by Lena Lorenc-Barańska, 7seas ink
"Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things," the maxim from the centuries-old Hidden Leaves still aptly describes our current condition.
The force with which people desire wealth and possession is powerful, though inevitably self-destructive.
Paradoxically, these greedy times of excessive consumption gave birth to several countermovements aimed at reconciling human beings with themselves and the nature.