Welcome to My Monkey Mind

I don't want to let fear get the better of me, but I've been hearing some really scary numbers lately. Things like we can expect massive global climate change in ten to twenty years, including floods, drought, famine, epidemics, hurricanes, tornadoes, and whatnot. How can I create "happy" art with thoughts about the end of the world as we know it running through the back of my mind? On the other hand, nothing disastrous is happening right this minute, and worrying about it doesn't do any good. Welcome to my monkey mind -- a Zen Buddhist term for runaway thoughts.

Colin had this video on his No Impact Man blog today:

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It's interesting, and it makes sense, but it also makes me feel afraid. I don't want to bury my head in the sand, but it's hard to listen to stuff like this day in and day out.