To Ireland, With Love!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w13pLP2MrtA

“we love you guys.” 🔥❤️

#Ireland #Palestine #Gratitude #Courage #Leadership #Support #UFC #Politics #Solidarity #AntiGenocide #Respect #Morality #Remember

We really needed this rain. ☔️ It’s been far too long. Should put these fires out. 🙏 #lafires #rain #gratitude #losangeles #california #hollywood #drought #clean #la

As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.

#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology

We are theys and gays and bis and pans and black and brown and white and all other colors and none and Christian and pagan and Jewish and doubters and Ifa Orisha and Buddhist and “today I’m x tomorrow I might be y” but most of all, we are lovers of humanity and all beings—that is the thing that connects us across other categories. #gratitude

Dammit. My kid had to evac fr #Palisadesfire @2am. The drop in winds I guess backdrafted the fire toward their apt. They're safe in a hotel but my god I hate this.

Watching Canadian fire bombers scoop water fr the ocean near my kid's apt has me sobbing. #gratitude https://www.tiktok.com/@dinameetsworld/video/7458080995569437998

[Short film]: SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother)

"During a visit to her sister Amaliata, Rosa, a wise #Wayuu woman, teaches her grandchildren the importance of reciprocity within their culture."

"The Wayuu people are Indigenous to La Guajira peninsula in the northern regions of today’s Colombia and Venezuela.

"Like all Indigenous communities whose lives are shaped by five centuries of colonialism in the Americas, Wayuu people continue to experience severe cultural disruption due to the domination of state structures, policies, and an international border. These disruptions are simultaneously created and exacerbated by extreme poverty and education disparities, and help to explain a high rate of child mortality. At the same time, the intensification of climate change has resulted in increasing difficulty for Wayuu communities to maintain themselves in ways they are accustomed to. This includes the values of sharing and caring for each other even over great distances, as this film demonstrates."

https://www.reciprocity.org/films/sukujula-tei

#LaGuajira #Colombia #Venezuela #Colonialism #DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject
#Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom #Gratitude #SouthAmerica

[Short film] ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)

"Filmed on the #QuallaBoundary and #CherokeeNation, ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught) - pronounced "oo-day-yoh-nuh" - explores expressions of reciprocity within Cherokee communities, brought to life through a story told by an elder and first language speaker. ᎤᏕᏲᏅ is a reflection on tradition, language, land, and a commitment to maintaining balance. This film was created in collaboration with independent artists from both #CherokeeNation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

"Today’s Cherokees are organized into three federally-recognized tribes: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. As with most of the films in this series, language is conveyed as an integral part of how Indigenous peoples interact with the land through culture and their distinct worldviews to enact reciprocity. Tom Belt demonstrates how embedded in the Cherokee language are worldviews for which concepts often do not have easy translations into English. For instance, the fact that there is no word for art, and that the idea of creating something with its source in the natural world means that the artist is not creating something new, but simply remaking that material into something else. “Art” is thus both a medium for creative cultural expression and that which connects humans to the natural world through the transformation of natural materials into what we call art.

"Tom also shares another key perspective, that the world does not belong to humans. He tells us the ownership of the world belongs to those who came before humans, making humans merely guests who have 'to be as careful and responsible as we can be.'

"This film further exposes how gratitude and gifting are intertwined as necessary ingredients of reciprocity. Did you notice in the beginning of the film the offering of tobacco as the tree was taken so the masks could be made? In American Indian cultures the offering of tobacco is an almost universal element of thanksgiving. Other things could be given as an offering as well. By assuming responsibility and respect for what is being taken, the offering constitutes an act of reciprocity and gratitude."

Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/udeyonv

#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers #IndigenousFilms #ReciprocityProject #Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom #HonorTheEarth #EasternBandOfCherokeeIndians #UnitedKeetoowah #Reciprocity #Gratitude

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Thank you for this day. 🤖

“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” — Vincent van Gogh


#tyftd #ThankYouForThisDay #goodMorning #gratitude #ritual #thankYou #goodVibes #GoodMorningPhoto #Chicago #architecture #DailyPhoto #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #art #robot #sculpture

Thank you, Mastodon, for saving my car for another month and allowing me to get my electricity turned back on today. I'm still in a serious bind with my property taxes, and I'm behind 3 months on the car, but being able to look for and travel to a job sure does help!

#MutualAid
#Gratitude