Hey Chandler, this was an awesome read! I never knew that forest fires were actually needed to provide nutrients to the soil and that trees can survive it. That’s a beautiful story and I love how you brought up death and how it comes in cycles. It reminds me of the circle of life from the lion king. I truly believe that death is never final, it just represents the destruction needed to change. Thank you so much for sharing this! Your newsletter is awesome by the way! Just subscribed! :)
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you've found this post valuable. Fire has taught me a lot, and it's very dear to my heart 🔥 A very important part of the circle of life.
Hi Chandler—looking back at some of your more recent but not latest posts I found this one, your reflections on fire and life and death and rebirth, and I resonate a lot with that. We just moved to the central coast from the Yosemite area where every summer is fraught with fire risk, and now, there is a large fire just south of us near Santa Ynez. Interesting to me that this post didn’t receive a lot of comments and yet there is so much to it. This also inspires me not to worry whether people respond like or comment to my posts immediately because after doing a little digging here I am finding the beauty of your past reflections. I have written a number of reflections on my experience with fire but am not sure I am ready to share them. In them, I explore my experience of PTSD without calling it that.
I really appreciate you sharing, Marilyn 💙 It means a lot that you take the time to look through my previous work!
And yes, wildfire has been really challenging across North America. Recently there's been a lot more work getting done in fire prevention, which is amazing, and a program in my hometown has been spearheading efforts to make a replicatable model for that! So that's a big step in the right direction at least.
You know, a big part of the likes and comments is definitely a result of my low subscriber count, but I feel like it's actually relatively good. Not many people want to take the time to engage on the internet. Over time, I'm sure it will get better for both of us! It definitely feels like we need to spend time engaging with the community in addition to writing high quality articles!
It's my goal to build a real community, rather than an audience, but I haven't yet established a strong reputation for that engagement.
So it's really so lovely to see you engaging with my work, and taking the time to comment and share your perspective! I look forward to checking out more of your work, and reading about your experiences 🙏
There is a video game - Persona 5. In it there is a machine called "Fusion".
The character has multiple personas they can access and when they use the fusion machine to merge two personas together they have a new creation.
It goes that they cannot keep all of the personas rather they have to choose what to take with them.
Principles from Carl Jung.
Over the past four years I've had 3 distinct phases of identity, I feel as though I am about to be in a new one.
But I have taken ideas from the game.
Asking myself - what do I want to keep from my previous version of self? How can I bottle this up and allow a way to access the feelings and ideals I held?
On side.
In Australia our indigenous people did back burning, working with the land and seasons.
The government enforced they couldn't any more.
After the bushfires devastating the country they've since amended the law and opened more of a dialogue with our people with native knowledge.
Concepts of regeneration and understanding the flow of death and re-birth are important. Thank you for your wandering ☁️
Thanks for sharing your process! It's powerful to ask ourselves those critical questions of what we want to hold on to and let go. And so awesome that we can find wisdom in anything, even video games 😄
I'm happy to hear that they are allowing indigenous practices, too. Here in the US, imburns have been practiced for thousands of years until only recently. Now, indigenous burning practices are making a comeback and restoring the health of the land 💙
Hey Chandler, this was an awesome read! I never knew that forest fires were actually needed to provide nutrients to the soil and that trees can survive it. That’s a beautiful story and I love how you brought up death and how it comes in cycles. It reminds me of the circle of life from the lion king. I truly believe that death is never final, it just represents the destruction needed to change. Thank you so much for sharing this! Your newsletter is awesome by the way! Just subscribed! :)
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you've found this post valuable. Fire has taught me a lot, and it's very dear to my heart 🔥 A very important part of the circle of life.
That’s awesome Chandler! Love this! Keep up the great work! :)
Hi Chandler—looking back at some of your more recent but not latest posts I found this one, your reflections on fire and life and death and rebirth, and I resonate a lot with that. We just moved to the central coast from the Yosemite area where every summer is fraught with fire risk, and now, there is a large fire just south of us near Santa Ynez. Interesting to me that this post didn’t receive a lot of comments and yet there is so much to it. This also inspires me not to worry whether people respond like or comment to my posts immediately because after doing a little digging here I am finding the beauty of your past reflections. I have written a number of reflections on my experience with fire but am not sure I am ready to share them. In them, I explore my experience of PTSD without calling it that.
I really appreciate you sharing, Marilyn 💙 It means a lot that you take the time to look through my previous work!
And yes, wildfire has been really challenging across North America. Recently there's been a lot more work getting done in fire prevention, which is amazing, and a program in my hometown has been spearheading efforts to make a replicatable model for that! So that's a big step in the right direction at least.
You know, a big part of the likes and comments is definitely a result of my low subscriber count, but I feel like it's actually relatively good. Not many people want to take the time to engage on the internet. Over time, I'm sure it will get better for both of us! It definitely feels like we need to spend time engaging with the community in addition to writing high quality articles!
It's my goal to build a real community, rather than an audience, but I haven't yet established a strong reputation for that engagement.
So it's really so lovely to see you engaging with my work, and taking the time to comment and share your perspective! I look forward to checking out more of your work, and reading about your experiences 🙏
I feel a kinship with your goals.
A beautiful peice!
I'm looking forward to the series 🙂
There is a video game - Persona 5. In it there is a machine called "Fusion".
The character has multiple personas they can access and when they use the fusion machine to merge two personas together they have a new creation.
It goes that they cannot keep all of the personas rather they have to choose what to take with them.
Principles from Carl Jung.
Over the past four years I've had 3 distinct phases of identity, I feel as though I am about to be in a new one.
But I have taken ideas from the game.
Asking myself - what do I want to keep from my previous version of self? How can I bottle this up and allow a way to access the feelings and ideals I held?
On side.
In Australia our indigenous people did back burning, working with the land and seasons.
The government enforced they couldn't any more.
After the bushfires devastating the country they've since amended the law and opened more of a dialogue with our people with native knowledge.
Concepts of regeneration and understanding the flow of death and re-birth are important. Thank you for your wandering ☁️
Thanks for sharing your process! It's powerful to ask ourselves those critical questions of what we want to hold on to and let go. And so awesome that we can find wisdom in anything, even video games 😄
I'm happy to hear that they are allowing indigenous practices, too. Here in the US, imburns have been practiced for thousands of years until only recently. Now, indigenous burning practices are making a comeback and restoring the health of the land 💙
I feel lucky to have participated in one!