to the color wheel. Cleaning out two bins, I found things I haven’t seen since 2001! I even gathered all my receipts and bank statements in preparation to file my taxes, two whole weeks in advance. That’s a task normally reserved for the night before the appointment. And hopefully this will be the last time in 2014 that I sit down to create this publication with a four-inch coat of ice on my driveway.
In Akilah’s Column this month, I continue with the discussion about belief in separation and “differences.” In the Guest Blog Spot is an essay by Jeremy Rifkin, ‘The Empathic Civilization’: Is it Time to Replace the American Dream? Rifkin is a social and economic theorist, a writer and the founder and president of The Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, MD. This month’s Science & the Sacred section features a hopeful plan to make Hamburg, Germany car free in 20 years. In the Food & Art section is an interview with collage artist Wangechi Mutu, an interview which first appeared in Mother Jones in October 2013. Her works are women-centered commentaries on the dangers of a materialistic worldview. Following Mutu’s feature is a UN report on racial discrimination and indigenous people in the US in the section Housing and Living. Ron Finley talks about gansta gardening in this month’s video suggestion, and there is much more. I hope that you will find something of interest here and remember that your comments and questions are always welcomed. In joy! ~ Akilah
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