Earth Vision

The Earth Vision Projectintroduction.
Treewords in the sap current of forest talk.Prelude: Soundscape of Light
Birdsong and wing phrases of avianspeak.In the night, as his dreaming forms a weaving of
Wolf-tongue eloquence. Floral linguistics. Rustlingsound and image, he opens to a stream
leaf poetry. Watery oratory of riverflow andcondensing from an ethereal height. Grounded in
oceanwash.spirit, anchored in light, the chorale flows
These lines are drawn from an entry in Earthearthbound to merge with redwood violin
Vision, a travelogue of spiritual ecology, a workstreams, wandering coyote piano keys,
begun in 1987 and completed in 2007. Currently inshimmering swan trumpetings, and myriad other
e-book form, The EV travelogue visits 70 sitesvoicings that form a symphonic pool.
across North America with artistic photographsWithin the pool, trout and salmon harmonies wheel
and poetic prose.in a broad eddy, interplaying a lucency that
The Earth Vision project went on to produce fivewakens an angel who dwells upon a ridge of joy.
books with a theme of spiritual ecology, as well asAnd the river of light-sound spills down through a
ongoing treatments of current environmentalforest of dancing nature spirits and out across a
issues, in the form of articles. In 2008, Insight21broad plateau, over which lofts the angel prisming
was launched, a sister project to Earth Vision.with light and color.
Insight21 presents answers for the 21st Century.Steadfast the radiance glides on until, by the rim
Of note, Earth Vision was conceived around theof the plateau, whitewatering through a canyon of
same time that its author discovered the inspiringdeepening hope, the stream of rarefied
music of Daniel Kobialka, which lent an underlyingconsciousness rounds a final bend, then tumbles
thematic feeling upon which to compose theas a waterfall, a heartsong that cascades down
writing. Readers can experience a musical qualityinto the Void. . .
living within the pages of the Earth Vision material.There is no sound now. No movement. Only
In fact, the overall composition of the first book,silence and stillness. And a soft imperceptible glow.
the travelogue, begins with a prelude and endsThe mystery has begun.
with a coda. The prelude is offered here as an