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  April 4, 2008


homeless
Just before Christmas 2004 I wrote an article about homelessness and substance addiction. Not as a national and global disgrace, which it is, but as a metaphor for what civilization has done to us. Our modern 'homelessness' is our disconnection from place, from all-life-on-Earth, from living a natural life in a natural environment. Our modern addiction is to consumption and debt. It's all so understandable, tragic, and intractable.

The next time you see a homeless person, or an addict, don't be frightened, angry, or filled with pathos. You are looking in the mirror.

Read the full article.

Image of homelessness from the now-defunct Italian blog Moving & Learning .

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