Thank you, Ayesha, I really appreciate your comment and I am very much enjoying the deep dive into Erich Fromm's seminal work. The Art of Being is next, publishing here on Wednesday.
This is quite beautiful, Stark, thank you. I am so pleased to have introduced you to Biophilia. I was the same until I went back to Erich's work and started to dive in - knowing what I know now, as it were, after a few years of re-learning pretty much everything I had been 'taught' about the world. Erich predicted the trajectory to 'having' perfectly, the destruction it has caused but, I believe, it was something we had to see through to the extreme, to know what can go wrong and how NOT to live our lives if we want to be healthy and happy, and realise our unique creative potentiality. I will be writing about Abraham Maslow following this series. He was another man who saw the good in people and humanity and wanted to know why and what we can learn from them. That's you, Stark, you found your own way and it's damn hard in a culture designed to do the opposite to destroy our potentiality. I never understood greed either. I never understood why they skipped through the slavery stories in history like it was okay for anything like that to have happened. I didn't understand how people could be treated in such a way, or animals, or Nature. I went to boarding school when I was 8 years old. An innocent plucked from my fields by the river where I spent all day with my dog building camps and talking the the fairies. Next I'm in an institution on my own with no clue, I can't remember very much about those early years. I was there for 11 altogether and became the rebel, it's a long story like yours. I chose self employment and have lived in flats and bedsits all my life which I have loved, each and every one. Now it's a Grade II listed tiny house with a minute garden for my pots. I love it dearly. It's felt like I had to be stripped of all my possessions to know I don't need them which is so true. I sold my sports car last year, the last of my materialistic 'joys' as it were. She served me so well through the lockdown but now I like being a sovereign traveller, it's fun and you meet lovely people. Having ENOUGH is the best way to be and along with the 'shadow work' that goes on through it all, I finally feel FREE. I grow things from seed too and it's the most wonderful thing to do. Bless you, thank you so much for sharing and I look forward to sharing more revelations with you. It simple becuase it's true, I love it for this reason, we can learn so much. Have a beautiful weekend. Xx
Fascinating post Sue! Love the connection between Erich Fromm's work and biophilia. Looking forward to your book reviews!
Thank you, Ayesha, I really appreciate your comment and I am very much enjoying the deep dive into Erich Fromm's seminal work. The Art of Being is next, publishing here on Wednesday.
I agree; when we are living an autonomous life communing with the natural world, the greater is our sense of happiness and our sense of well-being.
Thank you, Perry. Absolutely, it's good to know it is backed by real science too.
This is quite beautiful, Stark, thank you. I am so pleased to have introduced you to Biophilia. I was the same until I went back to Erich's work and started to dive in - knowing what I know now, as it were, after a few years of re-learning pretty much everything I had been 'taught' about the world. Erich predicted the trajectory to 'having' perfectly, the destruction it has caused but, I believe, it was something we had to see through to the extreme, to know what can go wrong and how NOT to live our lives if we want to be healthy and happy, and realise our unique creative potentiality. I will be writing about Abraham Maslow following this series. He was another man who saw the good in people and humanity and wanted to know why and what we can learn from them. That's you, Stark, you found your own way and it's damn hard in a culture designed to do the opposite to destroy our potentiality. I never understood greed either. I never understood why they skipped through the slavery stories in history like it was okay for anything like that to have happened. I didn't understand how people could be treated in such a way, or animals, or Nature. I went to boarding school when I was 8 years old. An innocent plucked from my fields by the river where I spent all day with my dog building camps and talking the the fairies. Next I'm in an institution on my own with no clue, I can't remember very much about those early years. I was there for 11 altogether and became the rebel, it's a long story like yours. I chose self employment and have lived in flats and bedsits all my life which I have loved, each and every one. Now it's a Grade II listed tiny house with a minute garden for my pots. I love it dearly. It's felt like I had to be stripped of all my possessions to know I don't need them which is so true. I sold my sports car last year, the last of my materialistic 'joys' as it were. She served me so well through the lockdown but now I like being a sovereign traveller, it's fun and you meet lovely people. Having ENOUGH is the best way to be and along with the 'shadow work' that goes on through it all, I finally feel FREE. I grow things from seed too and it's the most wonderful thing to do. Bless you, thank you so much for sharing and I look forward to sharing more revelations with you. It simple becuase it's true, I love it for this reason, we can learn so much. Have a beautiful weekend. Xx