“Be brave. Be Kind. And then act. Because it’s action, however imperfect, that begins to bend the world towards justice, towards compassion,...

“Merely assuming that information and communication technology (ICT) would foster the spread of democracy was clearly a failed strategy. (…)...

Prompt: Contentment is anathema to capitalism.  Response: "Capitalism thrives on the idea that individuals will always want more, drivi...

"It has become quite difficult to remember the simple fact about humankind. Its magical power and its beauty is only visible when you t...

«A shift towards an economy of care, craft and creativity (...) is not just about the quality of public services or the possibility of creat...

"(...) bear in mind that garden design as it is studied by the one nation which really understands it - the Japanese - takes many years...

Earth , Mogli. Photo of Kaya by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC), June 15, 2019. Cats .

“(…) the whole world is crumbling and we can do more than ask for hope. And what if there is no hope? Do we just lie down and accept our fat...

“ The will to touch reality ” and all the “ beings within it was as simple as the urge to breathe, and breathe together ”. The Tree was righ...

Developing self-confidence " empowers you to overcome your ego, acknowledge your deficiencies, and start on the path to doing and being...

Photo by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC).

"When we keep a safe distance from reality, we fail to understand that those inside it are fighting with everything they have. The unea...

A propósito das narrativas exageradas e erróneas da grandiosidade do ser humano, António Damásio, em Sentir e Saber (2020), escreve:  "...

A new cycle begins. “ (…) it’s about as full circle as it gets. (…) One day at a time, and suddenly you realize life is brighter, life is li...

in english: " a steady and intentional look at something or someone, often for a long time, typically indicating interest, admiration, ...

“(…) my story bleeds through from my cover into the real world, a message from a parallel universe revealed through graphic design and visua...

“The courage not to be vanquished by anxiety, not to hurt others out of frustration, not to grow to furious with the world for the perceived...

  " We who are not there, witnessing from afar, in what ways are we mutilating ourselves when we dissociate to cope? " Isabella Ha...

  "Vertigo is from the bottom up. Vertigo has always been defined as a disturbance felt in front of an abyss or at a high point in rela...

We need to "reinvent movement, the vector of our actions. We need to not forge ahead into the infinite, but learn to step back , to unp...

" there’s a particular kind of disappointment when you begin to admire a bouquet or a blossom at a distance and find out closer up that...

"To remain aloof from the group while honouring one's organic ties to it; to exist between loneliness and alignment, remaining alwa...

"It's the spectator who judges and who decides, to the point where every relationship between forest, sun, lake, animal and sky go...

“ I experienced awe and wonder at this world we live in. How incredible existence is. The probability of our being here, of having survived ...

"She paused, and ran some sentences through her head, almost hearing herself (...). But she only let the words echo through her head, b...

" Because it is always tempting to over emphasize autonomy and independence, these helpless creatures are here to remind us that no one...

" how can humans serve as sources of healing and regeneration for every living system they affect ?" Regenerative Development an...

"There is a connection between the brain and the hand that supports an embodied cognition, a knowing. Handicrafts in particular, which ...

The making of " Places of terrible beauty and layered earth and buried secrets ." Suzane Simard (2022). Finding the Mother Tree: U...

"(...) from wholeness as a living plant to fragment strands and back to wholeness again as a" tapestry. "The dual powers of ...

I've been discovering more affordances for the materials that nature (and people) offer me. At this time of the year there is an abundan...

"To let threads be articulate again and find a form for themselves to no other end than their own orchestration, not to be sat on, walk...

« Biodiversity is the driver of the farm. If I'm asked "What do you grow?", I say "Biodiversity". The vegetables are...

"The most beautiful thing of all... is whatever you love best." Irene Vallejo (2022). Papyrus: the invention of books in the ancie...

The beginning of a new tapestry starts long before I lay out the threads on the frame. Each tapestry starts as a synapse that survived in my...

Photo by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC) April 13, 2024.