A black feather lying on dead grass — alone and separated from its life source. As a creative, there’s nothing quite like finding your tribe. ’Tribe’ is that over-used term for a group of like-minds, whose values and interests align with yours — a community of interest. For me, finding that community took years. I …
As my creative year begins to very slowly wind up with what will surely be enough tension to carry it into next year, I’ve been left thinking about where the call to action is in the work I do, be it recording and composing soundscapes, walking, writing, visual documentation or community engagement. Every day, we're …
In August 2024, as I was preparing for my spring SOIL+AiR creative rural research residency sessions on farm, I wrote about listening to one of the paddock trees for a Meta* post. Going into the New Year, I thought it worth revisiting. I had the privilege of sitting close to a Kurrajong tree in a …
Sowing seeds that can stimulate societal transformations. For decades I've heard artists say their art does the talking for them. As someone who likes to write, putting together an artist or work statement has never a problem, but I know artists who really struggle to explain WHY they do what they do. Many will describe …
One chilly morning in April, I rose before dawn to listen to a conversation hosted by Colorado College (USA) on Environmental Philosophy and the Ethics of Attention. I was prompted to register for this international webinar because of my interest in how I might dig more deeply into the issues and themes that have been bait …
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