Walkie-Talkies

In this series of posts, you will find the ‘Walkie-Talkies’, a series of short videos (five to ten minutes) in which, as the title suggests, I talk while walking in nature.

During these Walkie-Talkies, I discuss all kinds of topics that are relevant to A Biosphere Project: intuitive reflections on ecology, philosophy, science, our place in the Universe, and so on. I talk without a script, depending on what the moment and the place inspire me to say.

As in the Musings, the focus in these Walkie-talkies will be on positive energy and hopeful news, on new ideas and on love for our world.

Walkie-Talkie #6 'Why Do We Confuse Symbols With Reality?'

D ear friends, In Walkie-Talkie number six, I am walking on a country road in the province of Somogy in Hungary. If you are curious about why I spend a lot of time in Hungary, I refer you to the pages ‘ About me ’ and ‘ My path ’ on the website of A Biosphere Project. During this walk, I continue to talk about how we project ‘maps’ or concepts onto reality, and then come to regard those maps or concepts as more real than the terrain itself. Someone who had a lot to say about

Walkie-Talkie #5 'Next Level: What Lies Beyond the Map?'

D ear friends, In Walkie-Talkie number five, I am walking on a forest path in the Julian Alps in Slovenia. I'll spare you the story of how I got there, as it would have made this ‘talk’ too long. But I'll continue where I left off last time leaning against the old tree, namely the fact that the old, mechanistic ‘map’ we have been projecting onto nature, onto living organisms and ourselves, is incorrect. New (and not so new) developments in biology and systems thinking show us

Walkie-Talkie #4 'Some Amazing Tree Talk'

D ear friends, In this fourth Walkie-Talkie, I rub my back against a large old tree, and talk a little about why the ‘map’ we have...

Walkie-Talkie #3 ''Why Did I Stop Painting? (Part Two)''

D ear friends, In this third ‘Walkie-Talkie,’ I continue to talk about why I stopped my practice as a visual artist to devote myself to the ecological meta-crisis. I discuss our tendency to consider the maps we have created as more real than the terrain, how our concepts and maps prevent us from seeing solutions and possibilities because they do not fit into our concepts, and why we cannot see the various aspects of the meta-crisis, such as the climate crisis, the biodiversit

Walkie-Talkie #2 'Why Did I Stop Painting? (Part One)'

D ear friends, In this second ‘Walkie-Talkie’, I talk about why we need to see the distinction between ‘nature’ and ‘civilization’ in a different perspective, why we need to feel much more that we too are part of nature, and why we should stop using the word ‘ the environment ’. I also begin to explain why it was necessary and relevant for me to exchange my paintbrushes for A Biosphere Project. I begin that story by explaining how my visual art dealt with all the topics that

Walkie-Talkie #1 - Musings and Meditations

"Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts." Soren...

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