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Thoughts on LA
A call for humanity to step up
Los Angeles is on fire, and the world is watching in horror. How could this be happening? The finger-pointing and misinformation have begun in earnest.
It’s sad how many did not or refused to see this significant catastrophe coming.
We are all to blame, every last one of us.
We consume, drive, reproduce, lust to live in beautiful places, eat food that is bad for us because it is convenient, and build huge homes in places where water is scarce, but oh, the views. We buy things we don’t need because we are easily manipulated by marketing gurus who come at us from all angles. We vote for people who don’t give a damn about the general population, the environment, the inequality of everything. Or we don’t vote because we don’t value our role or we have given up.
We are to blame because we are consumed with our individual needs and to hell with the larger community.
We are to blame because we are no longer content with the little things — the beautiful nuances in everyday life. The saying “go big or go home” has infiltrated our mindset.
We are to blame because we feel that everything we do and everywhere we go must be recorded and boasted about on social media when no one really cares; they’re wrapped up in their own…
