Considering Today's Virtual Concert

Today I broadcast the Virtual Concert around water problems in India, reading the eloquent text in the new book soon to come out from Indian artist Ravi Agarwal and from a letter he wrote me in July. This is an example of a conversation that emerged from the Virtual Residency last Summer. It is a conversation I hope will be followed up with a further episode at another time, as Don Krug and I have also discussed pursueing a workshop with his students in this format.

I can see that one function of the Virtual Concerts may be to extend and develop conversations about common ecological issues over time.

The whole goal of the Virtual Residency was to find easier ways for those of us who are working ecologically to communicate with and help eachother. India’s problems are the problems of Vinalhaven island, where I live.

There are so many problems in the world to distract us all from this most crucial one: water links and how global warming will create a feedback of effects. The cumulative effect will make a coming crisis that much more serious and urgent. I am glad to have this new format to explore new ways to search for solutions.