R.A.G.E.

Question of Despair

I am interviewing Robert Jensen and the topic is Despair and collapse. Taking idea came from his article The Anguish of the Age: Emotional Reactions to Collapse and focus to be on the emotion of despair which I believe most if not all activist have to deal with one way or the other.

Derrick Jensen also has talked about despair and moving through it. As he has written and in his monologues, “we are not going to make it to any great new glorious tomorrow are we?” and the understanding that this is a normal feeling.

The premise is that as one goes down the rabbit hole, the awareness that there is something wrong with the way we are living our lives, one starts to realize where it is going, nowhere pleasant. At that point many people either start back peddling, as in they embrace The Call, zeitgeist movement or other right consciousness movements. Or they start looking for side doors, lifestyle choices or making deals, as many environmentalists have just done through agreements with Kimberly-Clark or Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, or that say things like ”if only we had a green economy with wind and solar power things will be fine.” Attempts are made to void despair, despairing and negative feelings.

As part of this interview I would like to share people’s feelings on Despair.

The question is this:
How do you deal with despair? Do you use it motivate your actions? Why or Why not?

If you are interested please send your response to – seymourlyphe@gmail.com

You can provide as much or little about yourself as you like, to provide context for the response.
Responses can be either written or as recordings (preferably in MP3 format and please keep recording under 3 minutes, recording may be edited for length ).
These will be shared with Robert and posted on the Website (names and address removed of course unless you want them shared.)

Thank you for your time and interest

Seymour Lyphe
R.A.G.E. (Radio Against Global Ecocide)
Coming to you from occupied Amiskwacîwâskahikan.
seymourlyphe@gmail.com