
Ipanema beach Rio de Janiero Brazil a couple of days ago.. courtesy of my friend who lives in the district… What kinda name d’ya call THAT cloud? #amazonia

‘Nuff said… “Sit up man!”

Rising with the birds…

When the wind and the trees whisper to each other…

And then another day arrives…

Prickly… How ‘prickly’ are you feeling these days? I’m feeling pretty prickly all in all.. Trying to create ‘inner peace’ when the outer global situation is totally mad. The news doesn’t help. It’s completely discomforting in every way…24/7 if you choose to pay attention to it. So what d’ya do with that? Like a Zen Buddhist existential conundrum.

A still shot from my installation Annie Lennox ‘Now I Let You Go…’ At MASSMoCA until Feb 2020 #massmoca

Eucalyptus…

Like so many people, I’ve been experiencing a kind of existential despair since reading about the recent amplified burnings of the Amazon rain forest.. I suspect the damage we are doing as humans is irreversible and the thought of that is intolerable. #amazonia

You may already know I LOVE @gregoryportermusic – his extraordinary voice and incredibly beautiful songs.. And I was beyond THRILLED to be invited to record our conversation on his brand new podcast, entitled ‘The Hang’! Actually – we ‘hung out’ and talked for hours after the recording.. We could have gone on for days sharing insights, stories and reminiscences.. Our longer conversation really should be turned into a series by itself, but I don’t know how he’d fit that into his busy schedule !! ( Link in bio to listen )

Thank you for sending your thought provoking responses to yesterday’s post.. When I first had the privilege of visiting Brazil and the Amazon Rainforest almost 30 years ago, I was already highly aware of the rampant deforestation taking place, and although the situation had a sense of ‘urgency’ back then, I still had some hope that whoever was in power would make sure to protect this priceless global treasure – the ‘Lung of the World’- it’s indigenous people, plants and life forms.. Now it seems we are past the point of no return. There are people in power intent on wanton destruction, corruption, criminality and ruthless exploitation. And ‘we’ are also all culpable as part of the Global consumerist society. It is so profoundly disheartening to feel powerless to reverse this situation.. All I can do is post/blog and try to spread the awareness..

Earlier this morning a dear Brazilian friend of mine sent me a news report from a São Paulo news report – the skies are darkened in the daylight hours as a result of the forest fires miles away in the Amazon jungle.. This is absolutely horrendous.. An apocalyptic vision.. There’s no other way to describe it. If anyone is reading this from Brazil, Rio de Janiero or San Paulo could you let us know what’s happening?

Meredith Rosen Gallery is pleased to present The Ballad of Linda Leven, a solo exhibition of new work by @talilennox . The show will open Friday, September 13 and remain on view through October 26, 2019.

My girl backstage!! Proud mama… #lolalennox

This world makes me feel incredibly sad at so many levels.. I’m just postin’ these pictures so I don’t forget it’s indescribable beauty.

Magical singing from Cameroon… Magical plants by nature’s invisible force..

Cloud watching… White clouds against the blue.. I could watch them all day.. if I didn’t have other things to do..

Room with a view…

Cascades of nature’s beauty.. unfiltered!!
