“My monumental netted sculptural environments move through time, animated by an ever-changing 'wind choreography,' making invisible air currents suddenly visible to the human eye. I make living, breathing pieces that respond to the forces of nature - wind, light, water.” HumansLightEyeMovingForceWaterEnvironmentPiecesAirMovementWindCurrentsInvisibleBreathingVisibleAnimatedRough TimesChoreographyForces Of NatureHuman Eyes Author:Janet Echelman
“A tree is a thought, an obstruction stopping the flow of wind and light, trapping water, housing insects, birds, and animals, and breathing in and out. How treelike the human, how human the tree.” HumansLightWaterAnimalTreeWindBirdFlowBreathingStoppingInsectsHousingObstruction Book:Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays Source: Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays
“The choking humidity makes amphibians of us all, in Bombay, breathing water in air; you learn to live with it, and you learn to like it, or you leave.” WaterAirBreathingShantaramChokeBombayHumidityAmphibians Book:Shantaram: A Novel Source: Shantaram: A Novel
“Apart from the obvious advantages of having ice to melt, filter, then drink, you can also break apart the water's hydrogen from its oxygen. Use the hydrogen and some of the oxygen as active ingredients in rocket fuel and keep the rest of the oxygen for breathing. And in your spare time between space missions, you can always go ice skating on the frozen lake created with the extracted water.” UseWaterSpaceBreakDrinkAdvantageObviousMissionsActiveIceBreathingFuelLakesExplorationIngredientsSparesFrozenOxygenRocketsSpace ExplorationSkatingFiltersHydrogenSpare TimeIce SkatingFrozen Lake Book:Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries Source: Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
“Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child.” HeartChildrenEarthSpiritMotherWaitingWaterMorningCreationBirthEmptyMovedFilledSilentBreathingCradleLike A MotherBreathing Life Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“Silence is essential for deep transformation. It allows the practice of conscious breathing to become deep and effective. Like still water that reflects things as they are, the calming silence helps us to see things more clearly, and therefore, to be in deeper contact with ourselves and those around us.” StillsHelpingWaterSilencePracticeEssentialsConsciousTransformationDeeperContactBreathingSilence IsCalmingStill Waters Author:Nhat Hanh
“The Sacred isn't housed in a building or worn around your neck or something in the sky. The Sacred is the here and now we reside in, all breathing the same air, all imbibing the same water and made of the same earth with 'the life force' flowing through all living things.” MadeEarthForceWaterAirSkyBuildingSacredBreathingHolinessNecksWornLiving ThingsHere And NowImbibing Author:Jaune Quick–to–See Smith
“Besides, the sense of safety offered by bottled water is a mirage. It turns out that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main route of exposure to volatile pollutants in tap water, such as solvents, pesticides, and byproducts of water chlorination. As soon as the toilet is flushed or the faucet turned on-or the bathtub, the shower, the humidifier, the washing machine-these contaminants leave the water and enter the air. A recent study shows that the most efficient way of exposing yourself to chemical contaminants in tap water is to turn on a dishwasher.” WayShowsTurnsWaterStudyAirMachinesSafetyDrinkingEnvironmentalBreathingChemicalsEfficientShowersRoutesExposureToiletsTurn-onWashingExposingMiragesBathtubsPesticidesDishwashersWashing MachinesBottled WaterTap WaterExposing Yourself Author:Sandra Steingraber