After going through #Debby, #Helene and #Milton in 2024 and now witnessing these wildfires from afar, I can’t help but experience it as all one big event, which I guess in a sense it is: #Koyaanisqatsi or “life out of balance.” Considering #climatechange, #landmanagement and #development issues, it all feels so complicated to solve. So much needs undoing and redoing.

The Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network (MALAN) team is maintaining a list of resources available to those affected by the fires in the Google Sheet (follow link) and will update it with new resources or calls for volunteers & donations. #mutualaid #lafires #losangeles

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“When we speak of the artist as visionary we do not mean that they predict the future, rather that with the tool of imagination, they are able to draw futures beyond what many of us think possible. When we think of what the future might look like, most of us do this by relying on our past: what we know and what we have experienced. That means it’s restricted. Imagination helps us think of a future far beyond what we already know.”

The Artist as Visionary

“Sometimes I think that the artist is like a child who when he blows out a candle creates a hurricane, who when he cries causes a flood or who wh...