Musings about living WITH the land, not just ON it. Satoyama, the Sacred Feminine, and the Wabi-Sabi Aesthetic. Posted by Alan Zulch in Musings. What was evoked in me that I longed so desperately to bring to consciousness and integrate into my very being? Each encounter felt like a kind of remembrance, a tantalizing hint of wholeness, the promise of a recovery of something lost. Or at least a pointer toward it. If the above is true, then perhaps the rough dialectical contours of a deeply healing Nature-i.

Is an initiative launched by the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes ICOMOS-IFLA to foster the worldwide cooperation in the study, management and protection of rural landscapes. Are encountering a growing interest and concern around the world. Many initiatives are being carried out to understand, protect and enhance the tangible and. Agriculture, loss of traditional and local knowledge, pressure of urban development, etc.