I was reading YES! magazine last night and landed on an article about John Francis, who after witnessing a massive oil spill in San Francisco in 1971, decided not to speak and walk the earth for 17 years. I was moved beyond words. Listen to John’s story. He’s brilliant. He’s a maverick and most importantly, he’s an earth healer. His voice is calming and his vision clear. He wrote a book about his journey called Planetwalker and started Planetwalk, “a non-profit educational organization dedicated to raising environmental consciousness and promoting earth stewardship.” A movie is now being made about his life…to be released in 2009. I wonder who’ll play John…Any thoughts? I think Morgan Freeman would make a wonderful older John.

Ok, so my darling friend and inspiring artist Jeff Mihalyo sent me this u-tube link in response to yesterday’s posting on elephant poo. Thank-you Jeff! Just watch it and you will be amazed…I got the chills all over. I think elephants are smarter than humans and have a thing or two to teach us…..and since we are on the subject of artists and elephants, here’s one of my favorite of Jeff’s paintings called Elephant Bridge.

Artist Jeff Mihalyo is seriously talented and cute too! Click here for more info on his work.