Nourished by Leaving
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- čas přidán 2. 10. 2023
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@vlogbrothers you guys should co-write a book together. "It's a good earth" would be a fantastic book. You could combine the crazy sciency stuff Hank's brain has been collecting and the earnestness of heartache and joy that John writes with. Thank you John for your continued practice of sharing your anxiety, pain, hope and joy with us. This is a generous and important thing you do.
Happy Pizzamas, everybody!
My boyfriend just got me my first Pizzamas shirt ever! I introduced him to this e-commerce holiday this year and we both love it, although he is still pronouncing it PizzaMASS. :) PS: I got the Long Cheese John.
"John Green talks about life while walking through some woods" continues to be my favorite vlogbrothers genre.
I love it too, but I also really really love the format
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Me too. ❤ Thanks for taking us on another great walk, John.
if only he did the format out in the woods, now that would be perfection
Then you should try (if you've not already) listening to the audio book of The Anthropocene Reviewed whilst on a walk in the woods. There are few things better!
“Our trees are nourished by what they let go of” is so freaking poetic and I love it
This almost feels like an episode of Anthropocene reviewed
Me too. It landed somewhere soft in me and made my eyes fill with bittersweet tears
Damn. Do you think he's like a professional writer or author or the like?
*holding signed copy of "The Fault in Our Stars."*
“…by what they leave behind.”
@vlogbrothers I see what you did there!
Turns out "Make like a tree and leaf" is actually a motivational statement.
"Thoughts from Places, But Just the Places Behind John's House" is my favorite genre besides The Format 😂
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And he's incredibly lucky to have this behind his house! So many people just have another house behind their house, which they can't even go to unless they know the people living there.
@@afroceltduck I think he'd be the first person to agree with you on that
@@afroceltduck I live in a dense area, but there are still places within walking distance where I can find enough space for privacy.
my person died 19 days ago. being nourished by what is left behind is a nice thought. he isn't left behind, he just rejoined the place from which he came, from which we all came, and he is waiting for me there. until then, i will experience this life to the fullest capacity that i can, perhaps in spite of how much i miss him, how much i loved and continue to love him.
My heart goes out to you 🤍
My deepest condolences
So sorry for your loss!
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my college sweetheart and husband in 2005. Such a difficult process to go through. I eventually approached it in a similar way, deciding that I was going to live life to the fullest after his death. This simple decision helped greatly. May you find comfort and meaning as you navigate grief and finding your way again without your person. 🤗
What a beautiful way to approach such a difficult thing.
Please accept the condolences and loving thoughts of a random internet stranger.
Videos like this remind me that John is an internationally recognized author.
Like... damn, dude just drops this gems like it's just another tuesday.
I love a video that feels like a tiny slice of The Anthropocene Reviewed.
The idea of explaining Fall to aliens is so cool, because there are probably lots of aliens whose home world has no axial tilt (and thus no yearly seasons) or is tidally locked (so their star doesn’t change places in sky).
I wanna know what the aliens on Uranus-like sideways planets are like. Maybe they all only live in one hemisphere, and their first astronauts were the ones who trekked out to the far side of the planet.
"Sunset and Sunrise are the most amazing things our star does, and yet we are blase because they happen every single day" paraphrased thing that I read somewhere once (or something like it)
Where I live there are many large aspen groves. Because these trees are all connected through their roots (and technically one organism) their leaves change almost instantaneously across all of the trees. From within these groves, there are golden yellow leaves as far as the eye can see, all nearly the exact same shade of yellow. I love being able to witness this, thanks for reminding me to go see an aspen cluster before the leaves fall.
That sounds wonderful 🌳💚
As much as aliens would think it's beautiful how our trees on Earth work, I think they would be absolutely freaked out by aspen trees.
I love Aspen trees. They don't grow where I live, but I've seen them on camping trips out west.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 - Or think, "Well, yeah. Everything's connected. Duh."
Do you live near Southern Utah.
A part of me thinks John just discovered the premier function recently and has just been so delighted by it he’s used it ever since
I was wondering that too, I just turned on all vlogbrothers notifications during pizzamas and was like what is this premiere? Does this happen every video?!
@osch3343 he's been doing it for a while but not every week I've noticed!
hahahha I really like doing them during pizzamas because it's a little conversational time! Like, we're all doing something together. -John
@@vlogbrothers valid
@@vlogbrothers It is fun! Reminds me of the P4A livestream chat.
Everytime John says "let´s go outside" I know I have to prepare myself to hear John's beautiful talent for writing.
autumn does not bring death and decay, the leaves die so the trees might live
As a person named Autumn, my first instinct was to read this as a sentence describing me 😂 I hope I don’t bring death and decay…
@@autycoffee haha did not consider that possibility
It's just as true to say that your hair dies so that you might be warm or your skin dies so it can act as a barrier against disease, as well!
This is very true. And it makes me think of my neck of the woods, where we don't often get much snow to speak of, but winter does frequently bring sleet and/or freezing rain. We get these ice storms, and they can do a lot of damage to the trees, but it's most severe if they strike really early or really late in the cold season when they trees have leaves. The leaves just serve as more surface area for ice to collect on, leading to the accumulation of weight the tree limbs simply can't bear, and they break, often in very dramatic, damaging ways. Letting go of their leaves allows the trees to be lighter in those cold and icy months and survive the storms. Sometimes letting go is the best way to live on.
The joy of being able to say, “Hank, I’ll see you tomorrow.” And for it to be true, not just a wish. Geez. I don’t think that I had cried the tears of relief that Hank is ok before now. My heart is glad.
John you are one of my favorite people that I know exist. Some days you're saving thousands of lives from tuberculosis and some days you put out beautiful content like this. Thank you for using your position to substantially improve the world ❤️
I love the way John loves trees. After reading the Amy Krause Rosenthal bit in The Anthopocene Reviewed, I find myself staring at trees way too long. I love me a good tree
I love that the root of "encourage" is "cor", the Latin word for "heart". Thank you, John and all trees, for putting heart into us today.
At first I thought it was "our trees are nourished by what **we** let go of," meaning the trees take in the CO2 from our breaths and in turn let go of O2 which we breathe in again. That's another beautiful and encouraging sentiment. Thanks John!
I was and still am 100% supportive of nixing the 4 minute rule and there is still something so comforting about a video that is exactly 4 minutes :) thanks for your work, it’s so lovely
I had this same thought! ❤
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“Our trees are nourished by what they let go of,” is something I really needed to hear right now. John I think that you are so much like Taylor Swift, you always know what to say at the perfect time even when I never knew I needed it. I’m so grateful your art had been in my life for at least a decade
"John, I think you are so much like Taylor Swift"
Oh, the trees are nourished by what they leave behind. Where dad puns and quality orature combine.
Doesn't seem like a dad pun to me at al.
Thank you for taking us outside with you! Happy birthday Sarah!
I live in New Zealand. Here nearly all the trees are evergreen, even ones that to someone from the Northern Hemisphere look like they shouldn't be. Thank you for explaining to this alien your concept of fall.
Well I’m today years old when I learned that nugget. Had no idea..
these videos help me in remembering why it’s so beautiful to be human ❤ happy pizzamas john
*pizzamas carols*🍕
Nourished by vlogbrothers. Nothing calms my existentialism quite like a Hank and John video
Thanks for the encouraging video John 🌲😄
i live in a place now where the leaves don't turn as much. it makes it that much more poignant to see a maple tree turning, a you said, the color of the sun. im always surprised by how much it settles something in my soul. thank you for reminding me to place my attention on the heartbeat of the world today.
John, I know you're a novelist, but if you ever decide to try poetry I think that would go really well for you and your style of prose.
I didn't realize I needed this 4 minute break from Indoors in Virginia, but I'm glad I got to go Outside in Indianapolis with you.
I've found a lot of joy watching the leaves flutter and swirl through the sky on their way to the ground. It reminds me of cherry blossoms or confetti, like fall is celebrating the start of the season.
I think only John could’ve described such mundane action as trees losing leaves in autumn/winter as something absolutely majestic that even aliens would be totally fascinated by! 🙏🏻👏🏻In the moments like that I wish I had a brother like you John!
You, guys, are the best 🤌🏻
I'm truly sorry John suffers with anxiety, but I'm glad his go to is so beautiful. 😊
Nourished and encouraged by what they LEAF behind? I couldn’t help myself. 😂 I love living in NY where I get to see and experience the joy, beauty, and encouragements of every season. This reminded me of the companionable silence video as well.
As a non-earth folk, by which I mean an Australian whose homeland has only one native deciduous which I've never even seen, I do indeed find it phenomenally beautiful.
I sometimes get jealous of not having the kind of seasons you read about in Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, Matsuo Bashō poems.
But this land of course has its own beautiful seasonal charms. I remember that in Noongar language, a traditional language of one of Australia's first nations peoples in Western Australia, the closest equivalent season for that Fall/Autumn that they have in that country is called is considered the season of 'adulthood' as it is the time to build and repair shelters to ready for winter.
I just looked it up and it is called 'djeran' and is the time for flying ants and red flowers.
Life's ebb and flow, the dance between nature's resilience and human influence, is beautifully encapsulated here. We're fleeting moments in Earth's grand narrative, yet our actions echo in eternity. The trees, with their cycle of release and regrowth, teach us the value of letting go. ☺
"If we think of ourselves as part of one continuous biological phenomenon called life then things start to look quite different" I'm deeply moved by this video, what an inspiring message! ✨ Thank you, John!
The next time my parents ask me to rake the leaves, I'm gonna send them the last bit of this monologue haha.
The trees are nourished by what they leave behind, but those same leaves smother the grass. ;)
@@myladycasagrande863then send them John's video on the blight of lawn turf grass 😂
I've never been to Indianapolis, so certainly haven't ever been to that forest.
But at the same time, watching this video I could swear I've been to those places, and seen the scenery a thousand times.
I'm sure most of the "shared beauty" is because settlers from my country went to America, cut down all the native wildlife, introduced all their invasive species, and generally "ruined" the natural world.
But I only exist to feel joy watching this video, or walking in a forest because of some of those very same settlers... so I'll carry on thinking that me and John walking through the same different forest, on the same different days, to feel the same different feelings of calm is beautiful.
Great job utilizing your resources to pull you up AND out of the anxiety/stress cycle!!
Let's go JOHN
Celebrate yourself for knowing you needed that and actually doing it❤❤❤
Poetry, trees, Autumn, John’s voice. A golden moment captured. Thanks.
"Life is old there, older than the trees..."
I hope the script for this gets expanded & published as an essay. As a Hoosier, this might be one of my favorite descriptions of Autumn in Indiana.
somehow whenever i am profoundly sad about something i check youtube and john green appears to tell me exactly what i needed to hear in this moment
Kind of weird hearing autumn being talked about like this, because I've lived in New Zealand my whole life, where practically every plant is evergreen. I don't really see red/orange/yellow leaves. It's still pretty nice
I cried listening to Jonh´s description of falling leaves to non earthlings and i´m feeling encouraged
Last weekend I visited an Indianapolis adjacent friend, and we walked in an urban park along a tributary of the White River. It was glorious. And I couldn't help but think of John. Thank you
I'm sorry that you were feeling anxious, John, but your voice made me feel serene. Thank you. I hope you're feeling better, too.
the trees are nourished by what they leave behind ~
thats such a lovely line
When my Dad passed away, I often thought in my grief how he was the nurse log that nourished me into life and will continue to do so, even in his decay and absence. That without him, there would be no me, and in some ways without me, there would be no him. It is all symbiotic, our love, and life itself. Thank you, John, for your words.
The mushroom you showed is called a Chicken of the Woods mushroom! It’s a choice edible mushroom (in the yum kind of way, not the fun kind of way). Happy foraging!
Was going to say this too, so glad I saw your comment before posting!
I needed this video. Thank you John for the reminder of what an astonishing world we live in. Sometimes I take for granted that I live in such a beautiful place. Once my baby wakes up I think we're going to have some outside time
In the park by my house there's a row of huge lovely trees that always drop a load of leaves onto the path during the first big rain of autumn, and over the course of a week or two you can clearly see the layer of leaves being crushed and merging with the soil of the path by people walking on them. I love this process and how it reminds me that I too am an organism, I too am part of an ecosystem.
Seeing Nerdfighteria making waves of positive change has helped me feel my personal power radiate brighter from within, highlighting the ignorance that casts shadows in my heart and shrouds potential hopes from founding the faith I need to Be more Awesome. I am so deeply in love with all of you. But with the fall season, its time to let the wave of epic awesomeness ripple out into the universe and thus pass away from us. But trust me, Nerdfighters... the goodness from these massive movements we have created together is not only going to reflect in the proper healthcare of Sierra Leoneans and Tuberculosis patients. We must open our hearts and prepare to receive new ans greater information about how to Be Awesome!!! Our ego could get in the way! Let it shed its magnificent colors and sleep this winter... for there is NOTHING to fear!!! We will survive these tough times through science, faith and loving kindness combined!! DFTBA🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
'Nourished by what we let go of' is profound but even more so for me today. This is what I needed exactly when I needed it and I didn't even know I needed it. Thanks John.
I am from the Southern hemisphere. I am seeing lush fresh leaves start to fill the now often blue sky outside my third floor apartment windows. For many months it's been just grey sky and bare branches out there. As a person who has struggled with my mind, I understand the trepidation that can come with the weather turning. I hope at the end of our summer I can remember this video. Both because I love the idea of nourishment by what we leave behind, and because it will be nice to think about John getting spring ✨
I love moments of lucidity like this, where we're invited into a perspective akin to a greater awareness and connection to everything, but built on observation rather than speculation.
Its incredible how much of life's beauty we take for granted because it's routine to us. Spending time actually thinking about the cycle of leaves falling and regrowing, and how the fallen leaves then nourish those same trees they fall from is both beautiful and very comforting.
As a mushroom hunter and enthusiast, John casually showing a chicken of the woods mushroom (albeit one the bugs have got to already) has me screaming.
I love that you mentioned the Tuatara, I saw several of them yesterday while on a zoo visit. Such wonderful creatures.
Sometimes I need the reminder that I'm not alone in getting swamped by the overwhelming and yet nebulous thing that is anxiety, and that there is an other side to it. Thank you for this, John.
That wasn't just life in that orange fungus, there's good eatings. That was a choice forageable commonly called Chicken of the Woods
That's a beautiful microbiome you're walking through there, my dear
I can see two large trees from one of my windows. Tiny pockets of leaves on the end of a few of the branches will start to change color before seemingly all the other leaves in the neighborhood. Those tiny patches of brilliant yellow among the rest of the green are one of my favorite things about this time of year. If I ever have to explain that to an alien, I'll just show them this video.
john, you always remind me of how beautiful it is to live right when I need it. happy pizzamas everyone!
And that is why you are a beloved writer, John. Beautiful.
It's looks like at 0.33 you found a chicken of the woods mushroom, these are super popular to eat and have a texture just like chicken. Happy pizzamas 🎉
I woke up this morning with the darkness having reached up to my shoulders. I really needed this. Thank you.
I’ve been explaining this process to my infant who is witnessing this cycle for the first time (we’re in Australia so we’ve made it back to green leaves now). It’s certainly made me appreciate the beauty of it with fresh eyes.
I would very much love a poster with that description of our autumn leaves and being nourished by what is let go and left behind 🍂🖤
Feeling so nourished by this video 😌
I'm not an alien, but I did spend the first 6 years of my life living in the desert, then moved to northern California--i still remember how absolutely floored i was by all the colors of the trees, down every street, on every yard! It's gorgeous and stunning and every year, I still find it beautiful, even after growing accustomed to it.
I really enjoyed this. I'm about 1/3 of the way through my chemo right now and very much not thriving (damn you existing chronic conditions!). I'm trying to get out for a walk every day but I wake up anxious every morning. Watching this just after I woke up was very calming. 🙂
Thank you John, I’m anxious today too and I didn’t realize how helpful the trees would be
I think I watched this 3 times already today. File this under "I Needed This Right Now". Thanks John! 🙏
It’s so lucky to live so close to such a landscape. I live in a huge city and I miss green, the color green.
Autumnal colors:
It is a beautiful Earth.
Happy to be here.
Maybe I’m a little emotionally fragile right now, but this made me weep. I work in wildlife in Indiana and I love sharing your work with others because you always articulate the beauty that I struggle to find the words for.
“Our trees are nourished by what they let go of” - Upon hearing this, I just went ''woah'' and for some reason the poetic nature and philosophical depth while it is in actuality simply a statement of facts, made me tear up. I wanna say ''never change'' because your skill of creating thoughtful yet simple sentences continuously amazes me but I have a feeling you'd have quite a brilliant reason for telling me that changing is what has allowed you to become the person you are (or something like that)... Thanks again for the amazing content and thought causing phrases, I truly appreciate them - from a guy in Canada who also gets to witness the beautiful cycle that is autumn.
Ha! The way John said "the leaves are beginning to fall" reminds me of that Wilkins Coffee ad. "Do you like Wilkins coffee?" "NO!" *punts him off the tree limb* "It's autumn, and the nuts are beginning to fall!"
Speaking of the tuatara, the trees of New Zealand and Australia are evergreen. We don't get the autumnal shift except in the introduced foliage, much of which is slowly being removed in favour of native trees.
you go outside. the cycle of life and regrowth fills you with determination.
When I walk through the forest I like to imagine that the trees are like Earth's mantle exploding and its interior rising upwards, tendrils stretching out into the sky. I am beneath the canopy, within their arms, and together we make this rock floating through space shockingly unique. The phrase teeming with life is often used but it's more like this place is made of life. We do not walk within a world---we are the world. It's one flowing unity. There is no separation. There is no true loss, only exchange.
This may be my favorite video of yours. I’m currently preparing to leave my home state of almost 40 years because the political and economic climate has made it unsustainable for me. Coming to terms with this move has been difficult. I love my home for many reasons. But it’s time to go. And by leaving, I will be nourished.
I got both that shirt and blanket. I give them 5/5 stars.
HAPPY SEVENTH DAY OF PIZZAMAS!
I missed your walks. Sharing your thoughts with us during walks is my favorite thing.
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Introspective John is beautiful and comforting to me in a profound way
Ok, I’m here for “John Green talking about a deep topic in nature” but like, listening to you crunch through leaves is the *most* satisfying thing
Even concrete and steel are made of the earth, like everything. ❤
This was a supremely encouraging video. Thank you, John.
I've only ever lived in India and we don't have a separate autumn in most parts where all the trees change colour and the leaves fall, so when I had first seen it in a Hindi film song I did think it was unbelievably cool and beautiful. I hope I get to see it in person someday and appreciate it's beauty!
the leaves falling is a beautiful thing (from someone who barely experiences it in a tropical place)
Another beautiful tear jerker from John :') thanks for making me cry over my bowl of cereal as the leaves fall out my window.
Beautifully thought provoking. We are indeed nourished by what we let go of. Thank you, John
while i watch this my grandfather lies on his deathbed waiting for his time to end peacefully and hope we all have that luxury when its our time to go that we get to go peacefully surrounded by those who love us this video made me realize that i am one of my grandfathers leaves and i will do my best to nurture and grow my family and make him proud whatever happens when it all ends thank you for always being so inspirational to a fellow anxiety riddled person
I am very anxious recently for a variety of reasons. Sometimes I can't fully breathe in. This helped me breath, just listening to it in the middle of the night while I try to make myself a meal. Thank you John.
"OK Hank so full disclosure I'm anxious"
-John Green
Many vlogbrothers videos continually remind me of the wonder of different perspectives and the unending beauty of the experience of living. Thank you John, for this most recent reminder.
John, this was so meaningful to me. i recently moved away to college and am faced with the endless choices of what to continue and what to leave behind. It’s touching to imagine the things I leave behind- habits, relationships, physical objects- as contributing to nourish me. they’re all there, in my memories. thank you.
Thanks for taking us on this peaceful walk 🌿
Actual chills. This guy should be an author or something… ;)
"Nourished by what they leave behind," how poetic. 🙂
I hope John, after your leaves have stopped changing, that you leave humanity these beautiful tidbits to contemplate.
There is something big I would be nourished by leaving behind. I hope I get up the courage to do so before my leaves start dropping.
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Dedicated to All Us LifeForms 💞
Exactly. Each cycle is just celebration of the part the cycle that came before. Each change gives definition and this identity to what came before. Each motion a little spontaneous eruption of joy , beauty and wonder.
This was so lovely. Thank you. ❤
got my pizzamas blanket today!!! it does not disappoint!
💙🩵💚🌍🌏🌎✨️😉 Thank you for sharing this sweet wisdom, John🍃🍂🍁🪱🌱🌿🌳🌲