Category Archives: Arts

“Earth”

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

WARNING: Explicit language. Why would I post something with explicit language? Because our very survival depends on all of us to wake up now. As the song Earth below says, “we gotta love the earth, we’re being stupid.” If shocking … Continue reading →

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Extinction Rebellion coming to the U.S.

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

As I was working on today’s blog post, I got a message from my friend Ed Fallon, that he will be discussing the Extinction Rebellion (XR) on his radio program, the Fallon Forum, today. You can listen to the program … Continue reading →

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Global Climate Strike

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday thousands of students in over 100 countries went into the streets to demand action on climate change instead of going to classes. The following statement from the Sunrise Movement describes why this is a youth-led and youth-centered movement. The … Continue reading →

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The photo that changed my life

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

In January I read the blog post 1:1000, A Picture is Worth 1000 Words by Julianna Whalen on her site, Streets and Streams. Her idea is to write 1,000 words about one photo. Shortly after reading that, I wrote a blog post … Continue reading →

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Youth Climate Strike

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

What is education? How and where do our youth learn? What responsibility should youth have in the world today? I spent my High School years at Scattergood Friends (Quaker) School and Farm just east of West Branch, Iowa. The work … Continue reading →

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30,000

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Tonight I was glad to join the ZOOM online meeting for updates about the Sunrise Movement. Over 450 people were on the call. Over 30,000 have joined the Sunrise Movement in the past couple of weeks! Last week over 100 … Continue reading →

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Jussie Smollett

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Reading the stories about the recent attack on Jussie Smollett in Chicago made me curious to learn more about the actor, singer, director, and photographer. I learned he stars in the television series “Empire“, which I haven’t seen, yet. Looking … Continue reading →

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1 Picture (Indy Art) : 1,000 Words

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

I recently wrote about this blog post:  1:1000, A Picture is Worth 1000 Words written by Julianna Whalen on her site, Streets and Streams. Her idea is to write 1,000 words about one photo. I experimented with that idea with this post … Continue reading →

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1 photo : 1,000 words

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

In a recent post that was a photo gallery of some pictures I’ve taken this winter, I mentioned the phrase “a picture is worth 1,000 words”. The WordPress Reader provides links to related blog posts. One caught my attention: 1:1000, … Continue reading →

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Snow Gallery

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, this blog post has 15,000.

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