Playing for Change
The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music had the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share…
Our intuitive capacity for deep collaboration has the power to change the world.
The Intuitive Power of Human Collaboration
There are twenty-four of us, crammed into the kitchen, trying not to tread on each others’ toes. We have a box of vegetables dug fresh from the allotments at Cloughjordan eco-village, County Tipperary, Ireland. Our task, should we choose to accept it, is to feed ourselves using only these veg and the utensils in our host Stephen’s kitchen. Stephen…
Artistic Practices for Social Change
By Alain Ruche
Theory comes from practice—feeling comfortable with the unknown, with humility and compassion, in a very, very complex world
~ Alain Ruche
In recent years, my frustration, my curiosity and, yes, pure serendipity gave me privileged access to high-level scientific conferences on system analysis and complexity, where I was the only policymaker. Indeed, our results-oriented policies do not…
Race, Class, Gender and Climate Change: An Excerpt from ‘Together Resilient’ by Ma’ikwe Ludwig
By Ma'ikwe Ludwig, via Fellowship for Intentional Community from her book, Together Resilient | Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption.
Climate change is deeply intertwined with race, class and gender. I’d like to focus on the who of different roles we are all playing in the crisis.
First off, note what countries have historically contributed the largest amount to climate…
Money: in terms of social change, it’s both ‘beauty and the beast’
By Michael Edwards
Is money a curse or a cure in relation to injustice and inequality?
Philip Larkin’s poetry entered my consciousness during Britain’s “winter of discontent” in 1978, a grim time for those who remember it. Strikes by refuse collectors, nurses and workers in electricity plants brought the country to a halt. Things were so bad that even the gravediggers went on strike.…
The Many Dimensions of Change
The population undergoing drastic change is a population of misfits, and misfits live and breathe in an atmosphere of passion and imbalance, explosive and hungry for action.
~ Eric Hoffer in The Ordeal of Change
This quotation by Eric Hoffer, the insightful American philosopher, seems to have been written for our times. It introduces some reality into our understanding of change itself. We have…
Kosmos 2022 Winter Edition Preview
Dear Reader,
New Year’s Day greetings!
I’m really delighted to share this preview of our 2022 winter edition of Kosmos Quarterly. It has been an exceptionally tender time, as we hospice Nancy Roof, our founder and guiding light, and continue to benefit so much from her radiant presence. She is feeling well, and I’m happy she can enjoy the freshness and hope of the new year with…
Sacred Season Gathering of Songs
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Sacred Season Gathering of Songs
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Autumn Poetry, Music, and Mosaics!
Dear Reader,
During the beautiful autumn in this hemisphere, I am paying attention to the wild and generous 'seeding' taking place all around. Milk weed pods burst with downy floss sending tiny angel-seeds aloft, to settle and sleep for the winter. Acorns bombard me in the woods, each nut containing the blueprint for a tree. Yet, even under a microscope, the tree cannot be seen. Something has…