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Posted On: April 17th 2026, 02:41 pm
Plants friends of the Amazon 🌿
Visiting one of the most ancient Rainforests on Earth was truly invigorating to my soul. I could never accurately translate into words what it feels like to step into this place.
To breathe the air.
To stand in the rain.
To hear the sounds.
To feel the energy.
This jungle is home to thousands upon thousands of forms of Life— Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Bacteria
When I attended college in 2019 to partake in a Forestry & Silviculture program, I felt my deepest calling towards the studies of Botanical knowledge.
As someone with the heart of a tree-hugger, I was never aligned with the idea of working in the logging industry (especially in places where majority of Forestry is currently operating with incredibly corrupt & unsustainable standards)
After college finished, I returned to live in the PNW Rainforest on Vancouver Island, where I had plans to work with a Salmon conservation program based in the Pacific Rim national park.
My path was thrown wildly off course by the worldly events of 2020- which forced me to move back to the Kootenays & I ended up taking on some massive life-changes along the way.
Went from the life of a feral forest vagabond, to a domesticated homesteader. It was quite the 180 flip.
I’ve also spent the last few years indulging my stubborn desires to work as an artist- which is a path I love- yet doesn’t seem to fulfill me in the ways my soul craves for my life going forward (and honestly, it deeply drains my creative process)
Something in my soul always seems to call me back to nature. To the observations of plants- in all their contradictions of simplicity & complexity.
My short time spent in the Amazon Rainforest reminded me of that calling.
I haven’t decided yet exactly which path to take in this direction, but I can see the crossroads ahead & I am excited to explore them.
I had already been considering returning to school for quite a long time. One of my largest goals this year is to begin preparing myself for that next step in my life journey.
Deeply grateful for these ancient places & their wisdom.
#travel #peru
#amazon #rainforest
#botany
Visiting one of the most ancient Rainforests on Earth was truly invigorating to my soul. I could never accurately translate into words what it feels like to step into this place.
To breathe the air.
To stand in the rain.
To hear the sounds.
To feel the energy.
This jungle is home to thousands upon thousands of forms of Life— Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Bacteria
When I attended college in 2019 to partake in a Forestry & Silviculture program, I felt my deepest calling towards the studies of Botanical knowledge.
As someone with the heart of a tree-hugger, I was never aligned with the idea of working in the logging industry (especially in places where majority of Forestry is currently operating with incredibly corrupt & unsustainable standards)
After college finished, I returned to live in the PNW Rainforest on Vancouver Island, where I had plans to work with a Salmon conservation program based in the Pacific Rim national park.
My path was thrown wildly off course by the worldly events of 2020- which forced me to move back to the Kootenays & I ended up taking on some massive life-changes along the way.
Went from the life of a feral forest vagabond, to a domesticated homesteader. It was quite the 180 flip.
I’ve also spent the last few years indulging my stubborn desires to work as an artist- which is a path I love- yet doesn’t seem to fulfill me in the ways my soul craves for my life going forward (and honestly, it deeply drains my creative process)
Something in my soul always seems to call me back to nature. To the observations of plants- in all their contradictions of simplicity & complexity.
My short time spent in the Amazon Rainforest reminded me of that calling.
I haven’t decided yet exactly which path to take in this direction, but I can see the crossroads ahead & I am excited to explore them.
I had already been considering returning to school for quite a long time. One of my largest goals this year is to begin preparing myself for that next step in my life journey.
Deeply grateful for these ancient places & their wisdom.
#travel #peru
#amazon #rainforest
#botany
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