This month’s post is made up of two social media posts shared in July—both about listening. The first was written in response to World Listening Day on 18 July, and the second, a post written by UK-based regenerative culture practitioner, environmental activist, and artist Bridget McKenzie on Medium on 21 July. What’s it mean to …
Listening is a whole of body experience. A couple of years ago I sat on a panel at the Artists in Volatile Landscapes Regional Futures symposium at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney to talk about how we might listen better. To underline the urgent need to listen better, I was particularly keen to get …
A microscope view (200x magnification) of a worm in the soils on the farm, ‘Willydah’. Image: Kim V. Goldsmith ...soils not only speak to us, but can be great subjects for art and music...soils truly are sexy. - Dr David Eldridge I’ve been puposely listening to the sound of soils for the past three years. …
Deep listening to the places we cherish can ground us, tethering us to the ecosystems we’re part of, laying down memories for a future that’s hard to imagine. Might these soundscapes help shape that future? Is it even possible to sonically rewild landscapes? Emotional connections ...breaking down the sounds in my head, and mouthing them …
A microscope image (1200x magnification) of burn marks on a Western Rosewood (Alectryon oleifolius) tree leaf near the Maynard’s house. March 2025. On the first Saturday in March, I went for a drive across the farm at Narromine where I’ve been working with farmer and agroecologist, Bruce Maynard, on my SOIL+AiR Creative Future Landscapes project. Bruce …
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