Flow
Last night, I had an eye opening experience unlike any that I can remember. I saw the movie Flow. Have you seen it?
It's a documentary that investigates the world water crisis: our dwindling supply, the pollution, politics & evil business behind it. When I see movies like Flow, there is a devil's advocate who lives inside me that tries to poke holes in whatever the movie is saying. This time was different. I couldn't poke any holes in the argument presented to me. I was shocked, appalled and nearly in tears watching this movie. The people who control water terrify and disgust me...it's so scary to think of what is coming.
You really have to check out this movie.
I felt so helpless as I watched Flow. But, as I racked my brain for ways I could help from here, without uprooting my whole life, I realized I can help. With my camera.
This has been brewing in my mind for less than 24 hours, so who knows what will happen...but I feel deep inside me that this is big and I have to do it. I don't know where this will go, or exactly what I'm doing yet. But, I'm thinking that I'll make a new body of work, about water in all its forms and uses to raise awareness about this critical issue. I don't think I need to travel far away to do this. The image above was taken right here in Cali, and it makes you think about water, doesn't it? How about this one:
I hope I'm just really late to the party and every single one of you is saying, "Liz! I am very well aware of all of this! Did you know [fact about water and how it's being fixed]? You mean you DON'T already donate to charity:water?" But, based on the few conversations I had about this today, I fear that's not the case.
Imagine that one day water will be like oil - it will have the power and human/political/environmental devastation that oil does. Only worse, because every single one of us needs it to live. Without it, we'd be dead in a matter of days. We can't make hybrids to solve this problem.
Thanks for listening. Images coming soon : )
Over and out,
Liz
PS If you have a chance, take a look at this petition and sign it if you agree. This petition is asking that Article 31 be added to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (ratified by the UN). Article 31 states:
It's a documentary that investigates the world water crisis: our dwindling supply, the pollution, politics & evil business behind it. When I see movies like Flow, there is a devil's advocate who lives inside me that tries to poke holes in whatever the movie is saying. This time was different. I couldn't poke any holes in the argument presented to me. I was shocked, appalled and nearly in tears watching this movie. The people who control water terrify and disgust me...it's so scary to think of what is coming.
You really have to check out this movie.
I felt so helpless as I watched Flow. But, as I racked my brain for ways I could help from here, without uprooting my whole life, I realized I can help. With my camera.
This has been brewing in my mind for less than 24 hours, so who knows what will happen...but I feel deep inside me that this is big and I have to do it. I don't know where this will go, or exactly what I'm doing yet. But, I'm thinking that I'll make a new body of work, about water in all its forms and uses to raise awareness about this critical issue. I don't think I need to travel far away to do this. The image above was taken right here in Cali, and it makes you think about water, doesn't it? How about this one:
I hope I'm just really late to the party and every single one of you is saying, "Liz! I am very well aware of all of this! Did you know [fact about water and how it's being fixed]? You mean you DON'T already donate to charity:water?" But, based on the few conversations I had about this today, I fear that's not the case.
Imagine that one day water will be like oil - it will have the power and human/political/environmental devastation that oil does. Only worse, because every single one of us needs it to live. Without it, we'd be dead in a matter of days. We can't make hybrids to solve this problem.
Thanks for listening. Images coming soon : )
Over and out,
Liz
PS If you have a chance, take a look at this petition and sign it if you agree. This petition is asking that Article 31 be added to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (ratified by the UN). Article 31 states:
Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual economic circumstance.
Comments
But we can't drink that water unless we have a desalination plant nearby or a water treatment facility. Not many countries in need can afford that kind of technology.
Water is something I think we all have taken for granted. It's almost too hard to imagine anything different and it seems like such a huge issue that we wouldn't be able to do anything about it. But, I think, you're absolutely right and we CAN do something about it, and now is always the best time to start.