Way to go, Lyds!
A guest post from ManHappenings!
I remember thinking it was a joke. You expect me to eat THAT? Something that color? That thick? That’s not soup, right Mom? It’s gravy…gotta be gravy. Right…?Yuck.
But it was soup. And I would soon be enlightened to the fact that it was, indeed, the best soup.
Wye Oak “Holy Holy”
“Bitter Seeds explores the future of how we grow things, weighing in on the worldwide debate over the changes created by industrial agriculture. Companies like the U.S.-based Monsanto claim that their genetically modified (GM) seeds offer the most effective solution to feeding the world’s growing population, but on the ground, many small-scale farmers are losing their land. Nowhere is the situation more desperate than in India, where an epidemic of farmer suicides has claimed over a quarter million lives. Every 30 minutes one farmer in India, deep in debt and unable to provide for his family, commits suicide.”
Bon Iver wanted to show me that it is okay to cry when you are sad. He squeezed his eyes shut and his face was marked by sorrow. Moments later, his eyes were wet. He shuddered. ‘Bon Iver,’ I said, and placed a hand on his bare chest to calm him, ‘what made you so suddenly sad?’
He choked and wiped his eyes. ‘Deforestation,’ he whispered.
Raising a glass to my amazing, talented friend. Keeping my fingers crossed tonight.
Boomshakalakaaaaaaaa
Tonight. Magazine of the year. So glad to have been a part of all the brilliance of the last year.
So, these are my friends.
“If you had to give the same piece of advice to every person, what would it be?”
“Find something that de-stresses you, and do it all the time.”*
*Photographer’s note: This advice could land you in rehab. Also, would love to hear other people’s answer to that question in the comment section.
Hampden
