Dieser Film wird von einem Briefträger erzählt, der seine letzte Runde macht, bevor er in Pension geht. Mir gefällt die Welt, in der der Film stattfindet; die Gedanken, die der Mann sich macht; und dann auch die künstlerische Darstellung.

… This film is being related by a postman who makes his last round before retirement. I like the universe in which the film is playing; the thoughts that the man is having about his life; and also the artwork.

Das ist doch ein Ding! ich glaube, dass es jetzt das dritte Mal ist, dass ich dasselbe Bild für einen Film auswähle, das auch als Titelbild auftaucht.

… Well, I’ll be …. I believe this is the third time that I am choosing the same clip as picture of a movie that also appears as the title clip.

You get another one … Hier kommt noch eines …

Nach einem langen Leben mit täglichem Kontakt zu Menschen und einer Arbeit, die einem gefiel, kann man dann schon mal in ein dunkles Loch fallen, aber, man hat seine Spuren hinterlassen, die Menschen werden sich an einen erinnern und man wird vermisst werden, man wird klarkommen …

… After a long life with daily contact to people and work that one liked, one might fall into a dark hole, but, one has left traces, one will be remembered and missed, one will be alright …

Source: Ein Dienstagslächeln / … A Tuesday smile – Stella, oh, Stella

Source: Trump says he will impose new tariffs on South Korea, sending shares in carmakers tumbling | South Korea | The Guardian

At least 30 current and former immigration agents have been charged or convicted of violent offenses, according to a new report. Two advocacy groups, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance and the Pacific Antifascist Collective, published an updated list on Monday of immigration officers, all of whom are men, …
— Read on www.rawstory.com/trump-immigration-2675035302/

Source: Column: Facts about Alex Pretti’s death are undeniable. The White House is denying them anyway. – Los Angeles Times

UK ticket sales for Melania are so far “soft”, according to Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, one of the country’s biggest cinema operators. Just one ticket has been sold for the first 3.10pm screening on Friday at its flagship Islington branch in London, while two have been booked for 6pm.

Source: Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’ | Movies | The Guardian

In parts of Indonesian Borneo, forests endure not because they are fenced off or regulated, but because they are feared. Among the Indigenous Iban people of Sungai Utik, large strangler fig trees are believed to house spirits that can mislead, sicken, or even kill those who disturb them. The belief is not abstract. It is anchored in stories, warnings and remembered loss, Mongabay’s Liz Kimbrough recently reported.

One such story recounts a boy who vanished near a rice field, only to be found hours later by a towering fig. He said spirits had called to him and hidden him in plain sight. His family took him to a shaman. His name was changed, to sever the spirits’ hold. The tree remained.

For researchers, these accounts might read as folklore. Yet new fieldwork shows that the consequences of such beliefs are visible on the land. When the Iban clear fields for farming, they leave large strangler figs standing. They also leave a buffer of forest around them, creating islands of vegetation scattered through farmland. The practice is called dipulau, a word that translates simply as “island.”

These islands occupy only a small fraction of the cultivated landscape, perhaps 1 or 2%. Still, they matter. Different species of strangler figs fruit at different times of the year and draw birds, primates and wild pigs when other food is scarce. Hunters once waited beneath them. Today, wildlife still moves between forest and field along these living stepping stones.

Measurements from Sungai Utik show that strangler figs are as common in farmland as in nearby old-growth forest. Those in fields often grow larger, unchallenged by neighboring trees. The result is an agricultural landscape that retains pockets of ecological relevance, not because of policy, but because of tradition.

The belief system that protects these trees is fraying. Most villagers are now Catholic. Some younger residents question whether spirits truly punish those who cut a fig tree. A few have done so and lived without obvious consequence. The taboo holds, but less tightly than before.

That erosion matters because the belief has a real effect. It preserves trees that shelter species and seed regeneration. It shapes land use without external enforcement. Researchers call this autonomous conservation. It depends on shared norms rather than incentives or threats.

Whether one accepts the presence of spirits in fig trees is beside the point. What matters is that a forest has been spared, repeatedly, because cutting certain trees felt like crossing a line. In a world searching for ways to protect what remains, that line deserves attention.

Read the full article here.

Source: Tree spirits: The unintended ecology of belief

« Washington – Amazon » alternates scenes from two art installations of my paintings and totemic sculptures in Washington D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, USA, with the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures in the Yanomami village of Arata-Teri in the Alto Orinoco region of Amazonas, Venezuela.

Sound Design by César Antonio Estay Herrera

Here’s the film:

For more information about the Rainforest Art Project, please see my website here:

https://www.barbaranavarro.com

And here in a blog by Palm Oil Detectives:

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/114089794/posts/3744071063

Thank you so much for appreciating my work!
Barbara

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil, exotic wood, gemstones, soy, beef, leather, etc.

Source: The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 3 – « Washington – Amazon » 3:44 | Barbara Crane Navarro

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says Trump has considered invoking the Insurrection Act after AOC warns of dangerous moment in US.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-insurrection

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