This year, we asked Texas visionaries from different disciplines a simple question: How can we become a more connected, and less isolated, society?
2022 has not been easy. In a year of ongoing war and crippling inflation, raging wildfires and endless drought, it's vital to cultivate faith and trust that things will get better in 2023. One way is what psychotherapist and stress researcher Elissa Epel
I had been an occasional Skype and Facetime user for many years, but once COVID normalized video conferencing, I developed a Zoom habit and found extraordinary freedom in networking without leaving my home. I talked to potential customers to do market research, connected with experts on strategy, pitched my startup to potential investors and built supportive relationships with other climate entrepreneurs, in geographies from Silicon Valley to Boston.
I have never been to Korea, but reading Juhea Kim’s “Beasts of a Little Land,” I saw the snowy mountains of Manchuria, smelled the perfume trailing behind elegant courtesans in 1920s Pyongyang. I grew up Tejana and Filipina in Uvalde — far from the Brooklyn Puerto Rican diaspora in Xochitl Gonzalez’s “Olga Dies Dreaming” — but now I know the sprawl of fruit stands and sneaker stores on Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park.
Nature is a great equalizer and connector - our literal common ground. And she has the power to bring together unlikely allies. Consider the common cause of hunters and birdwatchers protecting wild spaces that support the animals and experiences they treasure. We go to great lengths to be connected with others. So, I invite you to get to know Houston again. Go to the Menil Collection, meditate by the Rothko Chapel, keep an eye on Hermann Park’s 26-acre development, and check out the programming for Discovery Green. Eat at your favorite restaurant or bar , but don’t just settle for the Instagram photos and liking them. The beauty of the city is still found in the charm and kindness of the people who live in it.
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