{"id":300,"date":"2009-03-30T01:10:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T09:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2009-03-30T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T18:42:43","slug":"earth-hour-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/30\/earth-hour-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was rather refreshing to turn off all the lights and appliances (except some essentials) and sit in the living room with a few candles and the dynamo LED lamp. I didn’t step outside to see if anybody else was participating around us, we simple set to enjoy the hour.<\/p>\n

Our little chihuahua dog had what could have been a puzzled face as he saw us turn everything off and go dark pretty much, however he soon found comfort next to me (after I sat down) and a few minutes later he was snoring away.<\/p>\n

Prior to the appointed hour I was reading the comments left in various websites about this event, some wondered if doing this would make any type of impact, if it was just a waste of time and some thought it would be too much of an inconvenience.<\/p>\n

Personally I think that anything we do can impact our environment, our surroundings either on a positive or negative way, we all have a choices to make, as simple as disposing of\u00a0 a candy wrapper on the street or a garbage receptacle or by reducing the usage of electricity for one hour.<\/p>\n

In our personal experience it felt like being around the fire on a camping trip, a time to reflect about our current lives, that which we take for granted, and our dependence on modern technology… it was so quiet and peaceful!<\/p>\n

It was too dark to use watercolors, instead I did this quick sketch of the table that was in front of me\u00a0 (micron\/moleskin).<\/p>\n

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Kitaro – Matsuri<\/p>\n

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