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Sabodacious for LIFE?

2012-02-01T17:49:00.000-08:00

Fufanus are worth keeping your brakes on for...

2012-01-31T17:15:00.000-08:00

EGVO remix- Love the beat!!!!

Trail love

2012-01-30T20:57:00.001-08:00

2012-01-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

Bombing Texas with the FREE FLYER

2012-01-30T14:49:00.000-08:00

EGVO on the EDIT

The Great Dictator-1940

2012-01-30T08:30:00.001-08:00

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone – if possible – Jew, Gentile – black man – white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness – not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost….

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men – cries out for universal brotherhood – for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world – millions of despairing men, women, and little children – victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

To those who can hear me, I say – do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed – the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. …..

Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes – men who despise you – enslave you – who regiment your lives – tell you what to do – what to think and what to feel! Who drill you – diet you – treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men – machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate – the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” – not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power – the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

Then – in the name of democracy – let us use that power – let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world – a decent world that will give men a chance to work – that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!

Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world – to do away with national barriers – to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!

2012-01-27T17:56:00.001-08:00

Solstice Winter Runs

2012-01-26T22:56:00.000-08:00

Cale C. Looking back on Solstice this winter when the weather isn't quite as pretty..

2012-01-24T20:49:00.001-08:00

2012-01-23T09:40:00.001-08:00

2012-01-22T22:55:00.001-08:00

2012-01-22T14:54:00.001-08:00

2012-01-20T09:33:00.000-08:00

Say Fred, you go up on that ridge,
And I'll go down in the swamp,
We'll get that buck...

2012-01-19T18:52:00.001-08:00

Welcome to the Family

2012-01-19T00:06:00.000-08:00

Pelé Christi- Young Buck

2012-01-18T22:25:00.000-08:00

2012-01-17T22:20:00.000-08:00

Jeremy Ball

Ft. Collins, CO

2012-01-17T15:53:00.001-08:00

Lots of people before you!

2012-01-16T20:54:00.000-08:00

Prowess

2012-01-15T23:43:00.000-08:00

2012-01-15T20:50:00.000-08:00

2012-01-14T20:02:00.000-08:00

BMX is for FUN!

Avoid the shenanigans!

2012-01-13T23:07:00.001-08:00

Stop HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills

Congress needs to hear from you, or these dangerous bills will pass - they have tremendous lobbying dollars behind them, from large corporations reportedly hoping to prop up outdated, anti-consumer business models at the expense of the very fabric of the Internet -- recklessly unleashing a tsunami of take-down notices and litigation, and a Pandora's jar of "chilling effects" and other unintended (or perhaps intended?) consequences.

Please let your Members of Congress know you OPPOSE H.R. 3621 "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and S. 968 "Protect IP Act" (PIPA):

Phone, yes phone your Member of Congress! (House) (Senate)
EFF Congressional Emailer - Oppose Internet Blacklisting (SOPA & PIPA)
OpenCongress Congressional Emailer - Oppose SOPA
Generic Congressional Emailer (You'll need your Zip+4)

Learn more about SOPA, Protect IP (PIPA), and Internet Blacklisting:

Growing Chorus of Opposition to SOPA
Open Letter against SOPA from 83 Prominent Internet Engineers
Why SOPA and Protect IP (PIPA) are Bad, Bad Ideas (Techdirt)
SOPA News (Google News)
SOPA Wikipedia entry
SOPA FAQ (CNET)

Internet Giants Consider Blackout Against SOPA!

Where does your Member of Congress stand on SOPA? (Project SOPA Opera)

Opponents of SOPA: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, craigslist, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Etsy, Zynga, EFF, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX)

Supporters of SOPA: RIAA, MPAA, News Corporation, VISA, Mastercard, Pfizer, Comcast, Time Warner, ABC, Nike, Walmart, Dow Chemical, Tiffany, Chanel, Rolex, Monster Cable, Teamsters, Lamar Smith (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI)

2012-01-13T17:22:00.001-08:00

Read for yourself
Truth is everlasting

Word to the wise

2012-01-11T18:37:00.001-08:00

www.contrivancekillscreativity.blogspot.com

Everyone is the age of their heart.

2012-01-10T22:28:00.000-08:00

^720p

2012-01-10T21:44:00.001-08:00

2012-01-09T22:54:00.001-08:00

New Life? 2012

2012-01-08T16:52:00.000-08:00

Fresh out of Wilson's Workshop!

2012-01-08T02:34:00.001-08:00

2012-01-08T02:29:00.000-08:00

Actions speak louder

2012-01-06T11:08:00.000-08:00

You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

-Scott Adams

2012-01-05T18:44:00.000-08:00

Free Flyers

Colorado 2012

When the rivers freeze and the summer comes to an end

2012-01-05T17:30:00.000-08:00

Soil Samples Ch.10

2012-01-02T23:14:00.000-08:00

Soul BMX Mag #73

The North Western portion of the United States is home to some of the best BMX trails in the entire country. The relatively mild climate and lush forests make for the best ingredients to create beautiful BMX trails. In 2005 outside of Seattle, Washington, Sean “shovel” Mottley, Brian Taylor, Cody and Danny Abele started what is today known as Lynnwood trails after a previous trail Mecca known as South Woods was plowed. Lynnwood located in a second generation forest is now home to over 70+ doubles with lines flowing through gigantic trees, like blood through the veins of your body. Every line is uniquely different with varying lips, gaps and turns- each flowing naturally to the contour of the landscape. The trail has one main starting platform and then branches out, starting small and dropping downhill ending with large gaps at high speeds. The mild climate often allows for the trails to be ride able year round. The jumps are always blue lined (packed like concrete) which is attributed to the annual moisture and the amount of riders who annually grace the woods. The local crew as of today consists of Shovel, JBVO3, Dan Closser, Scott Matual, Hambone, Kagen, Paul Kitner, Leo, Pat Joubert, Matt, Evan, S&M John, Tyler Dorkin, UP Mike, Danny Abele, South Enders and the Peninsula Locals. The spot is continually progressing with the majority of the building being done during the rainy winter months- often during nightfall with lanterns and headlamps. Multiple parties/jams are held throughout the year, with riders camping in the woods and partying/grilling until the early hours of the morning. Often the locals restart the session once the sun hits through the trees, although it is a little more dangerous due to their level of sobriety. Lynnwood has one of the strongest trail scenes in the North West and the locals are proud!

2012-01-02T19:57:00.001-08:00

A wise old friend recently told me:
"An idle mind is the devils playpen".
Mind the gaps and watch them closely.
Spread the love but choose your friends wisely.
Love yourself to love your family,
And find the difference between wants and needs.
Be sure to stop and count your blessings,
Smell the roses and fight for something.

National Geographic Best of 2011

2011-12-31T20:19:00.000-08:00

Paint Creek Prints

2011-12-29T23:40:00.000-08:00

paintcreekprints.com

“Resist much. Obey little.”

2011-12-29T19:33:00.000-08:00

“I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained;
I stand and look at them and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition;
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God;
Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things;
Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago;
Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.”

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better place than we found it, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”

-Walt Whitman

Don't you know

2011-12-26T16:14:00.001-08:00

Bull Flyer

2011-12-24T10:56:00.000-08:00

Titou rides Banos trails brakeless and as of now jumps over Bulls @ the rodeo.

Timing is everything!!

Banosdistro.com

Remember

2011-12-23T12:07:00.000-08:00

Love conquers Evil

Beach Life?

2011-12-20T17:49:00.000-08:00

Hello
how are you ?
i've got this sprocket from MArc from Banos and it's really good !!
feels good to try this on next to the sea in normandy
it's some riding on the beach just for the feel of sliding and jumping... just smiling around
hope you like it
www.bmxcyclopes.com

2011-12-20T11:44:00.001-08:00

Blood & Soil

2011-12-20T00:43:00.001-08:00

Pull back and dive in..
Save the "skim" milk for your coffee...

2011-12-16T19:39:00.001-08:00

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine.
They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do.

(adapted from the writings of Jack Kerouac)

Anodizer?

2011-12-16T01:16:00.000-08:00

http://www.timescall.com/news/longmont-local-news/ci_19541928

anodize |ˈanəˌdīz|verb [ trans. ] [usu. as adj. ] ( anodized)coat (a metal, esp. aluminum) with a protective oxide layer by an electrolytic process in which the metal forms the anode.DERIVATIVESanodizer |ˈønəˈdaɪzər| noun

2011-12-15T23:53:00.000-08:00

2011-12-13T00:19:00.001-08:00

truth

Paradise Forever!

2011-12-12T20:13:00.001-08:00

The streets howl his name

HOT off the keyboard

2011-12-12T09:52:00.000-08:00

This just in.... from PROJECT!

Life? don't play
Everythangs WORKIN

The Hop

2011-12-12T09:19:00.000-08:00

Ryan Greene

Inside the ghetto, but in a sunny meadow

Ima make you move whether woman or a fellow

Q-Tip- 1996

Holiday Shopping??

2011-12-08T17:45:00.000-08:00

Life? parts @ discounted rates until the new year.

Click the image and grab some goods for the holidays!!!

Lake Havasu Destroyer

2011-12-08T02:04:00.000-08:00

Matt is a bad mofo!

2011-12-07T20:46:00.000-08:00

Remember

2011-12-04T12:52:00.000-08:00

There were alot of people before you!

Go Dig!

2011-12-02T19:53:00.000-08:00

French Free Flyer Represent!

Life? Distribution in Europe--- www.banosdistro.com

Banos sales Rep @ the office!!!

Keep it real out there!

2011-12-01T11:47:00.000-08:00

Who made your sprocket?

2011-11-30T22:14:00.000-08:00

www.lifewithaquestionmark.bigcartel.com

You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round..... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours....

Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.

Black Elk Oglala Sioux Holy Man

2011-11-28T20:21:00.000-08:00

Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy. —

(Edward Abbey, The Hidden Canyon — A River Journey)

If you build it

2011-11-28T19:01:00.001-08:00

they will come...

James Hall so smooth that he doesn't even spook the BUCK!

Jump the void

2011-11-27T17:31:00.000-08:00

Trails transformed my life

Tested and Tabled

2011-11-26T21:59:00.000-08:00

Check JBVO3-HanginKeen.blogspot.com

RIP

2011-11-25T07:20:00.000-08:00

Giants of Dirt creator and BMX dirt jump inspiration Dane Searls died Friday morning at Gold Coast Hospital in Australia, according to a statement from the Queensland Police. He was 23.

Searls succumbed to injuries sustained after he tried to jump into a swimming pool at Surfers Paradise night club Billy's Beach House on Sunday night in Queensland, Australia. He suffered traumatic head and back injuries, and had remained in a coma since the accident.

SMH: http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/bmx-star-dane-searls-dies-20111125-1nxpv.html

Goldcoast: http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/11/25/368771_gold-coast-news.html

Disc Brakes?

2011-11-23T14:44:00.000-08:00

Made in Colorado USA.. by BMXers

2011-11-21T16:03:00.000-08:00

All part orders out of the ONLINE STORE will get a free copy of

Time Will Tell.

No outsourcing, No bullshit!

Live More

2011-11-20T22:47:00.000-08:00

a little sunday motivation....

Get into it

2011-11-19T20:54:00.001-08:00

Time will Tell- $10

2011-11-19T20:37:00.000-08:00

Click the image to take advantage of this good deal!

DRC

2011-11-18T00:57:00.000-08:00

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

~John Howard

Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own.

~Louis J. Helle, Jr., Spring in Washington

Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world. ~Grant Petersen

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills

Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things. ~William Golding

NorthWest

2011-11-16T20:24:00.000-08:00

Sweet edit from Tyler Deschaine!
Riders: Nate Berkheimer, Mike Hammond, Paul Kintner, Kagen Doyle, Ted Van Orman, Beeler Van Orman, Dan Closser, GJ, Darin Read, Anthony Alex, Rusty Keys, Kelly Mcgarry, Mike Lawless, Scott Matual, Jon Bonthius, & Tyler Deschaine

Free Flying in the trees

2011-11-16T11:45:00.000-08:00

Mark Potoczny taking the Free Flyer Stem over some BIG dubs in the Steel City.

Kiss of Death

2011-11-15T22:58:00.000-08:00

One man's nightmare, is another man's profession.
$10 show for two people in the audience.

-Rural Thailand

The fire burns from within

2011-11-15T09:12:00.000-08:00

Troy McMurray taking it over vert in Boulder, CO @ 38 rotations around the sun.

Oct. 2011

Link-to an Interview I did with Troy for Soul BMX Mag

Coloradical

2011-11-15T08:12:00.000-08:00

Prepared for Mud Season...

2011-11-14T19:50:00.000-08:00

Solstice Fall Tour 2011

Pre-Season

2011-11-14T13:48:00.000-08:00

'Mah legs are so-ohhh strong I can't help but go high' - PROJECT - livin' it!

The Laughing Heart

2011-11-13T21:13:00.001-08:00

Evergreen

2011-11-11T19:08:00.000-08:00

Predicated on the low humidity it is common to see residents walk around in their short sleeve shirts in the middle of winter, and predicated on the high altitude there is little need of screens in the summer, due to a lack of flies. In early spring hundreds of elk descend down to residents homes where they feed unbothered by their human neighbors. Two risks associated with living in Evergreen are the occasional mountain lion that poses a risk to humans and pets and driving, which can be quite treacherous.

Eagle Eye over #5

2011-11-09T17:49:00.000-08:00

http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/7155467#1

build

ride

photograph

2011-11-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

Yo Ted- I went to a talk last week about the famine in East Africa. With all the 
crisis in the world its tragic that kids end up being the ones who suffer.  Very 
little media coverage has allowed many a blind eye to the situation. But through 
public awareness and insight i know that people will respond.  Check out the 
links below:

-Matthew Andriese

Hello Global Citizens

The African Student Organization and Save the Children is raising a fundraising 
to raise money to help with the food crisis in East of Africa. Make a difference 
by donation to help the children in East Africa. Drought is inevitable, but 
famine is not. Watch the video below.

http://one.org/us/actnow/fword/famine-thanks.html?akid=2688.1913558.CODzO-&rd=1&t=1

Below is the link to Save the Children organization for donations.

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/ASO_MTU/savethechildrenseastafricafoodcrisis

Opportunist

2011-11-08T22:20:00.000-08:00

Mile High

2011-11-08T18:48:00.000-08:00

2011-11-08T08:11:00.000-08:00

Just like humans, animals often ponder the weighty philosophical questions: “What’s the meaning of life?” “Why are we here?” “Should I have spent all those years in grad school?” But unlike humans, animals then quickly snap out of it and go back to living. So the lesson is while it’s perfectly natural to focus on the big picture, just like animals don’t forget to run in a field, splash in the water and avoid hungry hawks.

One shovel load at a time

2011-11-07T23:43:00.000-08:00

Zealous to the Soil

Shark Bite

2011-11-07T22:52:00.000-08:00

Create and Enjoy

2011-11-07T12:16:00.000-08:00

2011-11-05T22:37:00.001-07:00

2011-11-05T20:20:00.000-07:00

Life? is Manufactured in the USA

2011-11-05T19:37:00.001-07:00

2011-11-05T10:43:00.000-07:00

We are involved now in a profound failure of imagination. Most of us cannot imagine the wheat beyond the bread, or the farmer beyond the wheat, or the farm beyond the farmer, or the history beyond the farm. Most people cannot imagine the forest and the forest economy that produced their houses and furniture and paper; or the landscapes, the streams and the weather that fill their pitchers and bathtubs and swimming pools with water. Most people appear to assume that when they have paid their money for these things they have entirely met their obligations.

Money does not bring forth food. Neither does the technology of the food system. Food comes from nature and from the work of people. If the supply of food is to be continuous for a long time, then people must work in harmony with nature. That means that people must find the right answers to a lot of hard practical questions. The same applies to forestry and the possibility of a continuous supply of timber.

One way we could describe the task ahead of us is by saying that we need to enlarge the consciousness and the conscience of the economy. Our economy needs to know — and care — what it is doing. This is revolutionary, of course, if you have a taste for revolution, but it is also a matter of common sense.

Undoubtedly some people will want to start a movement to bring this about. They probably will call it the Movement to Teach the Economy What It Is Doing — the mtewiid. Despite my very considerable uneasiness, I will agree to this, but on three conditions.

My first condition is that this movement should begin by giving up all hope and belief in piecemeal, one-shot solutions. The present scientific quest for odourless hog manure should give us sufficient proof that the specialist is no longer with us. Even now, after centuries of reductionist propaganda, the world is still intricate and vast, as dark as it is light, a place of mystery, where we cannot do one thing without doing many things, or put two things together without putting many things together. Water quality, for example, cannot be improved without improving farming and forestry, but farming and forestry cannot be improved without improving the education of consumers — and so on.

The proper business of a human economy is to make one whole thing of ourselves and this world. To make ourselves into a practical wholeness with the land under our feet is maybe not altogether possible — how would we know? — but, as a goal, it at least carries us beyond hubris, beyond the utterly groundless assumption that we can subdivide our present great failure into a thousand separate problems that can be fixed by a thousand task forces of academic and bureaucratic specialists. That programme has been given more than a fair chance to prove itself, and we ought to know by now that it won’t work.

My second condition is that the people in this movement (the mtewiid) should take full responsibility for themselves as members of the economy. If we are going to teach the economy what it is doing, then we need to learn what we are doing. This is going to have to be a private movement as well as a public one. If it is unrealistic to expect wasteful industries to be conservers, then obviously we must lead in part the public life of complainers, petitioners, protesters, advocates and supporters of stricter regulations and saner policies. But that is not enough.

If it is unreasonable to expect a bad economy to try to become a good one, then we must go to work to build a good economy. It is appropriate that this duty should fall to us, for good economic behaviour is more possible for us than it is for the great corporations with their miseducated managers and their greedy and oblivious stockholders. Because it is possible for us, we must try in every way we can to make good economic sense in our own lives, in our households, and in our communities. We must do more for ourselves and our neighbours. We must learn to spend our money with our friends and not with our enemies. But to do this it is necessary to renew local economies and revive the domestic arts.

In seeking to change our economic use of the world, we are seeking inescapably to change our lives. The outward harmony that we desire between our economy and the world depends finally upon an inward harmony between our own hearts and the originating spirit that is the life of all creatures, a spirit as near us as our flesh and yet forever beyond the measures of this obsessively measuring age. We can grow good wheat and make good bread only if we understand that we do not live by bread alone.

My third condition is that this movement should content itself to be poor. We need to find cheap solutions, solutions within the reach of everybody, and the availability of a lot of money prevents the discovery of cheap solutions. The solutions of modern medicine and modern agriculture are all staggeringly expensive, and this is caused in part, and maybe altogether, because of the availability of huge sums of money for medical and agricultural research.

Too much money, moreover, attracts administrators and experts as sugar attracts ants — look at what is happening in our universities. We should not envy rich movements that are organized and led by an alternative bureaucracy living on the problems it is supposed to solve. We want a movement that is a movement because it is advanced by all its members in their daily lives.

NOW, HAVING COMPLETED this very formidable list of the problems and difficulties, fears and fearful hopes that lie ahead of us, I am relieved to see that I have been preparing myself all along to end by saying something cheerful. What I have been talking about is the possibility of renewing human respect for this Earth and all the good, useful and beautiful things that come from it. I have made it clear, I hope, that I don’t think this respect can be adequately enacted or conveyed by tipping our hats to nature or by representing natural loveliness in art or by prayers of thanksgiving or by preserving tracts of wilderness — although I recommend all those things. The respect I mean can be given only by using well the world’s goods that are given to us. This good use, which renews respect — which is the only currency, so to speak, of respect — also renews our pleasure. The callings and disciplines that I have spoken of as the domestic arts are stationed all along the way from the farm to the prepared dinner, from the forest to the dinner table, from stewardship of the land to hospitality to friends and strangers. These arts are as demanding and gratifying, as instructive and as pleasing, as the so-called “fine arts”. To learn them is, I believe, the work that is our profoundest calling. Our reward is that they will enrich our lives and make us glad.This article is reprinted from Orion magazine. Wendell Berry is a farmer, a poet and a novelist.

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"I think being a farmer is fascinating," he says. "It fits in nicely with photography. Most physical labor is like farming: you are out there forking the hay and letting your mind drift here and there. In photography, with the weight of the equipment and the constant moving about, the physical labor is, in fact, about as severe. But there's the added factor of concentration. I couldn't physically do the kind of photographs that I do, seven or even five days a week, every week. I'd be wiped out. The people who try to do it burn out and disappear.

"Concentration is the one thing I bring to photography that the average kid who walks through the door doesn't. I can go to an event like Mardi Gras and focus for eighteen hours. Most people can't focus on anything for more than three seconds. And photography, like flying, requires total concentration; it can take everything you have. The great tragedy of photography," says Gardner with a grin, "is that if you can't do it, you don't die."

"Do you consider photography work?" I want to know.

"I've always known that if you wanted to do something, you probably wanted to do it for about ten per cent of what was involved in doing it. The rest is just work. But it's not a problem for me.

"I think you must get pleasure out of the act of photography, and to do it on a more or less continuous basis over a period of years, you have to love it."

"When you began," I ask, "did you ever think about art?"

"No, never."

"Go to museums and look?"

"Not then. I read a lot, and photographs struck me, somehow, as something more than just spaces between type."

"Are you interested in journalism?"

"No, I'm interested in pictures."

"Are you interested in facts, conveying facts?"

"Not in pictures."

"Do you view your subjects as real people?"

"God yes. Sure."

It strikes me that George W. Gardner would be a perfect subject for one of his pictures.

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