Story Info
Story Info
Janice Rous
Maitland, Florida, USA
2018
Type of Wounded Place
Story & Experience
All over my area of central Florida the trees are coming down and buildings are going up. It’s called progress by some. For me personally it makes me deeply sad and full of deep grief. In this global earth exchange I tried to see what’s going up in place of this land and I try to give it love. I also try to feel loving to the men whose work it us to put up these buildings Sadness Loss Grief for our mothers’ gifts
All over my area of central Florida the trees are coming down and buildings are going up. It’s called progress by some. For me personally it makes me deeply sad and full of deep grief. In this global earth exchange I tried to see what’s going up in place of this land and I try to give it love. I also try to feel loving to the men whose work it us to put up these buildings Sadness Loss Grief for our mothers’ gifts
Maitland, Florida, USA
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