View of the Guachamo river (tributary to the Ventuari) and forest. Jodoimenna has approxoimatley 35 acres of land, 60% of which is rainforest. Btw, if you do come to the jungle, forget Joseph Conrad. Throw out all passed projections of somber psyches and tormented minds and neurotic souls (just keep Brando as Kurtz is all that I ask). This dark place in fact is a palace of light, a theater of, by and for photosynthesis. Green Hell my ass. This thing is one giant salad bar, with generous, mammalian layers of folded complexity generated by gazillions of photons - just add some water from inbound comets and carbon atoms uprooted from the soil. This place is yours and ours and all of the above. No more, no less than a light and lofty, ethereal arena built from light through which energy becomes matter, continues to matter, and so, btw, does the shining gift of a meaningful life - give or take a few snakes, bullet ants, jaguars, gravity and the challenge of knowing your own, certain death. Whatever life has been given to you…just give it back (You can always tell your’ kids it’s called 'reciprocal altruism').
Image (c) Val Druguet.
