Empathy with the land. This we learn in childhood. The land has changed. The biosphere...
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James Hoffman: [from his journal] Empathy with the land. This we learn in childhood. The land has changed. The biosphere turned; has become unfamiliar and erratic. I would say eventual, but nature is indifferent to us. We fight for our survival, not nature's. There's a fierceness in the world that we never felt before. Something is being unleashed in the softening permafrost. Why do we despise the world that gave us life? Why wouldn't the world survive us, like any organism survives a virus. The world that we grew up in is changed forever. There is no way home. Is there something beyond science that is happening out here? What if the very thing we were here to pull out of the ground were to rise willingly - confront us. What would that look like? What if this is the last winter, before the collapse? And hope dies
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Empathy with the land
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Is this learned in childhood
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The land is changed
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The biosphere turned become unfamiliar and erratic
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I would say vengeful
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but nature's indifferent to us
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We fight for our survival not nature's
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There's a fierceness in the wind I've never felt before
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Something is being unleashed from the softening permafrost
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Why do we despise the world that give us life
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Why so alienated
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Why wouldn't the wilderness fight us
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like any other organism would fend off a virus
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The world we grew up in is changed forever
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There is no way home
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Is there something beyond science
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that is happening out here
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What if the very thing we were here to pull out of the ground
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were to rise willingly and confront us
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What would that look like
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This is the last winter
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Total collapse
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Hope dies
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Movie Summary
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
