Look and See, it's the title of a movie. Simply, a movie about Wendell Berry, but really more about what he believes and values.
One of Berry's essays I read recently from The Future of Nature, Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine included:
"The principles of neighborhood and subsistence will be disparaged by the globalists as "protectionism"--and that is exactly what it is. It is a protectionism that is just and sound, because it protects local producers and is the best assurance of adequate supplies to local consumers. And the idea that local needs should be met first and only surpluses exported does not imply any prejudice against charity toward people in other places or trade with them. The principal of neighborhood at home always implies the principle of charity abroad. And the principle of subsistence is in fact the best guarantee of giveable or marketable surpluses."
Local can be defined as where you are standing but is also dependent on what you are referring to. If we are talking about the universe, Earth is local. A community can be global.
"Think global, act local." It's become a little overused but is useful as a lens.
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I so overestimated my ability to finish my sweater; still working on the yoke.
It will be finished when it is finished but it will be soon. I was remembering recently that this was reclaimed yarn. The first time I used this yarn for a sweater, the sweater didn't fit so I pulled it all apart.
I did finish a tunic I put together using scraps left over from another project. It is made up of six different pieces of fabric.
Very much designed using ideas from India Flint's class, "conscious clothing."
Choosing local can be as simple as choosing to do the labor or reusing materials...
