Category Archives: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

2016: The Reveal – Charlotte Du Cann

http://dark-mountain.net/blog/2016-the-reveal/ Click on the above link to visit http://www.dark-mountain.net for Charlotte’s article, another powerful Zeitgeist piece at the end of a big, shadow-filled year:- ‘This alchemical moment has nothing to do with social justice, or environmentalism or any of the … Continue reading

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Human – Chiara Montaldo’s interview

Another interview clip from Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s film ‘Human’. This one feels especially relevant right now – something about engaging with reality, in place of story, and humanity, in place of ‘othering’. Here’s the short description for the ‘Human’ project/fim:- ‘What … Continue reading

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Human – Breaking the Spell

Another interview clip from Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s film, ‘Human’ – a soldier’s story. This one feels relevant and timely in our world as is, perhaps especially so in its context of ‘breaking the spell’ – a heat-of-the-moment experience of suddenly encountering a … Continue reading

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HUMAN: Kindness can come from anywhere

‘What magic, this out-stretched hand. Like sparks of light in what we call human folly.’ Watched this with tears. Here’s the short description for the ‘Human’ project/fim:- ‘What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that … Continue reading

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Human – Francine Christophe

An excerpt from Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s remarkable film, ‘Human’. It speaks for itself. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to … Continue reading

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Human

For the writer, this says all that is necessary. It illustrates what is (catastrophically) left out of account by the ‘perpetrator’/’victim’ binary mindset favoured in our cultures as they stand…. Thank you to Yaacov Darling Khan for posting this on Facebook, and … Continue reading

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