We are the old people,
We are the new people,
We are the same people deeper than before...
(song)
There has been much discussion about the state of our society, our life, our planet: alienation, illness, destruction on all fronts. Many things are wrong, from the numbers of depressed people who on top of that are numbed by medication, to the destruction of the Earth's resources. The topic in this issue of Talking Leaves is another side of that discussion. Listening to children and elders is a natural thing, but somehow it happens less and less. It is another way in which we have strayed, and I ask: Why do we consider children and elders as somehow separate from us, in the first place? What are we doing to perpetuate this lack of relationship, of connection? What could we do to reach out and relate more, in a way that is fulfilling to all?
