PinnedTia MerottoLessons in HibernationWhat winter’s arrival has taught me about embracing rest and refuge.Dec 10, 202314Dec 10, 202314
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Tia MerottoinThe Taoist OnlineEmbracing Monkey MindSome 2,500 years ago, the Buddha compared the restlessness of human consciousness to a horde of chattering monkeys.Dec 9, 202322Dec 9, 202322
Tia MerottoinThe Taoist OnlineIn Memory of Third PlacesPhoto by Maodoltee on iStockDec 1, 20236Dec 1, 20236
Tia MerottoinCounter Arts“Gather” Welcomes in the Restorative RevolutionGather is a documentary film which follows the personal stories of five Native Americans working to reclaim ancestral foodways.Nov 21, 20237Nov 21, 20237
Tia MerottoinSymbioticaFood Sovereignty, Now and TomorrowFood is essence. Access to food — real food — is both a fundamental need and a basic human right.Nov 8, 20238Nov 8, 20238
Tia MerottoinLife TorchAsking Earth’s Forgiveness Is a Two-Way StreetFor six months, I have been living on a coffee farm turned artist residency in the rolling Andean foothills of Colombia. Its 200-acres have…Nov 2, 202313Nov 2, 202313
Tia MerottoWinged Messengers: Monarch Butterflies in Mexico’s Day of the Dead CelebrationsFor Mexico, conservation of the nationally iconic species has both cultural and environmental gravity.Oct 27, 20235Oct 27, 20235
Tia MerottoThe Ecological Wisdom of the Heart SutraThe Heart Sutra, known alternatively as the Heart of Transcendental Wisdom, is one of the most profound and widely-studied scriptures of…Oct 27, 202313Oct 27, 202313
Tia MerottoWelcome to the SymbioceneSomewhere between headlines of record-breaking heat waves and hellish images of Mediterranean wildfires, I stumbled across a new term this…Jul 29, 20232Jul 29, 20232