Climate’s Deadly Grip, or an increase of Dwarf Misteltoe on Ponderosa Pine In the WALLOWAS

Before we jump into this Gemini-generated DEEP DIVE into climate breakdown, ponderosa pine trees, and the increase of Dwarf Misteltoe infestations killing trees, here’s a little climate meditation I rehearse everyday while doing composition and photography fieldwork in the high alpine WALLOWAS; it helps me “keep WOKE”, ear widen open, so to speak, and focus my energy: RIGHT ACTION IN THE FACE OF RUNAWAY CLIMATE CHANGE. The root of Climate Change isn't carbon; It's the destructive nature of thought itself. I wrongly divide myself from the world; Everything other I either ignore or fear, or seek to control or destroy. The Geometry of Life is not two guns pointed at each other; it's a circle. We’re all Brothers & Sisters, you & I, the Rock, the River, the Tree, the Sky. Our war against Nature, against ourselves, only ends with a revolution of thought and consciousness. IMAGE: Dwarf Misteltoe infestation on Ponderosa Pine at 1300m, WALLOWAS, OREGON