@elokapina marssi tÀnÀÀn HelsingissÀ vaatien Suomen valtiota kunnioittamaan ympÀristösitoumuksiaan. Se on vÀhintÀ mitÀ Suomi voi tehdÀ.
ValokuvaajaystÀvilleni suosittelen osallistumaan marsseille ja mielenosoituksiin valokuvaajana. Voit paitsi tehdÀ merkityksellistÀ työtÀ, pÀÀstÀ luovan katuvalokuvauksen makuun.
Feeling all sorts of feelings here. Relief, calm, grief, anger, curiosity, warmth, inspiration, guilt, fear, fatigue, relaxation, love...
It's a bizarre feeling to float there just above a whole ecosystem that probably won't be there in some years. It feels like a museum of sorts, a glimpse into the past from the future where this seascape won't be accessible. And all the innocent corals just hanging there peacefully without an idea of what's about to hit them. Or maybe they do, some parts already showing the signs of bleaching.
Warm water corals are at a tipping point, 80% worldwide having just experienced a severe bleaching 2 years ago, and I'm not very hopeful about humanity being able to pull a 180 and get the ocean warming to slow down, yet reverse. So all I can do in this moment is to marvel and grieve, say good byes, and hope for the best.
And in a way these feelings get mixed with what I feel with my parents, with whom I'm traveling here. Since my brother passed four years ago, I've had this terrible fear of losing my parents eventually as well and the void that it's going to leave. At times it feels almost crushing. But being able to be present here with them is truly valuable. Especially when we're here without our work personas that we're carrying with us most of the time back home.
It's painful to think that us being here is hurting the planet, but it's a pain I need to accept. I guess ignorance truly is bliss but only in a way the yeast in wine feasts on the sugars until there's none left or the wine gets alcoholic enough to kill the whole population.
And no, I don't think we should give up and let go. We should do everything imaginable to give the most of life as good a life as possible on earth for as long as possible, including ourselves. And no, I'm not setting a good example by having flown here from across the globe. I'm part of the problem, most of us in the so-called west are. But we can also be part of the solution.
I love this globe, I love my parents, I love life. But like a buddhist would maybe say, life is about learning to let go, and all these too, shall pass.
Still like dust lingers here. These photographs function much like rhythm in poetry, a bridge between one life and all others across time.Â
Thank you, Olga and Pyry, for your work, and everyone who joined the living poems on September 14th.
Still like dust by @olga_spyropoulou and @pyrykan was part of Each day hides a grain of Sunday vol.2, an artist laboratory curated by Candama (@mariadecandama ) for Circus Maximus.
A collaboration with @artistswithevidence and @arkkitehtuuri_ja_designmuseo . Supported by @helsinki .
Photography by @pyrykan .
Today at Cascata del Mulino di Saturnio. A little free paradise of a #thermalbath in southern #tuscany . Couldn't begin the vacations better. A #sexyselfie themed day with @maripeligro and @veeratolvanen
