Before and after
Hi all. I'm just posting this photo to head off any 'CJF denial' (there has been some- misinformation on the net claiming that the long term fasters weren't really fasting, or that we were still taking in nutrition other than water). Such statements are just lies.
Day 44- One Day (fast ends)
*Today, at 10AM, I ended my fast, after 43 days and 11 hours of taking in nothing but water and salt*
One day.
The End of COP15, and the end of the Fast. So how do we all feel?
Distress, confusion, hurt, anger? Hope, passion, energy?
Emotion! Let it all out, people!
Personally, I am feeling a very strange and beautiful feeling today, as we concluded the fast, after 43 days entirely without food, coinciding with the disappointing end of COP15. It is a mix of feelings - disappointment at politics mixed with hope for the future, met expectations (regarding the politicians' lacklustre performances) mixed with passion and love, excitement and inspiration (for the peoples' climate movement), and finally, a very strange sensation of taste in my mouth and nutrition in my belly once more.
For COP15, the tension and the expectations were high. A 'fair, ambitious and binding' deal was called for by 12 million people across the world. We got none of it. Instead we got a huge disappointment. COP15 will not go down in history as the moment when the world, humanity, people of all nations and creeds, came together and united for the common good of all future generations.
What a pity. It is actually pitiful. A complete shame.
So what the hell happened, and what do we do now?
