Rebuilding Community to Build a Global Society
Idriss Aberkane once suggested that every revolution starts by being three things: ridiculous, then dangerous, then obvious.
I keep applying this to the Catalonia independence question. Would more autonomy at a local level actually help us grow awareness, concern and understanding of what we as individuals can do? For the environment. For economic opportunity. For a society that feels less like a broadcast and more like a conversation.
Jour de Fête 2017 was one of those reminders.
It brought together local musicians like Junn Hanamoto and young genius Touma Nomura. Local chefs including Patissière Naoko, now without a bakery after burnout, and Tatsuya Zama, Italian cuisine maestro by night and carpenter by day. And friends, just enjoying each other's company for a countdown party.
No brand. No agenda. Just a room full of people who knew where they were and who they were with.
Lost in our CNN cyber-vision of life, we forget how much, as individuals, we actually possess. The wealth. The power. The care to sustain a strong local economy. It doesn't come from above. It never did.
The ridiculous stage of that revolution might already be behind us.
