Today was interesting.
The Liszt bicentennial concert happened. It was in honor of a man who donated a concert piano to the music department last month. He loved the piano. He died two weeks ago. He left two kids who are in high school.
This evening I watched a film called Patagonia Rising. It documents how a water corporation owned by foreign investors is trying to build hydroelectric dams across the two major rivers of Patagonia, Chile. It would displace thousands of farmers who have lived along the river banks for years, flood their farmlands and doubtless have a large impact on the local flora and fauna. The even bigger issue with it is that it wouldn't produce half as much energy as other sustainable options like solar panels or windmills.
The answers? I certainly don't know. Personally, I'd prioritize human injustices over environmental ones. Often they are interconnected, but honestly when it comes to keeping emaciated children from dying or saving a plot of rainforest trees there is absolutely no question in my mind. There is a balance of man and nature somewhere, but it hasn't been discovered yet. I think there are too many of our skewed desires on the planet for it to work, too many politics, nuts and bolts, too many people who don't give value to a soul... And really, if you don't have a soul, what do you have?
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a word of truth
'Cause all that you have
Is your soul.
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