My first response, when I finally got to feeling the situation of the Gulf Catastrophe, was a vision... Envisioning the serene beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, flapped upon by dancing waves, waters stretching out from coastal mangroves to tropical islands, waterfalls tumbling down from the jungles with their enlivened waters in to the sea.
As images trickle in of oil-soaked birds and oil-glazed waters, I hurt because I know that we are not seeing the worst of it. BP's extensive cover-up efforts are restricting media and scientist access to the worst scenes of the spill, and BP's scant clean-up efforts are mostly for show not for real effect.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
