Though Timothy Morton describes the current ecological moment as a kind of planetary ‘charnel ground’, i.e. we have basically already died and just haven’t realized it yet, I am perhaps stubbornly holding out for some hope. Despite the epic damage our species has wrought on its fellow organisms and on the very climatological systems that keep everything in its finely tuned balance, I am seeing signs here and there that the processes of planetary repair are kicking in, and that one day, the worst of what we have done will be obscured beneath layers of unquenchable biomass.
I second that emotion. The intent of my charnel ground motif was to help us go beyond fear, not so much to slip into blank despair…so I really appreciate what he does here. HT Marina Zurkow, she of Elixir and Mesocosm fame.
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