Water

WATER
According to a new study, the drought that started in 2000 is now the driest two decades since 800 A.D.

Climate change also makes it more likely that the drought will continue, the study found. “This drought at 22 years is still in full swing,” Dr. Williams said, “and it is very, very likely that this drought will survive to last 23 years.”


1. “Obstacles are a natural part of life, just as boulders are a natural part of the course of a river,” declares the ancient Chinese book the I Ching. “The river does not complain or get depressed because there are boulders in its path.”
   I’d go so far to say—this is not in the original text, but is my 21st-century addition—that the river gets a sensual thrill as it glides its smooth current over the irregular shapes and hard skin of the rocks.
   It looks forward to the friction, exults in the intimate touch, loves the drama of the interaction.
   How would you go about imitating the river?