If you see an odd person with a basket on their head and a bamboo flute in their hands, you might have happened upon a flute-playing assassin-monk, called komusō in Japan...
For starters, I definitely like the idea of assassinating plastic for glass. I'd like to end bike paths that have no barriers between cars. I like the idea of having solar panels above parking lots instead of solar farms in fields. I'd like to assassinate the idea that all graffiti is bad or has no place. I'd LOVE to say goodbye to the lack of support for newly planted trees along roads after new construction. They need watering. They need to be planted in Fall, not Summer. I think the Department of Transportation should have a hired Arborist to guide them. And I definitely like a giant mystical creature overseeing things too.
I wish there could be more wilderness in the city. The natural, diverse kind that's teeming with life, and not just plants used as decorations or merely serving as a pretty background. They often feel separated and detached from people, not to mention how we ourselves are quite separated from each other... I would like to see more connections happen between all (living) things but deeper and one that's sincere, and not always calculated for profit or monetary gain.
By the way, I love the idea of having a question at the end! It helps me to connect to the story even more when I'm able to apply it to my own life and respond by forming my own thoughts around it.
Thanks, Heeyoung! I really like that observation, of the difference between the decorative 'background' plants and the alive 'nature'. It makes me think of giving 'wildness' more of a standing in the city, and then finding ways to show people how amazing, fun, cool, grounding, connecting, that kind of urban nature can be. Let's think of and plan some urban nature walks!
For starters, I definitely like the idea of assassinating plastic for glass. I'd like to end bike paths that have no barriers between cars. I like the idea of having solar panels above parking lots instead of solar farms in fields. I'd like to assassinate the idea that all graffiti is bad or has no place. I'd LOVE to say goodbye to the lack of support for newly planted trees along roads after new construction. They need watering. They need to be planted in Fall, not Summer. I think the Department of Transportation should have a hired Arborist to guide them. And I definitely like a giant mystical creature overseeing things too.
Nice list! An arborist and a giant mystical creature might make a good team.
I totally agree on having solar panels above parking lots! If they're inevitable, might as well use it well.
I wish there could be more wilderness in the city. The natural, diverse kind that's teeming with life, and not just plants used as decorations or merely serving as a pretty background. They often feel separated and detached from people, not to mention how we ourselves are quite separated from each other... I would like to see more connections happen between all (living) things but deeper and one that's sincere, and not always calculated for profit or monetary gain.
By the way, I love the idea of having a question at the end! It helps me to connect to the story even more when I'm able to apply it to my own life and respond by forming my own thoughts around it.
Thanks, Heeyoung! I really like that observation, of the difference between the decorative 'background' plants and the alive 'nature'. It makes me think of giving 'wildness' more of a standing in the city, and then finding ways to show people how amazing, fun, cool, grounding, connecting, that kind of urban nature can be. Let's think of and plan some urban nature walks!