manifest dismantling

Listening in on the sound healing global summit for a few days now has been a mellowing experience. Today it is made more so by the soft light rain that has cooled off the bite of yesterday's aggravated heat. Dismantling the tension and rush of the past days.

This isn’t the only world that’s possible.

YES! illustration by Fran Murphy

This reminds me of an article I read - "Can we work less and save the planet too?" Its byline states, "Building a new world will require first reexamining - and dismantling - the cultural ethos of productivity that creeps into our lives every day."

Manifest Dismantling would purposefully undo the damage of Manifest Destiny by reckoning with productivity’s assault on the living world. Tearing down a dam would be an example of a creative act of Manifest Dismantling because it would facilitate the return of an ecological landscape.

The same could be said about the 70 border walls, or the nearly 700 miles of walls and barriers along the U.S.–Mexico border. Dismantling these would allow people to move without fear.

The saguaros and mesquite in the Sonoran Desert would grow back, and pronghorns, jaguars, and gray wolves could travel freely across borders.

It would also open space for a new vision to emerge, of a more equitable way to relate with each other and the living planet.