tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post3052997159804354026..comments2023-10-14T08:37:11.192-07:00Comments on Round Circle: Wood and SteelSpadomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-61702372022787454242012-02-25T14:33:28.577-08:002012-02-25T14:33:28.577-08:00Profound, time to think about what is happening!!Profound, time to think about what is happening!!peggy gattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06743905968690646463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-8896891681992595742012-02-25T06:13:40.222-08:002012-02-25T06:13:40.222-08:00moving and disturbing post - i can only hope we wi...moving and disturbing post - i can only hope we will wake up to the damage being done to our Mother and begin to heal rather than hurt.tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974793456359169399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-58144221414391837462012-02-25T05:12:33.557-08:002012-02-25T05:12:33.557-08:00Thank you everyone for the comments and for your v...Thank you everyone for the comments and for your visit to Round Circle.<br /><br />I can get political, but the subject of this post should be a concern to everyone. When we poison the water that we all have to drink, we're killing ourselves. Doesn't make any sense.<br /><br />I know jobs are desperately needed. There may be a good argument of why we should start mining iron ore again, but deep down, I know there is another way for communities to rise without selling out the beauty of our land and the sustaining water that is becoming in increasingly short supply.<br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />PeaceSpadomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-51728262994948342512012-02-24T22:30:35.342-08:002012-02-24T22:30:35.342-08:00Joe dear,
You are a friend to the Great Mother and...Joe dear,<br />You are a friend to the Great Mother and you see her pain. You see the waste that Man leaves behind and yet your eye cannot help but create something beautiful from it because that is who you are. Your heart is compassionate and wants to protect the land and the water, those resources that nurture us and preserve our lives in so many ways. We are so unmindful of the planet and only see it as something to "serve" us, rather than as someone to respect. We continue to objectify the earth in this way--politicians conveniently using worn out structures that have no life left in them to try to create jobs that will help them win votes but do nothing to improve the lives of their constituents or the environment. I think it is all a temporary fix from the way you are describing it. It certainly doesn't sound like a long term solution. Thank you for sharing these special places of which you are always mindful. <br />Love and Peace, <br />NoelleNoelle Clearwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879264907115107737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-47678839890845958282012-02-24T21:02:31.749-08:002012-02-24T21:02:31.749-08:00thank you for the education.. well described haiku...thank you for the education.. well described haikuLenorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523570885159399658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-33006182594952508762012-02-24T18:55:56.564-08:002012-02-24T18:55:56.564-08:00Sacred bones, gma says, and I guess I would like t...Sacred bones, gma says, and I guess I would like to think of them that way. All the angles and shapes are definitely sacred geometry. You ask many questions as we all do about so many things. It's about politics and money. Here's hoping your local environmentalists are researching and protesting.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-21562010977030266062012-02-24T16:27:10.885-08:002012-02-24T16:27:10.885-08:00Peace to you as well Spadoman. Such beauty in thes...Peace to you as well Spadoman. Such beauty in these sacred bones.gmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04879507440579599549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-65768845397966488992012-02-24T14:49:51.993-08:002012-02-24T14:49:51.993-08:00Beautiful photos. Sad tale.....
I don't have...Beautiful photos. Sad tale.....<br /><br />I don't have answers.<br />Just hope for a different today...every day.<br /><br />*hugs*Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-14876348964007780712012-02-24T12:25:57.674-08:002012-02-24T12:25:57.674-08:00I suppose the worth of mining is dependent on the ...I suppose the worth of mining is dependent on the value of the commodity vs the cost to get it. <br /><br />Like the tar sands here. Back when I was in school, there was no way to get at the oil economically. Now they can. Or it's viable because oil costs so much. I doubt they count the cost of pollution and disruption of the environment.<br /><br />People are stupid.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320507412459242451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-6564553665802747642012-02-24T12:11:17.022-08:002012-02-24T12:11:17.022-08:00I too am deeply moved by your haiku and pictures.....I too am deeply moved by your haiku and pictures... Our culture has a hard time with death, I have a hard time with death... If I stand back and look at your pictures, I am most aware of the bones and how this painful moment of seeing where our misuses of the earth has brought us. It feels as if it is forever... yet what will be in the frames of these pictures in another hundred years I wonder? There is great beauty here, in your steel and wood, pictures and words... thank you.Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101643429585271655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-29759415297134416642012-02-24T09:38:16.019-08:002012-02-24T09:38:16.019-08:00I scratch my head with you Joe, I feel your pain t...I scratch my head with you Joe, I feel your pain too, why must the earth suffer on account of man and woman's greed?<br /><br />As Kim says our little seeds of peace will sprout!<br /><br />Ms Foxy xfoxysuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620248626509576905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-14675873968043482002012-02-24T08:18:18.391-08:002012-02-24T08:18:18.391-08:00My tender heart hurts for our Earth so very much. ...My tender heart hurts for our Earth so very much. I still dream of a world where we see with our hearts and souls, rather than our pockets and need for power. I don't think I will see it in my life time but at least I can build little pieces of it in my own small ways.<br />Hope, peace and love to you, Man.Kim Mailhothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849980369873306402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-6753824570312120612012-02-24T07:32:48.370-08:002012-02-24T07:32:48.370-08:00after watching noelle's animated "poetry ...after watching noelle's animated "poetry of trees" and now bearing witness to these splintered bones of once magnificent gorgeous ancient trees.....<br />my heart feels the weight of such destruction.<br /><br />as i read your perfectly crafted haiku i too am struck with the "remains" mankind leaves behind.<br /><br />i once cruised a large length of alaska. as we sailed hugging the coastline we were able to view a landscape far north of any roads or means of transportation. the land we sailed by was uninhabited by mankind. it was astounding to see such a pristine coastline where man had never walked. the profound and perfect beauty brought me to tears. i remember thinking that ANY one on earth who would be in the position of creating legislation that effected our natural world should be REQUIRED to see the profound beauty of the unharmed earth first.<br />thank you for your thoughtful and important haiku may it inspire a deeper sense of responsibility in us all.rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265802752790310923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-59274950279633519762012-02-24T07:18:59.639-08:002012-02-24T07:18:59.639-08:00Your haiku is wrenching today...I find the picture...Your haiku is wrenching today...I find the pictures of the ruins so beautiful, but the rest of the story is so sad. I would like to see the ruins preserved and the jobs created elsewhere...like in the preservation of the earth through clean energy. Another great post!Dawn Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079162211848499285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-83703393228112423372012-02-24T07:16:02.352-08:002012-02-24T07:16:02.352-08:00It doesn't make any sense.
And what if it did....It doesn't make any sense.<br />And what if it did.<br />Then we would be like they...I am thankful for the way I think, mindful of God's gifts. I can't think on the actions of 'they' too much. I get too sad.<br />Your photographs, Joe, and your Haiku are wonderful. I like thinking of the waste as 'bones'...seems so appropriate, since our bones will someday be waste too.<br />♥♥♥Priti Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387174904054579172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-6425327328630522662012-02-24T06:30:15.341-08:002012-02-24T06:30:15.341-08:00Your story is one that triggers me... same things ...Your story is one that triggers me... same things happen in the Netherlands and i remember the 'double feeling' I had when, as a child, my dad took me along for a 'photo day' on which he took marvelous photos of 'remains' and told me what was - is - was about to come... I learned a lot from him (still do!) and your blogposts make that I will give him a call tonight... just because... thank you Joe!Marithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274311778326853533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-82012600134222403482012-02-24T04:07:33.842-08:002012-02-24T04:07:33.842-08:00contemplative haiku ~ My way of answering your pos...contemplative haiku ~ My way of answering your post is that it is the 'human condition' and until each person and the government become responsible individual and stay in the Middle Way not grasping at greed ~ we will continue on 'raping the earth' and damaging ourselves. Taoism indicates there are 3 treasures ~ compassion, conservation and humility ~ So many are chasing after 'things' ~ stuff ~ I did when I was younger and still have to keep myself away from the 'carnival midway' ~ It is all bling for the most part ~ <br /><br />You are a Wise man also ~ have the best in the day ~ namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor) ^_^carol l mckennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151914466378663660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-56580846861246517162012-02-24T03:21:26.896-08:002012-02-24T03:21:26.896-08:00Well done! Most informative post. It does cause ...Well done! Most informative post. It does cause one to consider what in the world they must be thinking about! Or perhaps they should think again! Wishing you well! CathyA Bit of the Blarneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418671116015181693noreply@blogger.com