#Seed007: Fires, Drought, and Prayer

Reflections on disasters and resilience

Jun 11, 2023

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“Fire tests gold, misfortune brave men.” - Seneca, De Providentia

It is quite fitting to begin an essay on wildfires with an epigraph from a Stoic. Throughout Northeastern America, smoke from Canadian forest fires pervaded the skies, hazing our visions. Photographs of real-life sepia in New York City are either reminiscent of a by-gone art form or bring …

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