soundwalking, poetry on climate emergency 

Season 3 

'We make choices by not making choices And we live with unbearable consequences We hear alarm bells, but do not respond We cling to uncertainty like a sad song We act as if unaware and innocent We are cognitively dissonant' Claude Schryer, September 28, 2021, Duhamel, QCone step at a time(September 28, 2021)We make choices by not making choices And we live with unbearable consequences We hear alarm bells, but do not respondWe cling to uncertainty like a sad song We act as if unaware and innocent We are cognitively dissonantWe write feeble poems, like this one, to lessen our pain We accept our fate and wait for the last day We know that exploitation is the causeAnd we know that we are it’s childrenWe try to change our ways but the draw is too strong We are so comfortable, so selfish and so tragically wrong We know that one day soon we will have to tell our kidsThat we knew far too much and did far too littleWe think that art can change the world if only we listened But we know that listening is an inconvenient truthWe made a choice by not choosing And now we live with the consequences And yet, we know that it’s never too late to start a newWe know, deep inside, that this, is true One step at a time One step at a timeStop, listenOne step at a time One more step at a timeStop, listen more deeply One step at a time One step. Stop. Listen.Me recording a monologue while I walking in the forest...
*END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHey conscient listeners, I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa). It’s my way to give back.In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads or BlueSky.I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on March 26, 2025 

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