Arlington Natural Connections Project: Happy Earth Day, Easter, Spring

Friday, April 22, 2011

Happy Earth Day, Easter, Spring

Thanks to Beverly Snodgrass, for this link to a short video showing beautiful and moving scenes from the place we call home: Creation Calls . Take a 6 minute video tour. Then today, Earth Day 2011, be sure to get outside if you can.

The visuals are from the BBC Planet Earth Series, the soundtrack is an original song by Brian Doerksen. The beauty of nature around us is always moving and inspiring. Happy Earth Day, Easter, and in celebration of however you connect to the living universe. In reverence, joy, awe, and gratitude.

Link to Creation Calls video is here: CREATION CALLS

2 comments:

Sally N. said...: Awe-inspiring photography that highlights both the small- and large-scale wonders of the natural world around us. What better time to be reminded of them.; April 22, 2011 at 3:39 PM
JTSvino said...: I also borrowed the complete Planet Earth series from the library. 5 DVD set. Started viewing these, quite spectacular. Broke new ground in filming techniques and scope when it was first made. Probably will do separate post on this at later date. Available through Minuteman library system.; April 24, 2011 at 5:34 AM

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About the Arlington Natural Connections Project

The mission of the Arlington Natural Connections Project is to promote a sense of connection to the natural world at the local level by combining an artistic and natural science approach.

The Arlington Natural Connections Project started as a personal "hobby". Each month I collected a few elements from the natural world - leaves, flower petals, small branches, bark, rocks - and then put them together in a collection for display in my home. I was amazed at the beauty and variety of natural objects that I found, at all times of year. This was a lot of fun, and provided a sense of connection, calm, center and abundance within an ever-changing world.

I wanted to expand this, and share it. In Fall 2007 I saw that the Arlington (MA) Cultural Council was accepting grant applications for Arlington-based projects in the Arts, Humanities and Interpretive Sciences. My idea was to encourage individuals and families to create displays for their own homes, and to take the project to a community level by creating seasonal displays with contributions from many, and exhibiting them in a public place.

The proposal was funded by the Arlington Cultural Council for 2008. A display and information session was held at the Robbins Library in February 2008. A Nature Walk through the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden and the area surrounding the Whittemore-Robbins house was created for Town Day in September 2008. Participants in each of these events contributed natural materials that were assembled into a collection that went on display in the Robbins Library in October 2008 (see October 20 post in this weblog). As the project evolved, its goals expanded to a wider range of artistic and natural science projects to promote an enhanced sense of connection to the natural world (see September 9 post in this weblog). The project was funded by the Arlington Cultural Council in 2009, which allowed the creation of the full project website at NaturalConnectionsProject.com

-- Joe Snodgrass

This program was funded in part by a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Happy Earth Day, Easter, Spring

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